Ann Harada (born 3 February 1964 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a New York-based actress who is best-known on Broadway in Avenue Q in which she originated the role of Christmas Eve, the heavily-accented Japanese therapist. Ann Harada had been involved in Avenue Q since the very first performance of the show at the York Theatre in 2000. She had been recommended to the writers Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx by her friend, the lyricist Amanda Green. Harada was raised in Hawaii. She is a graduate of the Punahou School and Brown University.