Karen Fukuhara received the IMDb "Fan Favorite" STARmeter Award for her portrayal of Kimiko Miyashiro in Season 2 of the Amazon Prime original series The Boys.
"Hi! Happy AAPI Heritage Month and happy Identity Fest. Thank you so much to IMDb for this IMDb STARmeter Award, and thank you to all the fans out there that made this happen, that made this possible," Fukuhara said in a virtual acceptance speech posted on the IMDb YouTube channel. "IMDb is the first place that I go to research anything about a film or TV show, so this is very special to me. Thank you so much."
While accepting the award, Fukuhara also took a moment to thank all the "AAPI actors and actresses who have paved the way for our generation," naming Ming-Na Wen, Ken Watanabe and Hiroyuki Sanada as some of her biggest inspirations.
"I really look up to Sandra Oh," the actor said. "I first saw Sandra in Princess Diaries and now she's in Killing Eve and it's one of my favorite, favorite shows on television right now."
Fukuhara also reflected on all of the television series she's been watching during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shut down, noting, "I watched so many shows during quarantine, and I know I'm going to miss a few, but I loved watching I May Destroy You [and] The Undoing."
She also revealed that she caught up on the Netflix series, The End of the Fucking World, as well as HBO's Game of Thrones. "Game of Thrones. I know, everyone's already seen it, but I loved it," Fukuhara continued. "Peter Dinklage, amazing, I love Game of Thrones."
The actor wrapped things up by reflecting on her first official IMDb credit, which was the role of Katana in 2016's Suicide Squad, noting, "I learned a lot from being on set there. Watching Will Smith be hilarious, and his treatment of his fellow actors as well as crew members was inspiring."
The IMDb STARmeter Awards are awarded to fan-favorite entertainers and are determined by the annual page views of the more than 200 million unique monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide. Previous winners include Rachel Brosnahan, Mindy Kaling, Olivia Munn, Sam Rockwell, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Olivia Wilde.
While Fukuhara wasn't able to share any details about the upcoming third season of The Boys, she teased "lots of blood and lots of heart."
Amazon Studios' The Boys stars Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Jack Quaid as Hughie, Laz Alonso as Mother's Milk, Tomer Kapon as Frenchie, Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko, Erin Moriarty as Annie January, Chace Crawford as The Deep, Antony Starr as Homelander, Katia Winter as Little Nina and Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy. Seasons 3 has yet to receive a premiere date.
Source: YouTube