Aya Sumika

{{short description|American actress}}

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| name = Aya Sumika

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| birth_name = Aya Sumika Koenig

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|8|22}}{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 22, 2022 includes celebrities Tori Amos, Kristen Wiig |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-22-2022-includes-celebrities-tori-amos-kristen-wiig.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=21 August 2023 |date=22 August 2022}}

| birth_place = Seattle, Washington, US

| occupation = Actress, fashion designer

| yearsactive = 2004–2010 (as actress)

| spouse = Trevor John (m. 2007)

| children = 2

}}

Aya Sumika (born August 22, 1980) is a former American actress best known for her semi-recurring role (which later turned into a regular role) as FBI Agent Liz Warner in the television series Numb3rs.[http://www.film.com/celebrities/aya-sumika/14842575 Aya Sumika from Numb3rs - at Film.com].

Personal life

Sumika’s father is Caucasian and her mother is Japanese American. She grew up in Seattle, attended the Northwest School, then studied ballet at Juilliard.{{cite web |title=Aya Sumika - Updated Jun 2024 |url=https://fresherpost.com/aya-sumika/ |website=fresherpost.com |date=16 April 2023 |publisher=Fresher Post |access-date=27 June 2024}}{{cite news |title=Entrepreneur Aya Sumika |url=http://www.asiancemagazine.com/2013/04/30/entrepreneur-aya-sumika |accessdate=June 11, 2013 |newspaper=Asiance Magazine |date=April 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504004753/http://www.asiancemagazine.com/2013/04/30/entrepreneur-aya-sumika |archive-date=2013-05-04 |url-status=dead }}

Sumika and husband Trevor are high school sweethearts who met when she was 15. They married in 2007. Their daughter, Misa, was born in 2012.{{cite news |title=Entrepreneur Aya Sumika |url=http://www.asiancemagazine.com/2013/04/30/entrepreneur-aya-sumika |accessdate=June 11, 2013 |newspaper=Asiance Magazine |date=April 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504004753/http://www.asiancemagazine.com/2013/04/30/entrepreneur-aya-sumika |archive-date=2013-05-04 |url-status=dead }} Their second daughter, Kiyona, was born in 2014.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Her home is featured in Apartment Therapy House Tour.[http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/aya-trevors-sophisticated-contemporary-condohouse-tour-181358 Aya & Trevor's Sophisticated Contemporary Condo House Tour | Apartment Therapy] Sumika and her husband are co-owners of MIDORI Ribbon, a ribbon-oriented fashion and design company featuring Made in America products. MIDORI is located in Los Angeles.

Filmography

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2004HawaiiLinh Tamiya
2004BloodlineLori
2005-2010Numb3rsLiz Warner

References

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