Biography
Nobu McCarthy, also credited as Nobu Atsumi, was a Canadian actress. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, she was raised in Japan, where she studied ballet, worked as a fashion model and won the title of Miss Tokyo. She made her film debut in The Geisha Boy (1958).
McCarthy appeared in numerous film and television roles from the late 1950s onward, including The Karate Kid Part II (1986) as Yukie, Pacific Heights (1990) and the television film Farewell to Manzanar (1976). She joined the East West Players theatre company in 1971, served as its artistic director from 1989 to 1993 and received a lifetime achievement award from the company in 1996. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in The Wash (1988). McCarthy died in 2002 while filming in Brazil.
