---
name: "Jennifer Kumiyama"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jennifer-kumiyama"
fi1m_id: "jennifer-kumiyama"
imdb_id: "nm4454114"
tmdb_id: 1519596
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 February 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T22:11:46.023018+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jennifer Kumiyama

## Identity

Jennifer Kumiyama

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jennifer-kumiyama
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jennifer-kumiyama
- **IMDb ID:** nm4454114
- **TMDB ID:** 1519596
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4454114/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1519596

Actor. Born 21 February 1980 in Riverside, California.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 February 1980, Riverside, California
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 79 (1), 2020s 49 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4454114/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1519596

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Wish*](https://film.one/film/wish.md) (49)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jennifer Kumiyama is an American actor, singer and disability rights activist based in Long Beach, California. Born on 21 February 1980 in Riverside, California, she has arthrogryposis and uses a wheelchair. She trained in voice at Long Beach City College and California State University, Long Beach.

Kumiyama began her career with an appearance on the Warner Bros. reality series Popstars 2 in 2000. From 2002 to 2016 she performed in the stage show Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular at Disney California Adventure, becoming the first Disney actor to appear onstage in a wheelchair. She played Carmen in the 2012 film The Sessions and voiced Dahlia, also contributing to the soundtrack, in Disney’s 2023 animated feature Wish. She has also appeared in the television series Awkward. (2012).

Kumiyama was crowned Ms. Wheelchair California in 2010. She serves as the Citywide Accessibility Coordinator for the City of Long Beach.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wish* (2023), Fi1m 49, as Dahlia (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/wish.md)
- *The Sessions* (2012), Fi1m 79, as Carmen — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sessions.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Wish* (2023), as Dahlia (voice) — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/wish.md)
- *The Sessions* (2012), as Carmen — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sessions.md)
- *Awkward.* (2011), series, as Wheelchair Girl

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