Anna Akana
{{Short description|American actress and filmmaker (born 1989)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Anna Akana
| image = Anna Akana at 2018 Vidcon EU.png
| alt = Akana holding a microphone and looking right
| caption = Akana at VidCon Amsterdam in 2018
| birth_name = Anna Kay Napualani Akana
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|08|18}}
| birth_place = Monterey County, California, U.S.
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actress
- filmmaker
- musician
- YouTuber
- comedian
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| years_active = 2009–present
| website = {{URL|annaakana.com/}}
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| channel_handle = AnnaAkana
| genre = {{Hlist|Music|comedy}}
| subscribers = 2.84 million
| views = 378 million
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Anna Kay Napualani Akana (born August 18, 1989){{cite tweet |user=AnnaAkana |author=Anna Akana |number=1162806075868889089|date=August 17, 2019 |title=Last day of my 20s|access-date=May 25, 2021}} is an American actress, comedian, filmmaker, musician, and YouTuber. She has appeared in TV series, web series, films, and music videos that include 10 Second Traumas (2011), Ray William Johnson's Breaking Los Angeles (2011), Awkward (2011), Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" (2011), Ant-Man (2015), Hello, My Name Is Doris (2016), Dirty 30 (2016), Big City Greens (2018–present), Amphibia (2019–2022), and Blade of the 47 Ronin (2022).
In 2015, she launched a clothing line called Ghost & Stars. She is the author of So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister (2017), in which she describes her struggles and experiences from her sister's suicide to her celebrity status.
Early and personal life
Akana's father was an officer in the United States Marine Corps, including during her childhood.{{cite web |title= My dad was right |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Rg9pESmd4 |publisher= YouTube |date= March 11, 2013 |access-date= March 11, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160311145803/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Rg9pESmd4 |archive-date= March 11, 2016 |url-status= live }} Her father moved every few years to a new state or country. In a 2020 interview, she said that she loved Sailor Moon, Inuyasha, and Ranma ½, expressing her surprise that her dad would make them watch Tenchi Muyo! with him despite its "perverted" nature.{{cite interview |last=Akana |first=Anna |interviewer=Sam Stone |title=Magical Girl Friendship Squad's Anna Akana on What Drew Her to the Snow |type=Online |url=https://www.cbr.com/interview-anna-akana-magical-girl-friendship-squad/ |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=September 25, 2020 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200926005321/https://www.cbr.com/interview-anna-akana-magical-girl-friendship-squad/ |archive-date=September 26, 2020 |url-status=live }} Her father stated that she loved shows like The Powerpuff Girls, animation in general, and anime, the latter especially because she spent "four years growing up in Japan".
On February 14, 2007, Akana's younger sister, Kristina, died by suicide aged 13. The siblings got into an argument over their parents forbidding Kristina from attending a friend's sleepover and only being allowed to attend their party. Kristina disputed her popularity among her friends if she could not attend the sleepover, to which Anna responded, "You’re being stupid, you can go to the party." Kristina then got mad and flung a bunch of stuff across Anna's room before being kicked out. In the aftermath, Kristina hung herself in her bedroom closet.{{cite web|last= de Bertodano|first= Heather|title= Anna Akana: I felt so bad about my sister's death|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/anna-akana-i-felt-so-bad-i-felt-like-it-was-my-fault-3mvrk3hw2}} Several months after, Akana watched Margaret Cho perform on a Comedy Central special and laughed for the first time since her sister's death. She began to see laughter as a means of trying to move on with her life and decided to seriously pursue comedy.{{cite web |last= Luhar |first= Monica |title= Anna Akana is 'Chasing Laughs' and Telling Stories |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/anna-akana-chasing-laughs-telling-stories-n452406 |work= NBC News |date= November 13, 2015 |access-date= March 11, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160312135547/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/anna-akana-chasing-laughs-telling-stories-n452406 |archive-date= March 12, 2016 |url-status= live }} Akana has been vocal about her sister's suicide and is a strong advocate for suicide prevention. In 2013, Akana uploaded a YouTube video, "please don't kill yourself", in which she explains how it felt for her to have a family member die by suicide.