Maya Erskine based much of her dramedy series PEN15 on dynamics in her real family with parents Mutsuko and Peter Erskine. The pair met in Japan, got married and moved to California, where their ...

Here, we see Maya’s mother, Yuki (played by Erskine’s actual mother, Mutsuko Erskine) spending her morning wrangling ungrateful children before a daylong dalliance with an unexpected visitor f ...

Maya, left, and Yuki are played by real-life daughter and mother Maya Erskine and Mutsuko Erskine on “PEN15.” (Hulu) Perspective by Inkoo Kang This article contains light spoilers for the fina ...

Having someone who saw it with me and then rescued me was really cool.” Erskine, whose actual mom (Mutsuko Erskine) plays her mother on the show, says the work has led to some heartfelt ...

Mutsuko Erskine's Yuki delivers the immigrant mom representation TV needed. Credit: Hulu / Pen15 Welcome to Thanks, I Love It, our series highlighting something onscreen we're obsessed with this week.

As a story of kids between childhood and adolescence, who long for change and fear it, and who are at once attached to and embarrassed by their families — Erskine’s mother, Mutsuko Erskine ...

“I think at that age, you start to see that you’re very much like your mom and you hate that about yourself and you then hate your mom,” adds Erskine, whose own mother, Mutsuko ...

Maya’s mother is played by Erskine’s real mother, Mutsuko Erskine, whose acting debut here has been so well received she’s now getting calls for auditions. The set for Anna’s house looked ...

As she soaks in a yuzu bath with her mother, Yuki (performed with moving compassion by Erskine’s real-life mom, Mutsuko Erskine), she is reminded of her own worth. “Girls or women are like ...

(Adding to the from-life feel of the series, Erskine’s real-life mother, Mutsuko Erskine, plays Maya’s mom.) Anna has a gawky cheerfulness that helps smooth over the dawning reality of her ...

How PEN15’s Mutsuko Erskine Wound Up Playing Herself on TVThe real-life mom of Maya Erskine talks acting, the “déjà vu” of the Hulu comedy, and life in America as a Japanese woman.

In recalling stories from seventh grade, Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle and Sam Zvibleman were so entertained by their own memories that, in 2019, the close friends created PEN15, a comedy series where ...