Actress from Hawaii, who is part Japanese and part Caucasian (but no Hawaiian ancestry).
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 26, daughter Maile Brady (Maile Masako Brady), on February 3, 2003. Child's father is her now ex-husband, Wayne Brady.
Her father Ronald Taketa is the executive secretary and treasurer of the Hawaii Carpenters Union. He also served as the Honolulu Police Commission Chairman.