Agena is best known for her role in
Gilmore Girls, where she played
Lane Kim, a
Korean-American teenager who is the best friend of
Rory Gilmore, one of the lead characters. Agena played this role despite being significantly older than her character, who was 16 at the start of the series, when Agena was 27. Agena has also played the role of Mearing's Aide, Mearing being played by
Frances McDormand, in
Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Agena also appeared in three episodes of
Felicity as Leila Foster, a girl who comes to the lead character for assistance in acquiring the
morning-after pill and participates in a protest when denied the medication. She was a recipient of the Best Female Actor award in the Ammy Awards, which honor Asian and
Asian-American achievement in film or television. She also provided the voice of
Yori in the
Disney cartoon series
Kim Possible in seasons 2, 3, and 4 of the show. Also, Agena played Jun Ni in the movie
Hair Show starring
Mo'Nique. She guest-starred on
Private Practice,
Castle, and episode 12 of the final season of
ER. She also appeared in
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous alongside
Jessica Simpson as an army private. In 2010, she appeared onstage in
No-No Boy in
Santa Monica, California. She later appeared in an episode of
House as Dr. Cheng. While in
Austin, Texas for the
Gilmore Girls reunion panel at the 2015
ATX Television Festival, she also participated in two live tapings of the
podcast Gilmore Guys, as well as a live performance by Lane Kim's band Hep Alien. In September 2015, Agena launched
Drunk Monk Podcast with fellow
improv comedian Will S. Choi, wherein they watch every episode of the television series,
Monk, while consuming alcohol. Agena plays a high school teacher in the Netflix series
13 Reasons Why. She was featured in
commercials for
Verizon Wireless ("Flipside Testimonials: Apartment") in 2015 and
UnitedHealthcare ("Pool Vault") in 2016. ==Filmography==