Midori Francis
Midori Anne Iwama (born April 16, 1994), known professionally as Midori Francis, is an American actress. She began her career in theatre, earning NYIT, Obie, and Drama Desk Awards. She received a Daytime Emmy nomination for her role as Lily in the Netflix series Dash & Lily (2020). She also starred as Dr. Mika Yasuda in Grey's Anatomy (2022-2024).
Francis grew up in Rumson, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Joanne and Ken Iwama, the current chancellor of Indiana University Northwest. Named after her paternal grandmother,[3] Francis is of Japanese descent on her father's side and Irish and Italian on her mother's. On growing up in a predominantly white town in the 90s and early 2000s, she commented "I was teased a lot for being Asian, I was bullied, made to feel like I was ugly or weird". She identifies as a Hapa.
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ocean's 8 | April | |
| 2019 | South Mountain (film) | Emme | |
| 2019 | Good Boys (film) | Lily | |
| 2021 | Afterlife of the Party | Lisa | Streaming film |
| 2023 | Unseen (2023 film) | Emily | |
| TBA | Saccharine (film) | TBA |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Younger (TV series) | Lin | Episode: "The Marshmallow Experiment " |
| 2017 | Gotham (TV series) | Emma Hsueh | Episode: A Dark Knight: A Day in the Narrows |
| 2018 | Divorce (TV series) | Katie | Episode: "Going, Going... Gone" |
| 2018 | Paterno (film) | Riot Interviewee | Television film |
| 2019 | The Birch | Lanie Bouchard | Web series; recurring role, 8 episodes |
| 2020 | Dash & Lily | Lily | Lead role |
| 2021–2024 | The Sex Lives of College Girls | Alicia | Main role (season 1, 3) Guest role (season 2) |
| 2022–2024 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Mika Yasuda | Main role (seasons 19-21) |
