AILEEN KYOKO is a Japanese-American actress, screenwriter, and playwright based in Los Angeles and New York City. Born and raised in Manila, Philippines she attended an International School for 13 years.
Theatre
Aileen starred in and co-wrote More Quiet, More Noise, which had its world premiere at the Whitefire Theatre in 2024. She has performed in and written plays on Off-Broadway stages, including The Year of the Solar Eclipse, which premiered at The Wild Project in East Village in 2019-2020 to sold-out shows and rave reviews.
The play advanced to the second round of the Austin Film Festival Script Competition and was named to Coverfly’s RED LIST as a top comedy play of 2020.
Film & TV
Aileen's recent film work includes Asylum's Evil Nun (Amazon 2025), The Kid and the Callgirl (2026) and Bare Minimum (2026). She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress by the 2025 Garden State Festival alongside Rosanna Arquette and Mena Suvari for the feature film That Creep from the Bar Last Night (2025).
She has appeared in Outli(a)rs, Triple Threat (Soho International Film Festival), Deathless, My Ex-Lover is Dead (International Black and Diversity Film Festival), and Don’t Hate Me (We Make Movies International Film Festival).
Currently, Aileen is producing the film Bye Bye Blackbird which she wrote and will act in. The film is a story about a woman living through the Japanese American incarceration in the 1940's. She is currently fundraising to bring this film to life with an Asian creative team.
Training
Aileen is a Groundlings alum and trained in the Meisner technique at Maggie Flanigan Studio. She currently trains at Last Acting Studio with Desean Terry.