Tamlyn Tomita
January 27, 1966 (59 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 · Etheria as
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 2012 · Touch as Kazuko Osugi
- 2011 · Teen Wolf as Noshiko Yukimura
- 2011 · The Chicago Code as Prosecutor
- 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
- 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 · 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
- 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
- 2000 · The Michael Richards Show as Ming
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Dr. Nash
- 1999 · Providence as Mary Cassidy
- 1998 · Living Out Loud as Bob's Wife
- 1998 · Seven Days as
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Naomi
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Shen Xiaoyi
- 1997 · The Killing Jar as Diane Sanford
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as Amy Chin
- 1996 · The Sentinel as Suzanne Tomaki
- 1995 · Four Rooms as Wife
- 1995 · JAG as Tracy Manetti
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as Tina - Sutton's Ex #3
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Midori Koto
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as Tamlyn Matsuda
- 1987 · Tour of Duty as VC Peasant Woman
- 1986 · The Karate Kid Part II as Kumiko
- Future · The Joy Luck Club 2 as Waverly Jong
- 2015 · Daddy as Sharlene Hong
- 2014 · Operation Marriage as Lee
- 2014 · Awesome Asian Bad Guys as Tamlyn/Pamlyn
- 2010 · Nomads as
- 2009 · Why Am I Doing This? as Donna
- 2005 · Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am as Maria Yamashita
- 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
- 1999 · Life Tastes Good as Julie
- 1998 · Hundred Percent as Thaise
- 1997 · Touch as Prosecutor
- 1996 · The Burning Zone as Kimberly Shiroma
- 1995 · Requiem as Fong
- 1995 · Picture Bride as Kana
- 1994 · Vanishing Son IV as Lanchi
- 1994 · One West Waikiki as
- 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 as
- 1992 · Raven as
- 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
- 1988 · To Heal a Nation as Maya Ying Lin
- 1988 · Hiroshima Maiden as Miyeko
- 1987 · Hawaiian Dream as Karen Saito
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Det. Sharon Matsumoto