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Christine Ko is an American actress best known for her role as Emma in the CBS sitcom The Great Indoors. Ko also guest starred in the HBO comedy series Ballers.

Ko was born in Chicago and alternately grew up in Taiwan and Atlanta. Ko is of Chinese descent and she has discussed the issue of limited roles for Asian actors in the United States. Her role of Emma on The Great Indoors was originally written to be a blond woman, but her agent was able to get Ko an audition. After her audition, they changed thier original idea of the Emma's appearance. Ko said "I think that's true diversity. You're just like everybody else. You just look Asian," furthering. "It's the norm and how we all live. We just haven't seen it in Hollywood yet."