Akemi Look is an actor, producer, and writer.

She made her television debut guest starring on HBO’s How To Make It In America and her feature film debut as the lead in The Man From Earth: Holocene.

Most recently, she is the face of KITSUNE, a lead playable character in the globally popular video game franchise Call of Duty.

Her indie film work has been an official selection at numerous Oscar-Qualifying film festivals including Montreal World Film Festival, Slamdance, Hollyshorts, LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, Hawaii International Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Urban World, and more. She has starred in award-winning indie shorts: Seppuku, Woman In Fragments, (winner of the Grand Jury Prize at China Short Film Academy Awards, and the Air Canada Short Film Award at Reel Asian Film Festival), and Carnal Orient. 

She has also starred in music videos for Miike Snow and Animal Collective, as well as national commercials for Sprint, Jeep, Toyota, and Target.

Her producing credits include Moon Manor, an LGBTQ+ independent feature film distributed by Good Deed Entertainment and Showtime, Subliminal, a music video and short film for Grammy award winning singer-songwriter Hollis, and Roots That Reach For The Sky, an NYU MFA Thesis Film currently in post-production and recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan award.

Prior to acting, Akemi represented the United States as a member of the USA Rhythmic Gymnastics National Team, competing at the 2002 World Championships. She trained in ballet, modern and contemporary dance at the Ailey School.

Akemi graduated from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU and studied acting in the conservatory program at the Lee Strasberg Institute in NYC.

Akemi is deeply passionate about advocating for survivors of sexual abuse and trauma informed healing modalities. She appeared on ABC’s 20/20 sharing her story as a survivor of sexual abuse.

She is a fierce advocate of Asian American stories, and has also organized rallies and healing gatherings in the wake of anti-Asian violence.