Tamlyn Tomita
January 27, 1966 (58 years old) in Okinawa, Japan
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
Credits
- 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 · 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 · The Good Doctor as Allegra Aoki
- 2017 · DuckTales as Inspector Tezuka (voice)
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 2007 · Private Practice as Katie's Lawyer
- 2007 · Saving Grace as
- 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: Ama-me Como Sou 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
- 2002 · Monk as Eileen Hill
- 2002 · The Shield as Wanda Higoshi
- 2001 · 24 as Jenny Dodge
- 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 · Providence as Mary Cassidy
- 1998 · Living Out Loud as Bob's Wife
- 1998 · Seven Days as
- 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 · Raven: Return of the Black Dragons as Kim Tanaka
- 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
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as Tina - Sutton's Ex #3
- 1994 · One West Waikiki as
- 1994 · Vanishing Son II as Lanchi
- 1994 · Babylon 5 as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima
- 1993 · Babylon 5: The Gathering as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima
- 1993 · The Joy Luck Club as Waverly Jong
- 1993 · Time Trax as
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Midori Koto
- 1992 · Raven as
- 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
- Future · The Joy Luck Club 2 as Waverly Jong