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 ForActing

BornJanuary 27, 1966 (60)

Place of BirthOkinawa, Japan

Movie

Enough

2026

Janet

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord

2026

Drea Lawson (voice)

Movie

Ultraman: Rising

2024

Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)

Dead Boy Detectives

2024

The Principal

Avatar: The Last Airbender

2024

Yukari

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

2023

Caroline Randa (voice)

BLUE EYE SAMURAI

2023

Lady Itoh (voice)

Movie

Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp

2022

Narrator (voice)

Movie

The Right Mom

2021

Sallie Petersen

Etheria

2020

Asian Americans

2020

Narrator (voice)

Reunited Apart

2020

Self

Movie

I Will Make You Mine

2020

Julia

Star Trek: Picard

2020

Commodore Oh

Movie

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019

Self

Movie

The Living Worst

2019

Chita Montague

Cobra Kai

2018

Kumiko

Counterpart

2017

Emily's Doctor

The Good Doctor

2017

Allegra Aoki

DuckTales

2017

Inspector Tezuka (voice)

Movie

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

2017

Self

Movie

Real Artists

2017

Anne Palladon

Berlin Station

2016

Sandra Abe

Movie

The Good Neighbor

2016

Heather Cromwell

Movie

The Unbidden

2016

Lauren Lee

Chicago Med

2015

Celeste Frost

Movie

Daddy

2015

Sharlene Hong

Zoo

2015

Minako Oz

Movie

Teacher of the Year

2015

Vivian Lew

Movie

The Real Miyagi

2015

Self

The Man in the High Castle

2015

Tamiko Watanabe

Movie

Operation Marriage

2014

Lee

How to Get Away with Murder

2014

Carol Morrow

Chasing Life

2014

Molly

Resurrection

2014

Dr. Toni Willis

Movie

Awesome Asian Bad Guys

2014

Tamlyn/Pamlyn

Hollywood Heights

2012

Sarah Medeiros

Touch

2012

Kazuko Osugi

Teen Wolf

2011

Noshiko Yukimura

The Chicago Code

2011

Prosecutor

Movie

Nomads

2010

Law & Order: LA

2010

Miwako Nishizawa

Movie

The Mikado Project

2010

Viola

Movie

Tekken

2010

Jun Kazama

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

Homeland Security Agent Shana Rollins

Make It or Break It

2009

Glee

2009

Julia Chang

Movie

Why Am I Doing This?

2009

Donna

The Mentalist

2008

Lauri Medina

True Blood

2008

Ms. Suzuki

Movie

The Eye

2008

Mrs. Cheung

Women's Murder Club

2007

Private Practice

2007

Katie's Lawyer

Saving Grace

2007

Tori Chen

Pandemic

2007

Melissa Lo

Movie

Only the Brave

2006

Mary Takata

Twenty Good Years

2006

Heroes

2006

Ishi Nakamura

Eureka

2006

Kim Anderson

Movie

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

2006

Narrator (voice)

Commander in Chief

2005

Randy

Criminal Minds

2005

Dr. Linda Kimura

Bones

2005

Dr. Alice Crawford

Movie

Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am

2005

Maria Yamashita

Movie

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

2005

Helen Morriston

Stargate Atlantis

2004

Shen Xiaoyi

Movie

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

Janet Tokada

Threat Matrix

2003

Special Agent Nicole Hill

Movie

Robot Stories

2003

Marcia

CSI: Miami

2002

Sarah Fordham

For the People

2002

Dr. Chaney

Monk

2002

Eileen Hill

The Shield

2002

Wanda Higoshi

24

2001

Jenny Dodge

The Agency

2001

Elizabeth - Female Kidnapper

Crossing Jordan

2001

Grace Yakura

Movie

Walking Shadow

2001

Rikki Wu

The Michael Richards Show

2000

Ming

Strong Medicine

2000

Dr. Nash

Movie

Runaway Virus

2000

Monique Chao

Movie

The Last Man on Planet Earth

1999

Agent Kara Hastings

Movie

Life Tastes Good

1999

Julie

Providence

1999

Mary Cassidy

Movie

Living Out Loud

1998

Bob's Wife

Seven Days

1998

Will & Grace

1998

Naomi

Movie

Hundred Percent

1998

Thaise

Stargate SG-1

1997

Shen Xiaoyi

Movie

The Killing Jar

1997

Diane Sanford

Movie

Touch

1997

Prosecutor

The Burning Zone

1996

Kimberly Shiroma

Nash Bridges

1996

Amy Chin

The Sentinel

1996

Suzanne Tomaki

Movie

Four Rooms

1995

Wife

Movie

Requiem

1995

Fong

JAG

1995

Tracy Manetti

Movie

Picture Bride

1995

Kana

Movie

Vanishing Son IV

1994

Lanchi

Chicago Hope

1994

Jennifer Watanabe

One West Waikiki

1994

Movie

Vanishing Son II

1994

Lanchi

Vanishing Son

1994

Lanchi

Movie

Babylon 5: The Gathering

1993

Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima

Movie

The Joy Luck Club

1993

Waverly Jong

Time Trax

1993

Highlander: The Series

1992

Midori Koto

Raven

1992

Movie

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

1992

Kim Tanaka

Movie

Come See the Paradise

1990

Lily Kawamura

Movie

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

1990

Sally

Movie

Vietnam Texas

1990

Lan

Quantum Leap

1989

Tamlyn Matsuda

Movie

To Heal a Nation

1988

Maya Ying Lin

Movie

Hiroshima Maiden

1988

Miyeko

Tour of Duty

1987

VC Peasant Woman

Movie

Hawaiian Dream

1987

Karen Saito

Movie

The Karate Kid Part II

1986

Kumiko

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Det. Sharon Matsumoto

Movie

The Joy Luck Club 2

Waverly Jong

Movie