Tamae Ando is an actress born on August 8, 1976, in Arakawa, Tokyo. She is married to Kuro Tanino, a theater playwright and director associated with the theater group “Niwa Gekidan Penino”. The couple has one child. She’s been active as an actress since 2001. She is part of the talent agency MASH.
She was born as the daughter of a tonkatsu restaurant called “Donpei” which has appeared in the drama “Kodoku no Gurume”. She graduated from Ogu Miyamae Elementary School, Ogu Hachiman Junior High School, and The Second Nihon University High School. Aspiring to become a diplomat, she entered Sophia University’s department of Foreign Languages but dropped out. She went on to graduate from Waseda Universities department of Literature.
Following her graduation, she joined the theater company “Pots Doll” and began working as an actress. She caught the eye of director Hiroki Ryuichi and was cast in her first film, 2003’s “Vibrator”. Following her 2003 movie debut, 2004 saw her appearing in her first drama. She left “Pots Doll” in 2007 but still appears in stage productions with her most recent appearance occurring in 2015.
1971 • TV
2013 • Movie
2023 • Movie
2011 • TV
2006 • TV
2009 • TV
as Mineko
as Sato
as Matsumoto Riho
as Kiyomi Araya
as Iwasaki's Wife
as Taeko's Mother
as Marilyn
as Yoshie's Former High School Classmate
as Receptionist of Live House Music Studio
as Marilyn
as Takagi
as Noriyo Oota
as Akemi Hinazuki
as Masako Yoshida
as Momoko Komori
2 episodes
1 episodes
as Reiko's assistant
1 episodes
as Marylin
7 episodes
as Mihara Shoko
16 episodes
as Marilyn
6 episodes
1 episodes
2 episodes
as Umezawa Reiko [Taka-chan Udon employee] (Ep. 1)
12 episodes
1 episodes
1 episodes
as Yamashita
10 episodes
as Nurse 2
1 episodes
6 episodes
as Iku Shigiishi
8 episodes
1 episodes
as Kyoko Fujimura
37 episodes
5 episodes
as Usa Asari
12 episodes
as Shoko Komiyama
11 episodes