{{cite web |last=Akana |first=Anna |title=please don't kill yourself |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvkbHIrrrvU |publisher=YouTube |date=September 27, 2013 |access-date=March 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311145901/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvkbHIrrrvU |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |url-status=live }} In that same year, she released a book Surviving Suicide which contains her journal entries from the two years after her sister's death.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}
In October 2018, she came out as bisexual.{{cite magazine |last= Blynn |first= Alex |date= 8 May 2019 |title= Anna Akana Talks Mental Health, Coming Out & Her Music Debut With 'Intervention' |url= https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/anna-akana-interview-intervention-premiere-8510501/ |magazine= Billboard |access-date= 21 December 2023}}
In 2019, she stated that she had undergone an abortion when she was twenty and felt it was one of the best decisions she had ever made.{{Cite web|url=https://www.weareresonate.com/2019/05/ant-man-actress-anna-akana-shares-her-pro-choice-abortion-views/|title='Ant-Man' actress Anna Akana shares her pro-choice abortion views|date=May 17, 2019}} She later presented her story as a movie for YouTube titled "Take Your Birth Control".{{Cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVmELtFvxuU&t=365s |title = Take Your Birth Control|website = YouTube}}
Akana is of Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Spanish, French, Irish, German, and English descent.{{Cite video |title=Why Asians Hate Asians |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etYmtC2QvGc |access-date=2024-01-28 |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Tang |first1=Terry |title=On screen, Asian Americans rarely get into Christmas spirit |url=https://apnews.com/article/da114ee769876dd7272daca6ad2b72c9 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=21 May 2023 |date=18 December 2019}}
Career
Akana first started performing comedy at age 19 but switched to YouTube video performances in 2011 after experiencing panic attacks and anxiety before going on stage.
=YouTube=
Akana creates both comedy and documentary YouTube videos.{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Tiffany |url=http://www.mochimag.com/article/riley-rewind-anna-akana-youtube-series-suicide-prevention-anti-bullying |title=How Death Shed New Light on 'Riley Rewind' Actress Anna Akana's Life |work=Mochi Magazine |access-date=August 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225001032/http://www.mochimag.com/article/riley-rewind-anna-akana-youtube-series-suicide-prevention-anti-bullying |archive-date=December 25, 2013 |url-status=live }} In 2014, Akana was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #72.{{cite web|title=The NMR Top 100 YouTube Channels: 75-51!|url=http://newmediarockstars.com/2014/12/the-nmr-top-100-youtube-channels-75-51/|website=New Media Rockstars|access-date=January 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701173153/http://newmediarockstars.com/2014/12/the-nmr-top-100-youtube-channels-75-51/|archive-date=July 1, 2017|url-status=live}} In that same year, Akana attempted to make one short film a month.{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pssp-CqYMaM |title=Focus//Anna Akana |publisher=YouTube |date=February 7, 2014 |access-date=March 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809085326/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pssp-CqYMaM |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |url-status=live }} She created and starred in six short films. Akana has starred in various other short films, and she has since continued to create short films.{{cite web|url=http://annaakana.com/short-films/|title=Anna Akana- Short films|website=annaakana.com|access-date=March 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424235135/http://www.annaakana.com/short-films/|archive-date=April 24, 2014|url-status=live}} In 2014, Akana formed a comedy music duo, Cat Benatar, with fellow comedian and writer Megan Rosati.{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRHLXx4_EWQ |title=be uncomfortable |date=March 14, 2014 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=March 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809092343/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRHLXx4_EWQ |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |url-status=live}} (The duo's name is wordplay for the pop singer Pat Benatar.)
