Tamlyn Tomita
Born: 1966-01-27 in Okinawa, Japan
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord as Drea Lawson (voice)
- Enough as Janet
2024
- Avatar the Last Airbender as Yukari
- Dead Boy Detectives as The Principal
- Ultraman: Rising as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
2023
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters as Caroline Randa (voice)
- BLUE EYE SAMURAI as Lady Itoh (voice)
2022
- Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp as Narrator (voice)
2021
- The Right Mom as Sallie Petersen
2020
- Star Trek: Picard as Commodore Oh
- Reunited Apart as Self
- Etheria
- Asian Americans as Narrator (voice)
- I Will Make You Mine as Julia
2019
- Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood as Self
- The Living Worst as Chita Montague
2018
- Cobra Kai as Kumiko
2017
- The Good Doctor as Allegra Aoki
- DuckTales as Inspector Tezuka (voice)
- Counterpart as Emily's Doctor
- John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self
- Real Artists as Anne Palladon
2016
- Berlin Station as Sandra Abe
- The Good Neighbor as Heather Cromwell
- The Unbidden as Lauren Lee
2015
- Chicago Med as Celeste Frost
- The Man in the High Castle as Tamiko Watanabe
- Zoo as Minako Oz
- Daddy as Sharlene Hong
- The Real Miyagi as Self
- Teacher of the Year as Vivian Lew
2014
- How to Get Away with Murder as Carol Morrow
- Resurrection as Dr. Toni Willis
- Chasing Life as Molly
- Awesome Asian Bad Guys as Tamlyn/Pamlyn
- Operation Marriage as Lee
2012
- Touch as Kazuko Osugi
2011
- Teen Wolf as Noshiko Yukimura
- The Chicago Code as Prosecutor
2010
- Law & Order: LA as Miwako Nishizawa
- Tekken as Jun Kazama
- Nomads
- The Mikado Project as Viola
2009
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Homeland Security Agent Shana Rollins
- Glee as Julia Chang
- Make It or Break It
- Why Am I Doing This? as Donna
2008
- The Mentalist as Lauri Medina
- True Blood as Ms. Suzuki
- The Eye as Mrs. Cheung
2007
- Private Practice as Katie's Lawyer
- Saving Grace as Tori Chen
- Women's Murder Club
- Pandemic as Melissa Lo
2006
- Heroes as Ishi Nakamura
- Eureka as Kim Anderson
- Twenty Good Years
- Only the Brave as Mary Takata
- Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name as Narrator (voice)
2005
- Criminal Minds as Dr. Linda Kimura
- Bones as Dr. Alice Crawford
- Commander in Chief as Randy
- Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't as Helen Morriston
- Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am as Maria Yamashita
2004
- Stargate Atlantis as Shen Xiaoyi
- The Day After Tomorrow as Janet Tokada
2003
- Threat Matrix as Special Agent Nicole Hill
- Robot Stories as Marcia
2002
- CSI: Miami as Sarah Fordham
- Monk as Eileen Hill
- The Shield as Wanda Higoshi
- For the People as Dr. Chaney
2001
- 24 as Jenny Dodge
- Crossing Jordan as Grace Yakura
- The Agency as Elizabeth - Female Kidnapper
- Walking Shadow as Rikki Wu
2000
- Strong Medicine as Dr. Nash
- The Michael Richards Show as Ming
- Runaway Virus as Monique Chao
1999
- Providence as Mary Cassidy
- The Last Man on Planet Earth as Agent Kara Hastings
- Life Tastes Good as Julie
1998
- Will & Grace as Naomi
- Seven Days
- Living Out Loud as Bob's Wife
- Hundred Percent as Thaise
1997
- Stargate SG-1 as Shen Xiaoyi
- Touch as Prosecutor
- The Killing Jar as Diane Sanford
1996
- Nash Bridges as Amy Chin
- The Sentinel as Suzanne Tomaki
- The Burning Zone as Kimberly Shiroma
1995
- JAG as Tracy Manetti
- Four Rooms as Wife
- Picture Bride as Kana
- Requiem as Fong
1994
- Chicago Hope as Jennifer Watanabe
- Vanishing Son as Lanchi
- One West Waikiki
- Vanishing Son IV as Lanchi
- Vanishing Son II as Lanchi
1993
- Time Trax
- The Joy Luck Club as Waverly Jong
- Babylon 5: The Gathering as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima
1992
- Highlander: The Series as Midori Koto
- Raven
- Raven: Return of the Black Dragons as Kim Tanaka
1990
- Come See the Paradise as Lily Kawamura
- Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes as Sally
- Vietnam Texas as Lan
1989
- Quantum Leap as Tamlyn Matsuda
1988
- To Heal a Nation as Maya Ying Lin
- Hiroshima Maiden as Miyeko
1987
- Tour of Duty as VC Peasant Woman
- Hawaiian Dream as Karen Saito
1986
- The Karate Kid Part II as Kumiko
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Det. Sharon Matsumoto