Anzu Lawson

Anzu Lawson Biography

Anzu Lawson, (born Cristina Anzu Lawson in Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States) and is an American actress, singer, songwriter, comedian and screenwriter. She has also been credited under the names Cristina Lawson, Cristina Anzu Lawson and Anzu Cristina. Lawson is of partial Japanese descent.

Early life

Anzu Lawson is the oldest of two children. Her American father was in the Navy, stationed in Japan, when he met and married her Japanese-Korean mother, Keiko. The family moved to Cerritos, California where they lived until Anzu was 15 years old, at which point the two girls moved to Japan with their mother.

Music

Lawson was signed to Japanese a label where she reached number 1 on the Japanese Billboard charts with her cover of the single "The Rose" on Avex Records. She also reached number 1 on the European Dance charts with her single "Sweet Clarity" with a project called Aquabox produced by Lee Curreri. She has also sung on multiple movie soundtracks produced by Harry Gregson-Williams, Heitor Pereira and Hans Zimmer such as The Chronicles of Narnia, Spy Game, The Davinci Code, Sinbad, and Illegal Tender. She also wrote the song "I Am Onto You" for No Way Back, starring Russell Crowe and directed by Frank Cappello. In addition to singing and songwriting, Anzu also plays the piano, guitar and flute.

Acting

Her first screen test was at age 8 to play Mako's granddaughter for an East West Players film production and she starred in her first American movie opposite Viggo Mortensen in American Yakuza, directed by Frank Cappello.

Comedy

As a stand-up comic, Anzu performs in comedy festivals as well as The Hollywood and Brea Improv, The Laugh Factory, The Ha-Ha Café, The Comedy Store and The IceHouse Pasadena.

Filmography

Lawson's TV and film credits are below:

TV

TV Show	Year
Great Scott!	1992
Full House	1992
Hot Line	1994
Dream On	1995
Goode Behavior	1996
The King of Queens	2005
Mind of Mencia	2007
Without A Trace	2008
Criminal Minds	2009
'Til Death	2010
Make It or Break It	2010

Film

Film	Role	Year
Final Fight	Actress	1989
American Yakuza	Actress	1993
The Shadow	Actress	1994
No Way Back	Singer-Songwriter	1995
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back	Actress	1995
Spy Game	Singer	2001
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Singer	2003
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe	Singer	2005
All In	Actress	2006
The Da Vinci Code	Singer	2006
He Was a Quiet Man	Actress	2007
Illegal Tender	Singer	2007
What Would Jesus Do?	Actress	2010

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