Tamlyn Tomita

Tamlyn Tomita

Known for
Acting
Born
January 27, 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Okinawa, Japan

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

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Filmography

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The Joy Luck Club 2

The Joy Luck Club 2

Movie · as Waverly Jong

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We Could Be in Love

We Could Be in Love

Movie

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Vuelta al Pixquiac

Vuelta al Pixquiac

Movie · as Himari

2026
Enough poster

Enough

Movie · as Janet

2026
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord poster

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord

TV · as Drea Lawson (voice) · 1 ep

2024
Ultraman: Rising poster

Ultraman: Rising

Movie · as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)

2024
Avatar: The Last Airbender poster

Avatar: The Last Airbender

TV · as Yukari · 1 ep

2024
Dead Boy Detectives poster

Dead Boy Detectives

TV · as The Principal · 1 ep

2023
BLUE EYE SAMURAI poster

BLUE EYE SAMURAI

TV · as Lady Itoh (voice) · 2 eps

2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters poster

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

TV · as Caroline Randa (voice) · 2 eps

2022
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp poster

Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2021
The Right Mom poster

The Right Mom

Movie · as Sallie Petersen

2020
I Will Make You Mine poster

I Will Make You Mine

Movie · as Julia

2020
Star Trek: Picard poster

Star Trek: Picard

TV · as Commodore Oh · 6 eps

2020
Reunited Apart poster

Reunited Apart

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Asian Americans poster

Asian Americans

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 5 eps

2020
Etheria poster

Etheria

TV · 1 ep

2019
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood poster

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2019
The Living Worst poster

The Living Worst

Movie · as Chita Montague

2018
Cobra Kai poster

Cobra Kai

TV · as Kumiko · 2 eps

2017
Real Artists poster

Real Artists

Movie · as Anne Palladon

2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs poster

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

Movie · as Self

2017
The Good Doctor poster

The Good Doctor

TV · as Allegra Aoki · 30 eps

2017
DuckTales poster

DuckTales

TV · as Inspector Tezuka (voice) · 1 ep

2017
Counterpart poster

Counterpart

TV · as Emily's Doctor · 1 ep

2016
The Good Neighbor poster

The Good Neighbor

Movie · as Heather Cromwell

2016
The Unbidden poster

The Unbidden

Movie · as Lauren Lee

2016
Berlin Station poster

Berlin Station

TV · as Sandra Abe · 29 eps

2015
Teacher of the Year poster

Teacher of the Year

Movie · as Vivian Lew

2015
Daddy poster

Daddy

Movie · as Sharlene Hong

2015
The Real Miyagi poster

The Real Miyagi

Movie · as Self

2015
Zoo poster

Zoo

TV · as Minako Oz · 1 ep

2015
The Man in the High Castle poster

The Man in the High Castle

TV · as Tamiko Watanabe · 6 eps

2015
Chicago Med poster

Chicago Med

TV · as Celeste Frost · 6 eps

2014
Awesome Asian Bad Guys poster

Awesome Asian Bad Guys

Movie · as Tamlyn/Pamlyn

2014
Operation Marriage poster

Operation Marriage

Movie · as Lee

2014
How to Get Away with Murder poster

How to Get Away with Murder

TV · as Carol Morrow · 2 eps

2014
Chasing Life poster

Chasing Life

TV · as Molly, Mae · 2 eps

2014
Resurrection poster

Resurrection

TV · as Dr. Toni Willis · 5 eps

2012
Touch poster

Touch

TV · as Kazuko Osugi · 1 ep

2012
Hollywood Heights poster

Hollywood Heights

TV · as Sarah Medeiros · 2 eps

2011
Teen Wolf poster

Teen Wolf

TV · as Noshiko Yukimura · 16 eps

2011
The Chicago Code poster

The Chicago Code

TV · as Prosecutor · 1 ep

2010
Tekken poster

Tekken

Movie · as Jun Kazama

2010
Nomads poster

Nomads

Movie

2010
The Mikado Project poster

The Mikado Project

Movie · as Viola

2010
Law & Order: LA poster

Law & Order: LA

TV · as Miwako Nishizawa · 10 eps

2009
Why Am I Doing This? poster

Why Am I Doing This?

