Tamlyn Tomita

Tamlyn Tomita

1966-01-27 • Okinawa, Japan • Female • 116 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1966-01-27

Place of Birth

Okinawa, Japan

Known Credits

116

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Tamlyn Naomi Tomita

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Known For Movies

The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow

2004
The Karate Kid Part II

The Karate Kid Part II

1986
Ultraman: Rising

Ultraman: Rising

2024
Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise

1990
Four Rooms

Four Rooms

1995
Tekken

Tekken

2010
The Eye

The Eye

2008
Requiem

Requiem

1995
The Killing Jar

The Killing Jar

1997
The Good Neighbor

The Good Neighbor

2016
The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club

1993
The Unbidden

The Unbidden

2016
Walking Shadow

Walking Shadow

2001
Vietnam Texas

Vietnam Texas

1990
To Heal a Nation

To Heal a Nation

1988
Touch

Touch

1997
The Joy Luck Club 2

The Joy Luck Club 2
Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am

Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am

2005
Babylon 5: The Gathering

Babylon 5: The Gathering

1993
Living Out Loud

Living Out Loud

1998
Vanishing Son IV

Vanishing Son IV

1994
Teacher of the Year

Teacher of the Year

2015
Only the Brave

Only the Brave

2006
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't

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

2005
The Right Mom

The Right Mom

2021
Daddy

Daddy

2015
Hundred Percent

Hundred Percent

1998
Vanishing Son II

Vanishing Son II

1994
Awesome Asian Bad Guys

Awesome Asian Bad Guys

2014
Hawaiian Dream

Hawaiian Dream

1987
Nomads

Nomads

2010
Why Am I Doing This?

Why Am I Doing This?

2009
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

1990
The Real Miyagi

The Real Miyagi

2015
Life Tastes Good

Life Tastes Good

1999
Robot Stories

Robot Stories

2003
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

1992
Runaway Virus

Runaway Virus

2000
Hiroshima Maiden

Hiroshima Maiden

1988
I Will Make You Mine

I Will Make You Mine

2020
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

2017
Real Artists

Real Artists

2017
The Mikado Project

The Mikado Project

2010
The Last Man on Planet Earth

The Last Man on Planet Earth

1999
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019
Picture Bride

Picture Bride

1995
The Living Worst

The Living Worst

2019
Operation Marriage

Operation Marriage

2014
Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name

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

2006
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp

Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp

2022

Known For TV Shows

The Mentalist

The Mentalist

2008
Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

2005
Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender

2024
24

24

2001
Bones

Bones

2005
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

2002
Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1

1997
The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor

2017
Monk

Monk

2002
NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009
JAG

JAG

1995
Teen Wolf

Teen Wolf

2011
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984
Chicago Med

Chicago Med

2015
Heroes

Heroes

2006
Glee

Glee

2009
Highlander: The Series

Highlander: The Series

1992
True Blood

True Blood

2008
How to Get Away with Murder

How to Get Away with Murder

2014
Cobra Kai

Cobra Kai

2018
Stargate Atlantis

Stargate Atlantis

2004
Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

1994
The Shield

The Shield

2002
Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

1989
The Man in the High Castle

The Man in the High Castle

2015
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

2023
Will & Grace

Will & Grace

1998
Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

2001
Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine

2000
DuckTales

DuckTales

2017
Private Practice

Private Practice

2007
Nash Bridges

Nash Bridges

1996
Eureka

Eureka

2006
Star Trek: Picard

Star Trek: Picard

2020
Berlin Station

Berlin Station

2016
Counterpart

Counterpart

2017
Saving Grace

Saving Grace

2007
The Sentinel

The Sentinel

1996
Providence

Providence

1999
BLUE EYE SAMURAI

BLUE EYE SAMURAI

2023
Tour of Duty

Tour of Duty

1987
The Agency

The Agency

2001
Touch

Touch

2012
Zoo

Zoo

2015
Resurrection

Resurrection

2014
Law & Order: LA

Law & Order: LA

2010
Chasing Life

Chasing Life

2014
Commander in Chief

Commander in Chief

2005
Threat Matrix

Threat Matrix

2003
Seven Days

Seven Days

1998
Vanishing Son

Vanishing Son

1994
Dead Boy Detectives

Dead Boy Detectives

2024
Make It or Break It

Make It or Break It

2009
Reunited Apart

Reunited Apart

2020
Raven

Raven

1992
One West Waikiki

One West Waikiki

1994
Time Trax

Time Trax

1993
Women's Murder Club

Women's Murder Club

2007
Etheria

Etheria

2020
The Michael Richards Show

The Michael Richards Show

2000
Pandemic

Pandemic

2007
For the People

For the People

2002
The Chicago Code

The Chicago Code

2011
Twenty Good Years

Twenty Good Years

2006
Asian Americans

Asian Americans

2020
The Burning Zone

The Burning Zone

1996

Movie Credits

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

Janet Tokada

The Karate Kid Part II

1986

Kumiko

Ultraman: Rising

2024

Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)

Come See the Paradise

1990

Lily Kawamura

Four Rooms

1995

Wife

Tekken

2010

Jun Kazama

The Eye

2008

Mrs. Cheung

Requiem

1995

Fong

The Killing Jar

1997

Diane Sanford

The Good Neighbor

2016

Heather Cromwell

The Joy Luck Club

1993

Waverly Jong

The Unbidden

2016

Lauren Lee

Walking Shadow

2001

Rikki Wu

Vietnam Texas

1990

Lan

To Heal a Nation

1988

Maya Ying Lin

Touch

1997

Prosecutor

The Joy Luck Club 2

Waverly Jong

Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am

2005

Maria Yamashita

Babylon 5: The Gathering

1993

Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima

Living Out Loud

1998

Bob's Wife

Vanishing Son IV

1994

Lanchi

Teacher of the Year

2015

Vivian Lew

Only the Brave

2006

Mary Takata

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

2005

Helen Morriston

The Right Mom

2021

Sallie Petersen

Daddy

2015

Sharlene Hong

Hundred Percent

1998

Thaise

Vanishing Son II

1994

Lanchi

Awesome Asian Bad Guys

2014

Tamlyn/Pamlyn

Hawaiian Dream

1987

Karen Saito

Nomads

2010

Why Am I Doing This?

