Eileen Ikuta

Eileen Ikuta is one of the few, the proud, native Angelenos. She grew up in Orange County, California and like many locals, worked at both Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm. As a child, she participated in many activities including dance, ice skating and eventually becoming a world champion baton twirler. After high school, she attended college in Southern California as well as North Carolina at the prestigious, NC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC. She has a B.A. in Theatre Performance and a minor in Dance and Theatre. After college, she went on the road and toured in national and international tours with everyone from Disney to Sesame Street. She also toured very heavily in the trade show and car show circuit representing everyone from Mattel to Jaguar. She also has extensive experience with animals and works in her spare time in animal charity work and owns an actor/model/therapy/service dog who has graced such magazines as "Dog Fancy", "Marie Clare U.K.", "Celeb Staff" magazine, as well as campaigns for Petco, Petsmart and Target. Ikuta continues to reinvent herself and is currently starring on "Shushybye Baby" on the Baby First TV network as "Snoozles". She is a veteran costume character performer with over 100 characters under her belt--everyone from Mickey Mouse, to Bart Simpson, to Charlie Brown. She has starred on several children's DVDs and TV pilots, including Cartoon Network's "Re-animated", as Prickles. Ikuta lives in Los Angeles with her actor/model dog, Tater Tot Ikuta. She is a proud member of SAG, AFTRA, AEA, & AGVA.