Ellen Tamaki is an American actress who played Niko Hamada in Charmed (2018–19) and Drea Mikami in Manifest since 2020.
During her time as a student in London, she had theatre appearances as Lady Anne in Richard III and as Casca in Julius Caesar.
[1] Tamaki moved to the United States to study at the Boston University College of Fine Arts, graduating in 2014.
[2] Tamaki was working on the One Year Lease Theater Company and Stages Repertory Theatre's production Balls at 59E59 Theaters in New York when the show's protagonist Billie-Jean King (played by Tamaki) showed up in real life to watch the play.
[5][6] Tamaki followed that television success with the recurring role of police officer Drea Mikami in the second series of Manifest in 2020.