Midori Francis

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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)