Patricia Ayame Thomson is a UCLA Graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre Arts. Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, she speaks both Japanese and English fluently. As a teenager, she was a Top Model in Tokyo for over five years, starting at the age of thirteen. She also worked as a campaign model for Shiseido Cosmetics Company.
Patricia attended an American DOD School located at Yokota Air Force Base. After graduating from high school, she moved to the United States to study Theatre Arts at UCLA. She became an original member of The Actors Gang, created and led by colleague, Tim Robbins, during their undergraduate years at UCLA.
Patricia's most notable memory with The Actors Gang was when she performed in front of Sir Lawrence Olivier, sitting in the front row of a run-down Equity Waiver house in Hollywood. After graduating from UCLA, she obtained her membership in the Screen Actors Guild with her first major acting role on Television.
She guest-starred in over 50 Network Television Shows, including "Seinfeld," "Friends," "Wings," "Wayans Bros.," "Saved by the Bell" (The New Generation),"Designing Women," "Days of Our Lives," "(The New) WKRP in Cincinnati," "Life Goes On," "Raven," "Pointman," "Thunder Alley," "Street Justice," and many others.
Patricia has appeared in the Feature Film, "Rising Sun" as an Accident News Reporter, directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Wesley Snipes and Harvey Keitel. She also appeared in a comedy, action-adventure Pilot created for FOX-TV called "Chameleon" with Ed Begley Jr.
Over the years, Patricia performed with the East West Players in many productions, including "The Maids," "Hedda Gabler," and "Doughball." The play, "The Maids" won a Dramalogue Award for Best Ensemble. She has also had the good fortune and opportunity to travel the world on modeling jobs for top cruise lines.
Patricia received a Transitional Scholarship from the Screen Actors Guild Foundation to further her education in Library and Information Science. She earned her Masters degree in 2016. She is a true globetrotter, having moved to Canada to be with her husband and continues pursuing her acting career.
Her TV Treatment was selected for honorable mention among the top 200 out of a total of 3,000 submissions to the HBO New Writers Contest.
