Tamlyn Tomita

Actor Jan 27 (age 60) Okinawa, Japan 1984–2024 (40 year career)

6.8 avg rating

Biography

Tamlyn Naomi Tomita is an American actress. She made her screen debut as Kumiko in The Karate Kid Part II and reprised the character for the streaming series Cobra Kai. She is also well known for her role as Waverly in The Joy Luck Club.

Known For

Film

The Good Doctor

Allegra Aoki

Film

The Day After Tomorrow

Janet Tokada

Film

The Karate Kid Part II

Kumiko

Film

Ultraman: Rising

Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)

Film

Four Rooms

Wife

Film

The Eye

Mrs. Cheung

Film

The Good Neighbor

Heather Cromwell

Film

Berlin Station

Sandra Abe

Filmography

Acting (118)

Movies (50)

Ultraman: Rising

2024

as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)

8.1

Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp

2022

as Narrator (voice)

The Right Mom

as Sallie Petersen

I Will Make You Mine

as Julia

The Living Worst

as Chita Montague

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

as Self

Real Artists

as Anne Palladon

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

as Self

The Good Neighbor

as Heather Cromwell

The Unbidden

as Lauren Lee

Daddy

as Sharlene Hong

Teacher of the Year

as Vivian Lew

The Real Miyagi

as Self

Awesome Asian Bad Guys

2014

as Tamlyn/Pamlyn

6.0

Operation Marriage

2014

as Lee

The Mikado Project

as Viola

Tekken

as Jun Kazama

Nomads

Why Am I Doing This?

as Donna

The Eye

as Mrs. Cheung

Only the Brave

as Mary Takata

Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name

2006

as Narrator (voice)

Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't

2005

as Helen Morriston

5.9

Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am

2005

as Maria Yamashita

8.1

The Day After Tomorrow

as Janet Tokada

Robot Stories

as Marcia

Walking Shadow

as Rikki Wu

Runaway Virus

as Monique Chao

Life Tastes Good

as Julie

The Last Man on Planet Earth

1999

as Agent Kara Hastings

Living Out Loud

as Bob's Wife

Hundred Percent

as Thaise

Touch

as Prosecutor

The Killing Jar

as Diane Sanford

Four Rooms

as Wife

Picture Bride

as Kana

Requiem

as Fong

Vanishing Son IV

as Lanchi

Vanishing Son II

as Lanchi

The Joy Luck Club

as Waverly Jong

Babylon 5: The Gathering

1993

as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima

6.4

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

1992

as Kim Tanaka

Vietnam Texas

1990

as Lan

5.0

Come See the Paradise

1990

as Lily Kawamura

6.2

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

as Sally

Hiroshima Maiden

as Miyeko

To Heal a Nation

as Maya Ying Lin

Hawaiian Dream

as Karen Saito

The Karate Kid Part II

1986

as Kumiko

6.3

The Joy Luck Club 2

as Waverly Jong

Television (68)

Avatar the Last Airbender

as Yukari

Dead Boy Detectives

as The Principal

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

as Caroline

BLUE EYE SAMURAI

as Lady Itoh (voice)

Star Trek: Picard

as Commodore Oh

Reunited Apart

as Self

Etheria

Asian Americans

as Narrator (voice)

Cobra Kai

as Kumiko

The Good Doctor

as Allegra Aoki

The Good Doctor

as Allegra Aoki

DuckTales

as Inspector Tezuka (voice)

Counterpart

as Emily's Doctor

Berlin Station

as Sandra Abe

Chicago Med

as Celeste Frost

The Man in the High Castle

as Tamiko Watanabe

Zoo

as Minako Oz

How to Get Away with Murder

as Carol Morrow

Resurrection

as Dr. Toni Willis

Chasing Life

as Molly

Touch

as Kazuko Osugi

Teen Wolf

as Noshiko Yukimura

The Chicago Code

as Prosecutor

Law & Order: LA

as Miwako Nishizawa

Glee

as Julia Chang

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Homeland Security Agent Shana Rollins

Make It or Break It

The Mentalist

as Lauri Medina

True Blood

as Ms. Suzuki

Private Practice

as Katie's Lawyer

Saving Grace

as Tori Chen

Women's Murder Club

Pandemic

as Melissa Lo

Heroes

as Ishi Nakamura

Eureka

as Kim Anderson

Twenty Good Years

Bones

as Dr. Alice Crawford

Criminal Minds

as Dr. Linda Kimura

Commander in Chief

as Randy

Stargate Atlantis

as Shen Xiaoyi

Threat Matrix

as Special Agent Nicole Hill

CSI: Miami

as Sarah Fordham

Monk

as Eileen Hill

The Shield

as Wanda Higoshi

For the People

as Dr. Chaney

Crossing Jordan

as Grace Yakura

as Jenny Dodge

The Agency

as Elizabeth - Female Kidnapper

6.5

Strong Medicine

2000

as Dr. Nash

7.5

The Michael Richards Show

as Ming

Providence

as Mary Cassidy

Will & Grace

as Naomi

Seven Days

Stargate SG-1

as Shen Xiaoyi

Nash Bridges

as Amy Chin

The Sentinel

as Suzanne Tomaki

The Burning Zone

as Kimberly Shiroma

JAG

as Tracy Manetti

Babylon 5

as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima

8.0

Chicago Hope

1994

as Tina - Sutton's Ex #3

One West Waikiki

Vanishing Son

as Lanchi

Time Trax

Highlander: The Series

as Midori Koto

Raven

Quantum Leap

as Tamlyn Matsuda

Tour of Duty

as VC Peasant Woman

Murder, She Wrote

as Det. Sharon Matsumoto

7.5