Movie · as Donna

2009
NCIS: Los Angeles poster

NCIS: Los Angeles

TV · as Homeland Security Agent Shana Rollins · 1 ep

2009
Make It or Break It poster

Make It or Break It

TV · 1 ep

2009
Glee poster

Glee

TV · as Julia Chang · 3 eps

2008
The Eye poster

The Eye

Movie · as Mrs. Cheung

2008
The Mentalist poster

The Mentalist

TV · as Lauri Medina · 1 ep

2008
True Blood poster

True Blood

TV · as Ms. Suzuki · 2 eps

2007
Women's Murder Club poster

Women's Murder Club

TV · 1 ep

2007
Private Practice poster

Private Practice

TV · as Katie's Lawyer · 1 ep

2007
Saving Grace poster

Saving Grace

TV · as Tori Chen · 1 ep

2007
Pandemic poster

Pandemic

TV · as Melissa Lo · 2 eps

2006
Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name poster

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

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
Only the Brave poster

Only the Brave

Movie · as Mary Takata

2006
Heroes poster

Heroes

TV · as Ishi Nakamura · 3 eps

2006
Eureka poster

Eureka

TV · as Kim Anderson, Kim Yamazaki · 4 eps

2006
Twenty Good Years poster

Twenty Good Years

TV · 1 ep

2005
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't poster

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

Movie · as Helen Morriston

2005
Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am poster

Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am

Movie · as Maria Yamashita

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Dr. Linda Kimura · 1 ep

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Dr. Alice Crawford · 1 ep

2005
Commander in Chief poster

Commander in Chief

TV · as Randy · 1 ep

2004
The Day After Tomorrow poster

The Day After Tomorrow

Movie · as Janet Tokada

2004
Stargate Atlantis poster

Stargate Atlantis

TV · as Shen Xiaoyi · 2 eps

2003
Robot Stories poster

Robot Stories

Movie · as Marcia

2003
Threat Matrix poster

Threat Matrix

TV · as Special Agent Nicole Hill · 1 ep

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Sarah Fordham · 1 ep

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Eileen Hill · 1 ep

2002
The Shield poster

The Shield

TV · as Wanda Higoshi · 1 ep

2002
For the People

For the People

TV · as Dr. Chaney · 1 ep

2001
Walking Shadow poster

Walking Shadow

Movie · as Rikki Wu

2001
24 poster

24

TV · as Jenny Dodge · 5 eps

2001
Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan

TV · as Grace Yakura · 3 eps

2001
The Agency poster

The Agency

TV · as Elizabeth - Female Kidnapper · 2 eps

2000
Runaway Virus poster

Runaway Virus

Movie · as Monique Chao

2000
The Michael Richards Show poster

The Michael Richards Show

TV · as Ming · 1 ep

2000
Strong Medicine poster

Strong Medicine

TV · as Dr. Nash · 1 ep

1999
The Last Man on Planet Earth poster

The Last Man on Planet Earth

Movie · as Agent Kara Hastings

1999
Life Tastes Good poster

Life Tastes Good

Movie · as Julie

1999
Providence poster

Providence

TV · as Mary Cassidy · 1 ep

1998
Hundred Percent poster

Hundred Percent

Movie · as Thaise

1998
Living Out Loud poster

Living Out Loud

Movie · as Bob's Wife

1998
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Naomi · 1 ep

1998
Seven Days poster

Seven Days

TV · 1 ep

1997
The Killing Jar poster

The Killing Jar

Movie · as Diane Sanford

1997
Touch poster

Touch

Movie · as Prosecutor

1997
Stargate SG-1 poster

Stargate SG-1

TV · as Shen Xiaoyi · 2 eps

1996
The Burning Zone poster

The Burning Zone

TV · as Kimberly Shiroma · 19 eps

1996
The Sentinel poster

The Sentinel

TV · as Suzanne Tomaki · 1 ep

1996
Nash Bridges poster

Nash Bridges

TV · as Amy Chin · 2 eps

1995
Four Rooms poster

Four Rooms

Movie · as Wife

1995
Picture Bride poster

Picture Bride

Movie · as Kana

1995
Requiem poster

Requiem

Movie · as Fong

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Tracy Manetti · 6 eps

1994
Vanishing Son IV poster

Vanishing Son IV

Movie · as Lanchi

1994
Vanishing Son II poster

Vanishing Son II

Movie · as Lanchi

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Jennifer Watanabe, Tina - Sutton's Ex #3 · 1 ep

1994
One West Waikiki poster

One West Waikiki

TV · 1 ep

1994
Vanishing Son poster

Vanishing Son

TV · as Lanchi · 3 eps

1993
Babylon 5: The Gathering poster

Babylon 5: The Gathering

Movie · as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima

1993
The Joy Luck Club poster

The Joy Luck Club

Movie · as Waverly Jong

1993
Time Trax poster

Time Trax

TV · 1 ep

1992
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons poster

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

Movie · as Kim Tanaka

1992
Raven poster

Raven

TV · 1 ep

1992
Highlander: The Series poster

Highlander: The Series

TV · as Midori Koto · 1 ep

1990
Come See the Paradise poster

Come See the Paradise

Movie · as Lily Kawamura

1990
Vietnam Texas poster

Vietnam Texas

Movie · as Lan

1990
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes poster

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

Movie · as Sally

1989
Quantum Leap poster

Quantum Leap

TV · as Tamlyn Matsuda · 1 ep

1988
To Heal a Nation poster

To Heal a Nation

Movie · as Maya Ying Lin

1988
Hiroshima Maiden poster

Hiroshima Maiden

Movie · as Miyeko

1987
Hawaiian Dream poster

Hawaiian Dream

Movie · as Karen Saito

1987
Tour of Duty poster

Tour of Duty

TV · as VC Peasant Woman · 1 ep

1986
The Karate Kid Part II poster

The Karate Kid Part II

Movie · as Kumiko

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Det. Sharon Matsumoto · 1 ep