Lauren Tom (born August 4, 1961) is an American actress and voice actress. Her roles include Lena St. Clair in The Joy Luck Club, Julie in the NBC sitcom Friends, Dot in the final season of Grace Under Fire, and the voices for both mother and daughter characters on two animated TV comedy series: on Futurama she voiced Amy Wong and her mother Inez, and on King of the Hill as Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone. She portrayed Celia Mack in the Disney Channel series Andi Mack.
Tom was born in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, the daughter of Nancy (née Dare) and Chan Tom, Jr., who worked in the frozen food business. She has a brother named Chip. Their parents were born in Chicago, and their grandparents came from Kaiping, Guangdong, China. Raised in Highland Park, Tom was bullied as a child about her Chinese heritage, making her introverted and eventually inspiring her to study dance.