She returned to the West End on 20 November 2006, when she took over the role of Christmas Eve from Ann Harada in the London production of Avenue Q, a role which she played until 14 April 2007. Mori's Torchwood character, Toshiko Sato, was killed in " Exit Wounds", the final episode of Torchwood's second series, but has not ruled out the possibility of returning to the show at a later date. Producer Russell T Davies took note of her performance and decided to bring the character back as a regular in the first two series of the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood. In 1997 Naoko co-starred with Spice Girls in the comedy/musical film "Spice World".Īlso in 2005, Mori had a small role as Dr Sato in the Doctor Who episode " Aliens of London". Mori also provided the voice acting for the villainess Mai Hem for the game Perfect Dark Zero. Mori had a major role in the 2005 BBC docu-drama Hiroshima, which contained dramatic re-enactments of the 1945 atomic bombing. In 1995, she had a small role as a Japanese computer hacker in the film Hackers. Mori also appeared in the television programmes Thief Takers (1997), Judge John Deed (2001), Spooks (2002), Mile High (2003) and Powers (2004). Film roles followed, including appearances in the 1997 musical comedy movie "Spice World" and Topsy-Turvy (1999). From 1993–1994, Mori had a regular role on the hospital drama Casualty as the hospital receptionist Mie Nishikawa. She later went on to play Kim and became the first ever Japanese national to play a lead role in the West End. While studying for her A-levels, she auditioned and joined London's West End production of Miss Saigon. Mori said that being on her own at such a young age helped her to be a very independent person, although it was still a scary world to be faced so young. Mori's father opened a bank account for her, handed her a cheque book and told her to find a flat or a bed sit for herself to live in. She chose to stay in London, partly because she wanted to finish her GCSEs and gain some qualifications. When her parents were posted back to Japan, Mori was given the choice of either moving back to Japan with her parents or remaining in London on her own. She returned to Japan when she was ten and moved to London two years later. When Mori was four years old, she moved to New Jersey, USA due to her father's work. Mori was born in Nagoya, Japan, to a Japanese-American father and a Ryukyuan mother.
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