In reviewing her video, "Why Guys Like Asian Girls" (which references "Yellow Fever", a term for an Asian fetish),{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWFQ1uiD8LA |title=Why Guys Like Asian Girls |last1=Akana |first1=Anna |access-date=March 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311145648/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWFQ1uiD8LA |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |url-status=live |website=YouTube}} Cate Matthews of The Huffington Post wrote: "A step-by-step takedown of 'yellow fever' or the desire to date Asian women often accompanied by bizarre, offensive attempts to do so, could start the healing. Luckily for us, YouTuber Anna Akana was more than up to the video-making task."{{cite news |last=Matthews |first=Cate |date=July 29, 2014 |title=Here's What 'Yellow Fever' Really Means |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/29/anna-akana-asian-girls_n_5628201.html?ir=Women |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801030654/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/29/anna-akana-asian-girls_n_5628201.html?ir=Women |archive-date=August 1, 2014 |access-date=May 23, 2015 |work=The Huffington Post}} In reviewing her video, "How to Deal with a Breakup", MTV wrote: "In this sketch, comedian Anna Akana envisions the flurry of activity inside the cranial command center of a newly single dumpee."{{Cite web |last=Williott |first=Carl |date=April 29, 2015 |title=After A Breakup, Your Brain Basically Becomes An Episode Of '24' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2146481/breakup-brain-sketch/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503015558/http://www.mtv.com/news/2146481/breakup-brain-sketch/ |archive-date=May 3, 2015 |access-date=May 23, 2015 |publisher=MTV}}
One of her short films, Miss Earth, was partially financed by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's production company, New Form Digital. It was part of the 2014 Incubator, a series to showcase and produce original stories by YouTube Creators and filmmakers.{{Cite web|url=http://newformdigital.com/incubator-series/| title= Incubator Series |website=newformdigital.com|access-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160829005247/http://newformdigital.com/incubator-series/|archive-date=August 29, 2016| url-status= dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://newformdigital.com/filmmaker-spotlights/|title=Filmmaker Spotlights |website= newformdigital.com|access-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160829003222/http://newformdigital.com/filmmaker-spotlights/|archive-date=August 29, 2016 |url-status= dead}}{{Cite press release|url=http://newformdigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/New_Form_Digital_Press_Kit_2016.pdf| title= New Form Digital Press Kit 2016| date= 2016| website= newformdigital.com|access-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160624042537/http://newformdigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/New_Form_Digital_Press_Kit_2016.pdf|archive-date=June 24, 2016|url-status=dead}} Miss Earth was later adapted into a web series, Miss 2059, and released on Verizon's go90 app in June 2016, with a second season released in late 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/digital/news/verizons-go90-new-form-digital-fourth-door-1201602480/|title=Verizon's Go90 Orders 6 Series from New Form Digital (Exclusive)|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=September 25, 2015|language=en-US|access-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908201936/http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/verizons-go90-new-form-digital-fourth-door-1201602480/|archive-date=September 8, 2016|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/miss2059-new-form-digital-anna-akana-pictures/|title=Anna Akana takes action in New Form Digital's 'Miss 2059'|last=Hamedy|first=Saba|website=Mashable|date=April 2016|access-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827084231/http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/miss2059-new-form-digital-anna-akana-pictures/|archive-date=August 27, 2016|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/exclusive-new-form-digital-miss-2059-anna-akana-1201690752/|title=Watch: Exclusive Clip From New Form Digital's 'Miss 2059,' Starring Anna Akana|last=Dry|first=Jude|date=June 20, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824235356/http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/exclusive-new-form-digital-miss-2059-anna-akana-1201690752/|archive-date=August 24, 2016|url-status=live}}
Akana executive produced and starred as the lead role in the original comedy-drama web television series Youth & Consequences, created by Jason Ubaldi and released in March 2018 on YouTube Red. She is also the host of the web series Crash Course Business: Entrepreneurship beginning in August 2019.{{cite video | title = Who Even Is An Entrepreneur?: Crash Course Business - Entrepreneurship #1 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aozlwC3XwfY | publisher = YouTube | access-date = August 16, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190814215327/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aozlwC3XwfY | archive-date = August 14, 2019 | url-status = live }} On October 10, 2019, she was featured in a 30-minute YouTube documentary created by SoulPancake in collaboration with Funny or Die wherein a variety of comedians discuss mental health called Laughing Matters.{{Cite video |title=Comedians Tackling Depression & Anxiety Makes Us Feel Seen {{!}} Laughing Matters {{!}} Documentary|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBV-7_qGlr4|language=en|access-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029005324/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBV-7_qGlr4|archive-date=October 29, 2019|url-status=live}}
Deadline referred to Akana as "a prolific online creator whose channel boasts 60 million views and 900,000 subscribers, and last year wrote and starred in her own narrative feature Riley Rewind, scoring a none-too-shabby 20M views online."
