Tamlyn Tomita
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
All Movies (51)
- Enough2026 · as Janet
- Ultraman: Rising2024 · as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
- Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp2022 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Right Mom2021 · as Sallie Petersen
- I Will Make You Mine2020 · as Julia
- Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood2019 · as Self
- The Living Worst2019 · as Chita Montague
- John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs2017 · as Self
- Real Artists2017 · as Anne Palladon
- The Good Neighbor2016 · as Heather Cromwell
- The Unbidden2016 · as Lauren Lee
- Daddy2015 · as Sharlene Hong
- Teacher of the Year2015 · as Vivian Lew
- The Real Miyagi2015 · as Self
- Operation Marriage2014 · as Lee
- Awesome Asian Bad Guys2014 · as Tamlyn/Pamlyn
- Nomads2010
- The Mikado Project2010 · as Viola
- Tekken2010 · as Jun Kazama
- Why Am I Doing This?2009 · as Donna
- The Eye2008 · as Mrs. Cheung
- Only the Brave2006 · as Mary Takata
- Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name2006 · as Narrator (voice)
- Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am2005 · as Maria Yamashita
- Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't2005 · as Helen Morriston
- The Day After Tomorrow2004 · as Janet Tokada
- Robot Stories2003 · as Marcia
- Walking Shadow2001 · as Rikki Wu
- Runaway Virus2000 · as Monique Chao
- The Last Man on Planet Earth1999 · as Agent Kara Hastings
- Life Tastes Good1999 · as Julie
- Living Out Loud1998 · as Bob's Wife
- Hundred Percent1998 · as Thaise
- The Killing Jar1997 · as Diane Sanford
- Touch1997 · as Prosecutor
- Four Rooms1995 · as Wife
- Requiem1995 · as Fong
- Picture Bride1995 · as Kana
- Vanishing Son IV1994 · as Lanchi
- Vanishing Son II1994 · as Lanchi
- Babylon 5: The Gathering1993 · as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima
- The Joy Luck Club1993 · as Waverly Jong
- Raven: Return of the Black Dragons1992 · as Kim Tanaka
- Come See the Paradise1990 · as Lily Kawamura
- Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes1990 · as Sally
- Vietnam Texas1990 · as Lan
- To Heal a Nation1988 · as Maya Ying Lin
- Hiroshima Maiden1988 · as Miyeko
- Hawaiian Dream1987 · as Karen Saito
- The Karate Kid Part II1986 · as Kumiko
- The Joy Luck Club 2— · as Waverly Jong
All TV Shows (71)
- Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord2026 · as Drea Lawson (voice)
- Dead Boy Detectives2024 · as The Principal
- Avatar the Last Airbender2024 · as Yukari
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters2023 · as Caroline Randa (voice)
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters2023 · as Caroline Randa
- BLUE EYE SAMURAI2023 · as Lady Itoh (voice)
- Etheria2020
- Asian Americans2020 · as Narrator (voice)
- Reunited Apart2020 · as Self
- Star Trek: Picard2020 · as Commodore Oh
- Cobra Kai2018 · as Kumiko
- Counterpart2017 · as Emily's Doctor
- The Good Doctor2017 · as Allegra Aoki
- DuckTales2017 · as Inspector Tezuka (voice)
- Berlin Station2016 · as Sandra Abe
- Chicago Med2015 · as Celeste Frost
- Zoo2015 · as Minako Oz
- The Man in the High Castle2015 · as Tamiko Watanabe
- How to Get Away with Murder2014 · as Carol Morrow
- Chasing Life2014 · as Molly
- Chasing Life2014 · as Mae
- Resurrection2014 · as Dr. Toni Willis
- Touch2012 · as Kazuko Osugi
- Teen Wolf2011 · as Noshiko Yukimura
- The Chicago Code2011 · as Prosecutor
- Law & Order: LA2010 · as Miwako Nishizawa
- NCIS: Los Angeles2009 · as Homeland Security Agent Shana Rollins
- Make It or Break It2009
- Glee2009 · as Julia Chang
- The Mentalist2008 · as Lauri Medina
- True Blood2008 · as Ms. Suzuki
- Women's Murder Club2007
- Private Practice2007 · as Katie's Lawyer
- Saving Grace2007 · as Tori Chen
- Pandemic2007 · as Melissa Lo
- Twenty Good Years2006
- Heroes2006 · as Ishi Nakamura
- Eureka2006 · as Kim Anderson
- Eureka2006 · as Kim Yamazaki
- Commander in Chief2005 · as Randy
- Criminal Minds2005 · as Dr. Linda Kimura
- Bones2005 · as Dr. Alice Crawford
- Stargate Atlantis2004 · as Shen Xiaoyi
- Threat Matrix2003 · as Special Agent Nicole Hill
- CSI: Miami2002 · as Sarah Fordham
- For the People2002 · as Dr. Chaney
- Monk2002 · as Eileen Hill
- The Shield2002 · as Wanda Higoshi
- 242001 · as Jenny Dodge
- The Agency2001 · as Elizabeth - Female Kidnapper
- Crossing Jordan2001 · as Grace Yakura
- The Michael Richards Show2000 · as Ming
- Strong Medicine2000 · as Dr. Nash
- Providence1999 · as Mary Cassidy
- Seven Days1998
- Will & Grace1998 · as Naomi
- Stargate SG-11997 · as Shen Xiaoyi
- The Burning Zone1996 · as Kimberly Shiroma
- Nash Bridges1996 · as Amy Chin
- The Sentinel1996 · as Suzanne Tomaki
- JAG1995 · as Tracy Manetti
- Chicago Hope1994 · as Jennifer Watanabe
- Chicago Hope1994 · as Tina - Sutton's Ex #3
- One West Waikiki1994
- Vanishing Son1994 · as Lanchi
- Time Trax1993
- Highlander: The Series1992 · as Midori Koto
- Raven1992
- Quantum Leap1989 · as Tamlyn Matsuda
- Tour of Duty1987 · as VC Peasant Woman
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Det. Sharon Matsumoto