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name: "Karen Kuioka Hironaga"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-17T07:35:03.953179+00:00"
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# Karen Kuioka Hironaga

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4019966/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1394481

## Biography

Karen Kuioka Hironaga is an American actress and producer. She is known for her role as Barb Higgins in the film *The Descendants* (2011).

Based in Hawaii, Hironaga has appeared in numerous local theatre productions, including at Kumu Kahua Theatre and a run of *The Joy Luck Club* at Diamond Head Theatre. Her performance in the latter led to her casting in *The Descendants*. She has also acted in *Parts of the Same Circle* (2012) and produced *Obake Neko* (2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, honoluluadvertiser.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Descendants* (2011), Fi1m 80, as Barb Higgins — [page](https://film.one/film/the-descendants.md)

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