=Film and television=
In 2011, Akana appeared in the TV series Awkward. In that same year, she also appeared as an extra in Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night" music video.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} Akana starred in Snapper Hero, a scripted video series distributed via Snapchat.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/at-t-launches-scripted-series-767844|title=AT&T Launches Scripted Series on Snapchat|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Natalie|last=Jarvey|date=January 29, 2015|access-date=May 23, 2015|quote=The series, SnapperHero, stars YouTubers Anna Akana, Freddie Wong, Harley Morenstein, and Jasmeet Singh alongside Snapchat celeb Shaun McBride, who also served as creative director.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613080355/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/at-t-launches-scripted-series-767844|archive-date=June 13, 2015|url-status=live}} The series was sponsored by AT&T.
In 2016, Akana appeared alongside Sally Field in the indie comedy film Hello, My Name Is Doris, written by Michael Showalter.{{cite news|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2014/07/anna-akana-youtube-my-name-is-doris-sally-field-802951/|title='Hello, My Name Is Doris' Uploads YouTuber Anna Akana|date=July 11, 2014|first=Jen|last=Yamato|access-date=May 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319084206/http://deadline.com/2014/07/anna-akana-youtube-my-name-is-doris-sally-field-802951/|archive-date=March 19, 2015|url-status=live}} That same year, she also appeared in a short Star Wars fan film, Hoshino{{cite video | url= https://youtube.com/watch?v=G7-n36MBs1A| title= Hoshino - Star Wars Fan Film| via= YouTube| access-date= June 24, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170711161726/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7-n36MBs1A| archive-date= July 11, 2017| url-status= live}} as well as the comedy film Dirty 30. She has a recurring role in the Comedy Central show Corporate.{{cite press release| url= http://press.cc.com/press-release/2017/12/12/press-comedy-central-is-corporate-scripted-series-premieres-on-wednesday-january-17-on-comedy-central| title= Corporate Scripted Series| website= Comedy Central| publisher= Comedy Central| access-date= September 4, 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180904192206/http://press.cc.com/press-release/2017/12/12/press-comedy-central-is-corporate-scripted-series-premieres-on-wednesday-january-17-on-comedy-central| archive-date= September 4, 2018| url-status= dead}}
She also has supporting roles as Gloria Sato in the Disney Channel show Big City Greens and Sasha Waybright in Amphibia. In 2019, she announced on Ryan Higa's Off the Pill podcast to be part of the Netflix original Jupiter's Legacy. Akana also hosts the podcast Explain Things to Me with fellow comedian Brad Gage where the two interview experts in various fields about their work.{{cite web |title=Explain Things to Me |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/alternative-mortician-caitlin/id964334876?i=334757297&mt=2 |publisher=iTunes |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312063244/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/alternative-mortician-caitlin/id964334876?i=334757297&mt=2 |archive-date=March 12, 2016 |url-status=dead }} In 2021, Akana was announced as starring alongside Emma Roberts in the romantic comedy About Fate.
