This strikingly beautiful model began her career in the entertainment industry at the ripe age of 14. Daughter to restauranter Rocky Aoki (owner of Benihana restaurants) and a German/English mother, Aoki's exotic look was favored by photographers and designers alike. She has been featured as the face of numerous advertising campaigns, which have included Chanel, Verace, Wella, Cerruti and Moschino.Aoki's natural progressing into television and film commenced when she shot the sensational "Primal Scream" video with Kate Moss. She made her feature film debut in the action sequel "2 Fast 2 Furious" (2003) and later appeared in the "Death of a Dynasty"(2003) a musical comedy newcomer Damon Dash. After a turn as Dominique, one of the plaid-skirted schoolgirl spys in the cult film "D.E.B.S." (2005), Aoki appeared in a pivotal role in director Robert Rodriguez and writer-artist Frank Miller's visually arresting adaptation of Miller's crime noir comic book series "Sin City" (2005), playing "deadly little Miho," the silent, samurai sword-wielding hooker from Old Town who raises the body count significantly in the segment "The Big Fat Kill."
Profession(s):
model, actress
Sometimes Credited As:
Family
brother:Steve Aoki (a well-known Los Angeles, California DJ; head of the Dim Mak record label)
father:Rocky Aoki (Japanese American; a former Olympic wrestler; owner of the Benihana restaurant chain.)
mother:Pamela Hilburger (English/German)
2007 Played Kasumi, in the movie based on the popular video game, "DOA: Dead or Alive"
2007 Co-starred with Jet Li and Jason Statham in "War"
2006 Made a cameo in the short films accompanying the new Sean Lennon album, "Friendly Fire"
2005 Appeared as a martial arts expert in the Robert Rodriguez directed "Sin City"
2004 Co-starred with Meagan Good in the action comedy, "D.E.B.S."
2003 Film debut in "Death of a Dynasty" a satire of the hip hop music industry
2003 Breakout role in the action sequel "2 Fast 2 Furious"
1997 Made a cameo appearance in Duran Duran's music video Electric Barbarella
Discovered in at a Rancid concert she had gatecrashed
Began modeling at the age of fourteen
