Tamlyn Tomita

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1966-01-27

Place of Birth

Okinawa, Japan
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Tamlyn Tomita

Biography

Tamlyn Naomi Tomita (born January 27, 1966) is a Japanese American actress. She's best known for her roles as Kumiko in The Karate Kid Part II and Waverly Jong in The Joy Lucky Club, as well as Commodore Oh on the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard, Allegra Aoki on ABC's The Good Doctor, Sandra Abe on the Epix series Berlin Station, Tamiko Watanabe on Amazon Prime's The Man in the High Castle, Noshiko Yukimura on the MTV series Teen Wolf, Jun Kazama in Tekken, Janet Tokada in The Day After Tomorrow, and Kimberly Shiroma on UPN's The Burning Zone.

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Acting History

2024
Ultraman: Rising as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
2024
Dead Boy Detectives as The Principal
2024
Avatar the Last Airbender as Yukari
2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters as Caroline Randa (voice)
2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters as Caroline Randa
2023
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
Etheria
2020
Asian Americans as Narrator (voice)
2020
Reunited Apart as Self
2020
I Will Make You Mine as Julia
2020
Star Trek: Picard as Commodore Oh
2019
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood as Self
2019
The Living Worst as Chita Montague
2018
Cobra Kai as Kumiko
2017
Counterpart as Emily's Doctor
2017
The Good Doctor as Allegra Aoki
2017
DuckTales as Inspector Tezuka (voice)
2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self
2017
Real Artists as Anne Palladon
2016
Berlin Station as Sandra Abe
2016
The Good Neighbor as Heather Cromwell
2016
The Unbidden as Lauren Lee
2015
Daddy as Sharlene Hong
2015
Zoo as Minako Oz
2015
Teacher of the Year as Vivian Lew
2015
The Real Miyagi as Self
2015
The Man in the High Castle as Tamiko Watanabe
2014
Operation Marriage as Lee
2014
How to Get Away with Murder as Carol Morrow
2014
Chasing Life as Molly
2014
Chasing Life as Mae
2014
Resurrection as Dr. Toni Willis
2014
Awesome Asian Bad Guys as Tamlyn/Pamlyn
2012
Touch as Kazuko Osugi
2011
Teen Wolf as Noshiko Yukimura
2011
The Chicago Code as Prosecutor
2010
Nomads
2010
Law & Order: LA as Miwako Nishizawa
2010
The Mikado Project as Viola
2010
Tekken as Jun Kazama
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles as Homeland Security Agent Shana Rollins
2009
Make It or Break It
2009
Glee as Julia Chang
2009
Why Am I Doing This? as Donna
2008
The Mentalist as Lauri Medina
2008
True Blood as Ms. Suzuki
2008
The Eye as Mrs. Cheung
2007
Women's Murder Club
2007
Private Practice as Katie's Lawyer
2007
Saving Grace as Tori Chen
2007
Pandemic as Melissa Lo
2006
Only The Brave as Mary Takata
2006
Heroes as Ishi Nakamura
2006
Eureka as Kim Anderson
2006
Eureka as Kim Yamazaki
2006
Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name as Narrator (voice)
2005
Commander in Chief as Randy
2005
Criminal Minds as Dr. Linda Kimura
2005
Bones as Dr. Alice Crawford
2005
Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am as Maria Yamashita
2005
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't as Helen Morriston
2004
Stargate Atlantis as Shen Xiaoyi
2004
The Day After Tomorrow as Janet Tokada
2003
Threat Matrix as Special Agent Nicole Hill
2003
Robot Stories as Marcia
2002
CSI: Miami as Dr. Sarah Fordham
2002
Monk as Eileen Hill
2002
The Shield as Wanda Higoshi
2001
24 as Jenny Dodge
2001
The Agency as Elizabeth - Female Kidnapper
2001
Crossing Jordan as Grace Yakura
2001
Walking Shadow as Rikki Wu
2000
The Michael Richards Show as Ming
2000
Strong Medicine as Dr. Nash
2000
Runaway Virus as Monique Chao
1999
The Last Man on Planet Earth as Agent Kara Hastings
1999
Life Tastes Good as Julie
1999
Providence as Mary Cassidy
1998
Living Out Loud as Bob's Wife
1998
Seven Days
1998
Will & Grace as Naomi
1998
Hundred Percent as Thaise
1997
Stargate SG-1 as Shen Xiaoyi
1997
The Killing Jar as Diane Sanford
1997
Touch as Prosecutor
1996
The Burning Zone as Kimberly Shiroma
1996
Nash Bridges as Amy Chin
1996
The Sentinel as Suzanne Tomaki
1995
Four Rooms as Wife
1995
Requiem as Fong
1995
JAG as Tracy Manetti
1995
Picture Bride as Kana
1994
Vanishing Son IV as Lanchi
1994
Chicago Hope as Jennifer Watanabe
1994
Chicago Hope as Tina - Sutton's Ex #3
1994
One West Waikiki
1994
Vanishing Son II as Lanchi
1994
Vanishing Son as Lanchi
1993
Babylon 5: The Gathering as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima
1993
The Joy Luck Club as Waverly Jong
1993
Time Trax
1992
Highlander: The Series as Midori Koto
1992
Raven
1992
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons as Kim Tanaka
1990
Come See the Paradise as Lily Kawamura
1990
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes as Sally
1990
Vietnam Texas as Lan
1989
Quantum Leap as Tamlyn Matsuda
1988
To Heal a Nation as Maya Ying Lin
1988
Hiroshima Maiden as Miyeko
1987
Tour of Duty as VC Peasant Woman
1987
Hawaiian Dream as Karen Saito
1986
The Karate Kid Part II as Kumiko
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Det. Sharon Matsumoto
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The Joy Luck Club 2 as Waverly Jong