Other ventures
File:Anna Akana in Manila in 2025.jpg in 2025 for It Gets Darker]]
In 2015, Akana released a clothing line, Ghost & Stars, which features several cat-themed designs as well as formal dresses, leggings, and a variety of T-shirts.{{cite web |url=http://www.ghostandstars.com/ |title=Ghost & Stars |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306065244/http://ghostandstars.com/ |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |url-status=usurped }} In 2017, Akana's book So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister was published. The book describes Akana's struggles and experiences growing up and offers advice to her late sister.{{Cite book| url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32969084-so-much-i-want-to-tell-you| title= So Much I Want to Tell You| website= GoodReads.com| isbn= 978-0-399-59493-9| access-date= April 14, 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180415063633/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32969084-so-much-i-want-to-tell-you| archive-date= April 15, 2018| url-status= live| last1= Akana| first1= Anna| date= June 13, 2017| publisher= Random House Publishing}}
In 2019, Akana transitioned from comedy into music, and released her debut single, "Intervention". Its music video was directed by Auden Bui.{{cite video |publisher=Anna Akana|title=Intervention - Anna Akana (Official Music Video)|date=May 8, 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOYo-OSANw|via=YouTube|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509193257/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOYo-OSANw|archive-date=May 9, 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8510501/anna-akana-interview-intervention-premiere |title=Anna Akana Talks Mental Health, Coming Out & Her Music Debut With 'Intervention' |last=Blynn |first=Alex |date=May 8, 2019 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508163929/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8510501/anna-akana-interview-intervention-premiere |archive-date=May 8, 2019 |url-status=live }} She has since released two more music videos, one for "Pretty Girls Don't Cry" in July 2019 and "Not My Proudest Moment" in August. She continued to release music videos for songs named "Alone Together", "Disappointment", and "Let Me Go". Her debut album, Casualty, came out in October 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2019-10-04/anna-akana-youtube-music |title=Anna Akana is famously vulnerable. Now she's revealing it all through music |website=Los Angeles Times |date=October 4, 2019 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006041056/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2019-10-04/anna-akana-youtube-music |archive-date=October 6, 2019 |url-status=live }} Her follow up project came out early 2021 called No Longer Yours.{{cite web | url=https://genius.com/albums/Anna-akana/No-longer-yours-ep | title=No Longer Yours - EP by Anna Akana }}{{cite web | title=No Longer Yours| website=Amazon.com | url=https://www.amazon.com/No-Longer-Yours-Anna-Akana/dp/B08P9XN8BW | access-date=25 June 2023}}
In 2024, Akana rolled out her standup comedy tour It Gets Darker with an entire hour dedicated to telling stories about her late sister's suicide and the traumatic aftermath, her history with violent stalkers causing her to quit live appearances, and growing up as a Hawaiian-native Asian military brat.
Filmography
=Feature films=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2013
|Student driver | |
| 2014
|Here She Is |Miss Hawaii |Also writer |
| rowspan="2" | 2015
|Writer in Luis' story | |
| Kids vs Monsters
|Daisy | |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
|Blogger | |
| Dirty 30
|Ashley Driscoll | |
| 2017
|Lydia | |
| 2018
|Ani |
| 2019
|Sasha Li | |
| 2019
| Kerry | |
| 2020
| Elizabeth Carthright | |
| 2021
| So Much | {{TBA}} | Television film; pre-production |
| 2022
| Luna |
| 2024
| Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation | Gloria Sato, additional voices |
=Television=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2011
|Asian girl |Episode: "Knocker Nightmare" |
| rowspan=2|2012
|Tomoka |Episode: "Made in Japan" |
| The Beauty Inside
|Alex #29 |5 episodes |
| 2013–2014
|Lily |2 episodes |
| 2016
|Female Shopper |Episode: "Adam Ruins Shopping Malls" |
| 2017
|Amanda Weston |Recurring role; 7 episodes |
| 2018–2020
|Paige |Recurring role |
| 2018–present
|Gloria Sato |
| 2019–2022 |
| rowspan=5|2020
|Magical Girl Friendship Squad: Origins |rowspan="2"|Daisy |rowspan="2"|Voice, main role |
| Magical Girl Friendship Squad |
| Dicktown
|Meg |4 episodes |
| Into the Dark
|Julie |Episode: "My Valentine" |
| NCIS: Los Angeles
|Rhea Moretti |Episode: "Murder of Crows" |
| 2020–2023
|Dakota |5 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2021
|Raikou |2 episodes |
| Home Economics
|Lindsay |Episode: "Chorizo with Mojo Verde and Chicharrón, $45" |
| 2023
|Odessa Drake |
=Web series=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=2|2011
|Breaking Los Angeles |Herself |9 episodes; also producer |