2009

Donna

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

1990

Sally

The Real Miyagi

2015

Self

Life Tastes Good

1999

Julie

Robot Stories

2003

Marcia

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

1992

Kim Tanaka

Runaway Virus

2000

Monique Chao

Hiroshima Maiden

1988

Miyeko

I Will Make You Mine

2020

Julia

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

2017

Self

Real Artists

2017

Anne Palladon

The Mikado Project

2010

Viola

The Last Man on Planet Earth

1999

Agent Kara Hastings

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019

Self

Picture Bride

1995

Kana

The Living Worst

2019

Chita Montague

Operation Marriage

2014

Lee

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

2006

Narrator (voice)

Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp

2022

Narrator (voice)

TV Credits

The Mentalist

2008

Lauri Medina (1 episodes)

Criminal Minds

2005

Dr. Linda Kimura (1 episodes)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

2024

Yukari (1 episodes)

24

2001

Jenny Dodge (5 episodes)

Bones

2005

Dr. Alice Crawford (1 episodes)

CSI: Miami

2002

Sarah Fordham (1 episodes)

Stargate SG-1

1997

Shen Xiaoyi (2 episodes)

The Good Doctor

2017

Allegra Aoki (30 episodes)

Monk

2002

Eileen Hill (1 episodes)

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

Homeland Security Agent Shana Rollins (1 episodes)

JAG

1995

Tracy Manetti (6 episodes)

Teen Wolf

2011

Noshiko Yukimura (16 episodes)

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Det. Sharon Matsumoto (1 episodes)

Chicago Med

2015

Celeste Frost (6 episodes)

Heroes

2006

Ishi Nakamura (3 episodes)

Glee

2009

Julia Chang (3 episodes)

Highlander: The Series

1992

Midori Koto (1 episodes)

True Blood

2008

Ms. Suzuki (2 episodes)

How to Get Away with Murder

2014

Carol Morrow (2 episodes)

Cobra Kai

2018

Kumiko (2 episodes)

Stargate Atlantis

2004

Shen Xiaoyi (2 episodes)

Chicago Hope

1994

Jennifer Watanabe (1 episodes)

The Shield

2002

Wanda Higoshi (1 episodes)

Quantum Leap

1989

Tamlyn Matsuda (1 episodes)

The Man in the High Castle

2015

Tamiko Watanabe (6 episodes)

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

2023

Caroline Randa (voice) (2 episodes)

Will & Grace

1998

Naomi (1 episodes)

Crossing Jordan

2001

Grace Yakura (3 episodes)

Strong Medicine

2000

Dr. Nash (1 episodes)

DuckTales

2017

Inspector Tezuka (voice) (1 episodes)

Private Practice

2007

Katie's Lawyer (1 episodes)

Nash Bridges

1996

Amy Chin (2 episodes)

Eureka

2006

Kim Anderson (4 episodes)

Star Trek: Picard

2020

Commodore Oh (6 episodes)

Berlin Station

2016

Sandra Abe (29 episodes)

Counterpart

2017

Emily's Doctor (1 episodes)

Saving Grace

2007

Tori Chen (1 episodes)

The Sentinel

1996

Suzanne Tomaki (1 episodes)

Providence

1999

Mary Cassidy (1 episodes)

BLUE EYE SAMURAI

2023

Lady Itoh (voice) (2 episodes)

Tour of Duty

1987

VC Peasant Woman (1 episodes)

The Agency

2001

Elizabeth - Female Kidnapper (2 episodes)

Touch

2012

Kazuko Osugi (1 episodes)

Zoo

2015

Minako Oz (1 episodes)

Resurrection

2014

Dr. Toni Willis (5 episodes)

Law & Order: LA

2010

Miwako Nishizawa (10 episodes)

Chasing Life

2014

Molly (2 episodes)

Commander in Chief

2005

Randy (1 episodes)

Threat Matrix

2003

Special Agent Nicole Hill (1 episodes)

Seven Days

1998

(1 episodes)

Vanishing Son

1994

Lanchi (3 episodes)

Dead Boy Detectives

2024

The Principal (1 episodes)

Make It or Break It

2009

(1 episodes)

Reunited Apart

2020

Self (1 episodes)

Raven

1992

(1 episodes)

One West Waikiki

1994

(1 episodes)

Time Trax

1993

(1 episodes)

Women's Murder Club

2007

(1 episodes)

Etheria

2020

(1 episodes)

The Michael Richards Show

2000

Ming (1 episodes)

Pandemic

2007

Melissa Lo (2 episodes)

For the People

2002

Dr. Chaney (1 episodes)

The Chicago Code

2011

Prosecutor (1 episodes)

Twenty Good Years

2006

(1 episodes)

Asian Americans

2020

Narrator (voice) (5 episodes)

The Burning Zone

1996

Kimberly Shiroma (19 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

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TV Production Credits

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