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Joanna Sotomura

Joanna Sotomura

Actor · Born January 1, 1985 (41) · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Joanna Sotomura is an American actor, best known for playing the titular role in the Emmy Award-winning webseries Emma Approved (2013). In 2024, Sotomura lent her voice to Sunny, a robot left to the widow of her creator, in the Apple TV+ series of the same name.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1985 (41)
From
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 30% in 30 days

What are Joanna Sotomura's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
40%
Self
23%
Bonds
17%
Ideas
12%
Morality
8%
Survival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 0 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role
  • Allyas Sunny in Sunny (2024)

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Absurd
2
Contemplative
2
Thrilling
1
Dread
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Unsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Joanna Sotomura's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Joanna Sotomura's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

25 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page.

  • Sunny(2024)

    Show 10 episodes · as Sunny (voice)

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Boy Band (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Holly Sweeney

  • Bookie(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Gabby

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • I Love That for You(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Cheryl

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Barry(2018)

    Show 3 episodes · as Casey

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Heartless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Clare McKaskill

  • Great News(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Hayley

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Negative(2017)

    as Abigail

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Get the Girl(2017)

    as Jane

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Good Place(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Véronique

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Chicago Med(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Jean Leilani

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Zoe

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Life in Pieces(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Jordana

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Contracted: Phase II(2015)

    as Debbie

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Everything Before Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Anna

  • The Poisoning(2013)

    as Michelle

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Geek USA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Kyra Featherstone

  • Emma Approved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 80 episodes · as Emma Woodhouse

  • Video Game High School(2012)

    Show 21 episodes · as Duchess of Kart

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Revenge(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Phoebe

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Hawaii Five-0(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Mila

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Rizzoli & Isles(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Staff Member

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • NCIS: Los Angeles(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Christina Ng

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Criminal Minds(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Geena Raptis

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Recovery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Kim

Career shape

Star power in the 76th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 25 titles, 24 of them dated from 2005 to 2024.

Highest rated

Sunny (2024)

Midcredits 39th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting25 of 25: 25 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score74th

By decade

2000s2 · acting2010s18 · acting2020s4 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Joanna Sotomura's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 13th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 19th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

19thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

12thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

The Poisoning (2013)

85th percentile spread · 56% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Barry (2018)

Midcredits 95th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 59/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 35. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Joanna Sotomura work with?

People who share at least 2 of Joanna Sotomura's MovieCove titles; Jose Luis Gonzalez shares the most, 2.