Tamlyn Tomita

Known for: Acting

Born: 1966-01-27 (age 60)

From: Okinawa, Japan

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.

Filmography (118)

MOVIE
Enough
2026
as Janet
TV★ 8.6
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
2026
as Drea Lawson (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Ultraman: Rising
2024
as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
TV★ 7.6
Dead Boy Detectives
2024
as The Principal
TV★ 7.8
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2024
as Yukari
TV★ 7.7
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
as Caroline Randa (voice)
TV★ 8.5
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023
as Lady Itoh (voice)
MOVIE
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.1
The Right Mom
2021
as Sallie Petersen
TV★ 6.4
Etheria
2020
TV★ 10.0
Asian Americans
2020
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 5.5
Reunited Apart
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
I Will Make You Mine
2020
as Julia
TV★ 7.2
Star Trek: Picard
2020
as Commodore Oh
MOVIE★ 5.7
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
as Self
MOVIE
The Living Worst
2019
as Chita Montague
TV★ 8.2
Cobra Kai
2018
as Kumiko
TV★ 7.5
Counterpart
2017
as Emily's Doctor
TV★ 8.5
The Good Doctor
2017
as Allegra Aoki
TV★ 7.8
DuckTales
2017
as Inspector Tezuka (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5
Real Artists
2017
as Anne Palladon
TV★ 7.2
Berlin Station
2016
as Sandra Abe
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Good Neighbor
2016
as Heather Cromwell
MOVIE★ 3.8
The Unbidden
2016
as Lauren Lee
TV★ 8.3
Chicago Med
2015
as Celeste Frost
MOVIE★ 4.8
Daddy
2015
as Sharlene Hong
TV★ 6.8
Zoo
2015
as Minako Oz
MOVIE★ 5.4
Teacher of the Year
2015
as Vivian Lew
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Real Miyagi
2015
as Self
TV★ 7.5
The Man in the High Castle
2015
as Tamiko Watanabe
MOVIE
Operation Marriage
2014
as Lee
TV★ 7.8
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Carol Morrow
TV★ 7.2
Chasing Life
2014
as Molly
TV★ 7.3
Resurrection
2014
as Dr. Toni Willis
MOVIE★ 6.0
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
2014
as Tamlyn/Pamlyn
TV★ 6.6
Touch
2012
as Kazuko Osugi
TV★ 8.4
Teen Wolf
2011
as Noshiko Yukimura
TV★ 7.5
The Chicago Code
2011
as Prosecutor
MOVIE★ 5.2
Nomads
2010
TV★ 6.8
Law & Order: LA
2010
as Miwako Nishizawa
MOVIE★ 2.0
The Mikado Project
2010
as Viola
MOVIE★ 5.3
Tekken
2010
as Jun Kazama
TV★ 7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Homeland Security Agent Shana Rollins
TV★ 7.7
Make It or Break It
2009
TV★ 6.8
Glee
2009
as Julia Chang
MOVIE★ 4.5
Why Am I Doing This?
2009
as Donna
TV★ 8.4
The Mentalist
2008
as Lauri Medina
TV★ 7.6
True Blood
2008
as Ms. Suzuki
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Eye
2008
as Mrs. Cheung
TV★ 7.8
Women's Murder Club
2007
TV★ 7.5
Private Practice
2007
as Katie's Lawyer
TV★ 7.4
Saving Grace
2007
as Tori Chen
TV★ 5.1
Pandemic
2007
as Melissa Lo
MOVIE★ 5.4
Only the Brave
2006
as Mary Takata
TV★ 8.5
Twenty Good Years
2006
TV★ 7.4
Heroes
2006
as Ishi Nakamura
TV★ 7.7
Eureka
2006
as Kim Anderson
MOVIE
Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name
2006
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.6
Commander in Chief
2005
as Randy
TV★ 8.3
Criminal Minds
2005
as Dr. Linda Kimura
TV★ 8.2
Bones
2005
as Dr. Alice Crawford
MOVIE★ 7.9
Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am
2005
as Maria Yamashita
MOVIE★ 6.0
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005
as Helen Morriston
TV★ 8.0
Stargate Atlantis
2004
as Shen Xiaoyi
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
as Janet Tokada
TV★ 6.1
Threat Matrix
2003
as Special Agent Nicole Hill
MOVIE★ 5.1
Robot Stories
2003
as Marcia
TV★ 7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
as Sarah Fordham
TV★ 10.0
For the People
2002
as Dr. Chaney
TV★ 8.0
Monk
2002
as Eileen Hill
TV★ 8.2
The Shield
2002
as Wanda Higoshi
TV★ 7.8
24
2001
as Jenny Dodge
TV★ 6.9
The Agency
2001
as Elizabeth - Female Kidnapper
TV★ 7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Grace Yakura
MOVIE★ 4.7
Walking Shadow
2001
as Rikki Wu
TV★ 5.7
The Michael Richards Show
2000
as Ming
TV★ 7.4
Strong Medicine
2000
as Dr. Nash
MOVIE★ 5.5
Runaway Virus
2000
as Monique Chao
MOVIE★ 3.7
The Last Man on Planet Earth
1999
as Agent Kara Hastings
MOVIE★ 5.0
Life Tastes Good
1999
as Julie
TV★ 6.7
Providence
1999
as Mary Cassidy
MOVIE★ 5.9
Living Out Loud
1998
as Bob's Wife
TV★ 6.8
Seven Days
1998
TV★ 6.9
Will & Grace
1998
as Naomi
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hundred Percent
1998
as Thaise
TV★ 8.3
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Shen Xiaoyi
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Killing Jar
1997
as Diane Sanford
MOVIE★ 5.7
Touch
1997
as Prosecutor
TV★ 7.5
The Burning Zone
1996
as Kimberly Shiroma
TV★ 6.6
Nash Bridges
1996
as Amy Chin
TV★ 7.2
The Sentinel
1996
as Suzanne Tomaki
MOVIE★ 5.9
Four Rooms
1995
as Wife
MOVIE★ 7.0
Requiem
1995
as Fong
TV★ 7.3
JAG
1995
as Tracy Manetti
MOVIE★ 6.5
Picture Bride
1995
as Kana
MOVIE★ 5.6
Vanishing Son IV
1994
as Lanchi
TV★ 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
as Jennifer Watanabe
TV★ 7.7
One West Waikiki
1994
MOVIE★ 7.2
Vanishing Son II
1994
as Lanchi
TV★ 6.8
Vanishing Son
1994
as Lanchi
MOVIE★ 6.4
Babylon 5: The Gathering
1993
as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Joy Luck Club
1993
as Waverly Jong
TV★ 6.5
Time Trax
1993
TV★ 7.4
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Midori Koto
TV★ 7.8
Raven
1992
MOVIE★ 8.0
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992
as Kim Tanaka
MOVIE★ 6.3
Come See the Paradise
1990
as Lily Kawamura
MOVIE★ 6.3
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
as Sally
MOVIE★ 6.0
Vietnam Texas
1990
as Lan
TV★ 8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
as Tamlyn Matsuda
MOVIE★ 6.0
To Heal a Nation
1988
as Maya Ying Lin
MOVIE★ 7.5
Hiroshima Maiden
1988
as Miyeko
TV★ 8.1
Tour of Duty
1987
as VC Peasant Woman
MOVIE★ 10.0
Hawaiian Dream
1987
as Karen Saito
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Karate Kid Part II
1986
as Kumiko
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Det. Sharon Matsumoto
MOVIE
The Joy Luck Club 2
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as Waverly Jong