| 10 Second Traumas
|Various |8 episodes; also writer, executive producer and director |
| 2012
|Pointy Teeth |Anna |Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2013
|Riley Rewind |Riley Brown |5 episodes; also writer and producer |
| |Runaway Thoughts Podcast
|85 episodes, also writer and producer{{Cite video |date=July 15, 2014 |title=YouTube |url=http://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsXW-9bShL1bsy6U12zxmnTONDJPoCs5I |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715151746/http://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsXW-9bShL1bsy6U12zxmnTONDJPoCs5I |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=YouTube}}{{Cite video |date=May 29, 2014 |title=Has Evolution Stopped? {{!}} Runaway Thoughts Podcast #85 - YouTube |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE9yzWql2mE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529032013/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE9yzWql2mE |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=YouTube}}{{Cite web |title=YouTuber Anna Akana Is Headed to the Big Screen {{!}} New Media Rockstars |url=https://newmediarockstars.com/2014/07/youtuber-anna-akana-is-headed-to-the-big-screen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029110356/https://newmediarockstars.com/2014/07/youtuber-anna-akana-is-headed-to-the-big-screen/ |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=newmediarockstars.com |language=en-US}} | |
| rowspan=11|2015
|52 Ways to Break Up |Anna |Episode: "#24 and #25- Compare Notes" |
| Command Center
|Commander |Also writer and director |
| Broken People
|Pinches |2 episodes |
| Last Moments of Relationships
|Fay |Episode: "CRAZY DATING STORIES" |
| Stunted
|Nora | |
| Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures
|The White Spirit |Episode: "Art Attack" |
| Wrestling Isn't Wrestling
|Short film |
| Adult Wednesday Addams
|Mackenzie Mae |Executive producer (2 episodes) |
| Rough Day
|Detective Mah-jong |Also executive producer |
| MisSpelled
|Stella |Episode: "#HotlineWing" |
| #Cybriety
|Ellen |Episode: "Neighbor Ellen" |
| rowspan=8|2016
|Hipsters |Jane |3 episodes; also director |
| Tiny Feminists
|Ms. Applebaum |Episode: "Linda" |
| This Isn't Working
|Nicole |5 episodes |
| Transformers: Combiner Wars
|Victorion |
| Single by 30
| Grace |6 episodes |
| 12 Deadly Days
|Judalina |Episode: "Coffee Cups" |
| Go-Go Boy Interrupted
| - |Co-producer (10 episodes) |
| Miss 2059
|Victoria Young |24 episodes; also creator, executive producer and director |
| rowspan=2|2017
|Drive Share |Driver |Episode: "Garbage Mommy" |
| Search Bar
|Various |12 episodes; also creator, executive producer and director |
| 2018
|Farrah Cutney |8 episodes; also creator and executive producer |
| 2019
|Crash Course: Entrepreneurship |Self (Host) |18 episodes |
Discography
=Studio albums=
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| scope="row"| Casualty
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=Extended plays=
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| scope="row"|No Longer Yours
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=Singles=
=Promotional singles=
=Other appearances=
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| scope="row"| "Heartstomper"
|rowspan="2"| 2021 | {{N/A}} |rowspan="2"| Amphibia: Battle of the Bands |
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| scope="row"| "No Big Deal" |
| scope="row"| "Euthanasia"
| 2022 | Daemon | Blade of the 47 Robin |
=Music videos=
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| scope="row"| "Screw You"
| 2012 |
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| scope="row"| "Intervention"
| rowspan=9| 2019 |
| scope="row"| "Alone Together" |
| scope="row"| "Pretty Girls Don't Cry" |
| scope="row"| "Not My Proudest Moment" |
| scope="row"| "Disappointment" |
| scope="row"| "Let Me Go" |
| scope="row"| "Casualty" |
| scope="row"| "Bad News" |
| scope="row"| "Spoken For" |
| scope="row"| "Selfish"
| rowspan=5| 2020 |
| scope="row"| "Quicksand" |
| scope="row"| "Pick a Fight" |
| scope="row"| "Swim" |
| scope="row"| "Pink" |
| scope="row"| "Run"
| rowspan=3| 2021 |
| scope="row"| "I Feel Nothing" |
| scope="row"| "Wanted Woman" |
| scope="row"| "Sunshine"
| 2022 | |
=Guest appearances=
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! scope="col" | Artist(s) ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role |
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| 2011
|"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" |Extra |
Awards
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| 2014
|San Diego Asian Film Festival |Digital Pioneer | |{{won}} |
| 2015
|Best Actress |SnapperHero |{{nom}} |
| 2018
|Streamy Awards |Acting in a Drama |Youth & Consequences |{{won}} |
| 2019
|Outstanding Digital Drama Series |Youth & Consequences |{{nom}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{official website|annaakana.com/}}
- {{IMDb name | id= nm4331196}}
{{Streamy Awards Acting Performance Winners}}
{{Authority control}}
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