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Feb 27, 2019 · In Hulu’s PEN15, Mutsuko Erskine pulls double-duty: Offscreen she’s the real-life mother of star Maya Erskine (who plays a 13-year-old version of herself), but she also plays Maya’s TV mom on...
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Maya Erskine based much of her dramedy series PEN15 on dynamics in her real family with parents Mutsuko and Peter Erskine.
Dec 24, 2021 · Actress and writer Maya Erskine brought her mom, Mutsuko Erskine, on a Zoom call with ELLE.com to talk about the 'Yuki' episode in 'PEN15' season 2.
Jul 16, 2021 · 'Pen15' actor and co-creator Maya Erskine recently revealed why she had her own mother cast as her on-screen mom.
Erskine was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Mutsuko Nigatawa and jazz drummer Peter Erskine. [4] Her mother is Japanese, from Tokyo. Her mother also plays the role of her character's mother on PEN15.
YearTitleRoleNotes2024–presentJane SmithTitle role2023–presentMizuMain cast, voice role2022Sully StarkMiniseries, 3 episodes2020–2022KayleeVoice role, 3 episodesNov 29, 2021 · But Maya soon grows weary of sharing her family and starts acting out. In one scene, Maya’s mother, Yuki, tenderly combs Anna’s hair in the living room, ignoring her daughter’s petulance.
Sep 18, 2020 · It’s her daughter, Maya Erskine, the co-creator and star of Pen15, who portrays a lightly fictionalized version of her adolescent self—and the TV daughter to her real-life mother. Erskine ...