Tamlyn Tomita

Personal Info

Birthday

January 27, 1966

(59 years old)

Place of Birth

Okinawa, Japan

Also Known As

Tamlyn Naomi Tomita

富田谭玲

タムリン・トミタ

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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.

Known For

Criminal Minds

Bones

The Mentalist

The Good Doctor

Stargate SG-1

Monk

Teen Wolf

NCIS: Los Angeles

Filmography

2024
Ultraman: Rising
as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
2022
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
as Narrator (voice)
2021
The Right Mom
as Sallie Petersen
2020
I Will Make You Mine
as Julia
2019
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as Self
The Living Worst
as Chita Montague
2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
Real Artists
as Anne Palladon
2016
The Good Neighbor
as Heather Cromwell
The Unbidden
as Lauren Lee
2015
Daddy
as Sharlene Hong
Teacher of the Year
as Vivian Lew
The Real Miyagi
as Self
2014
Operation Marriage
as Lee
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
as Tamlyn/Pamlyn
2010
The Mikado Project
as Viola
Tekken
as Jun Kazama
2009
Why Am I Doing This?
as Donna
2008
The Eye
as Mrs. Cheung
2006
Only The Brave
as Mary Takata
Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name
as Narrator (voice)
2005
Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am
as Maria Yamashita
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Helen Morriston
2004
The Day After Tomorrow
as Janet Tokada
2003
Robot Stories
as Marcia
2001
Walking Shadow
as Rikki Wu
2000
Runaway Virus
as Monique Chao
1999
The Last Man on Planet Earth
as Agent Kara Hastings
Life Tastes Good
as Julie
1998
Living Out Loud
as Bob's Wife
Hundred Percent
as Thaise
1997
The Killing Jar
as Diane Sanford
1995
Four Rooms
as Wife
Requiem
as Fong
Picture Bride
as Kana
1994
Vanishing Son IV
as Lanchi
Vanishing Son II
as Lanchi
1993
Babylon 5: The Gathering
as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima
The Joy Luck Club
as Waverly Jong
1992
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
1988
To Heal a Nation
as Maya Ying Lin
Hiroshima Maiden
as Miyeko
1987
Hawaiian Dream
as Karen Saito
1986
The Karate Kid Part II
as Kumiko