Acting · Okinawa, Japan · Born January 27, 1966
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.
Enough
2026
as Janet
TVStar Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
2026
as Drea Lawson (voice)
MovieUltraman: Rising
2024
as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
TVDead Boy Detectives
2024
as The Principal
TVAvatar: The Last Airbender
2024
as Yukari
TVMonarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
as Caroline Randa (voice)
TVBLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023
as Lady Itoh (voice)
MovieBetrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Right Mom
2021
as Sallie Petersen
TVEtheria
2020
TVAsian Americans
2020
as Narrator (voice)
TVReunited Apart
2020
as Self
MovieI Will Make You Mine
2020
as Julia
TVStar Trek: Picard
2020
as Commodore Oh
MovieYellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
as Self
MovieThe Living Worst
2019
as Chita Montague
TVCobra Kai
2018
as Kumiko
TVCounterpart
2017
as Emily's Doctor
TVThe Good Doctor
2017
as Allegra Aoki
TVDuckTales
2017
as Inspector Tezuka (voice)
MovieJohn G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
as Self
MovieReal Artists
2017
as Anne Palladon
TVBerlin Station
2016
as Sandra Abe
MovieThe Good Neighbor
2016
as Heather Cromwell
MovieThe Unbidden
2016
as Lauren Lee
TVChicago Med
2015
as Celeste Frost
MovieDaddy
2015
as Sharlene Hong
TVZoo
2015
as Minako Oz
MovieTeacher of the Year
2015
as Vivian Lew
MovieThe Real Miyagi
2015
as Self
TVThe Man in the High Castle
2015
as Tamiko Watanabe
MovieOperation Marriage
2014
as Lee
TVHow to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Carol Morrow
TVChasing Life
2014
as Molly
TVResurrection
2014
as Dr. Toni Willis
MovieAwesome Asian Bad Guys
2014
as Tamlyn/Pamlyn
TVTouch
2012
as Kazuko Osugi
TVTeen Wolf
2011
as Noshiko Yukimura
TVThe Chicago Code
2011
as Prosecutor
MovieNomads
2010
TVLaw & Order: LA
2010
as Miwako Nishizawa
MovieThe Mikado Project
2010
as Viola
MovieTekken
2010
as Jun Kazama
TVNCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Homeland Security Agent Shana Rollins
TVMake It or Break It
2009
TVGlee
2009
as Julia Chang
MovieWhy Am I Doing This?
2009
as Donna
TVThe Mentalist
2008
as Lauri Medina
TVTrue Blood
2008
as Ms. Suzuki
MovieThe Eye
2008
as Mrs. Cheung
TVWomen's Murder Club
2007
TVPrivate Practice
2007
as Katie's Lawyer
TVSaving Grace
2007
as Tori Chen
TVPandemic
2007
as Melissa Lo
MovieOnly the Brave
2006
as Mary Takata
TVTwenty Good Years
2006
TVHeroes
2006
as Ishi Nakamura
TVEureka
2006
as Kim Anderson
MovieWendy... Uh... What's Her Name
2006
as Narrator (voice)
TVCommander in Chief
2005
as Randy
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Dr. Linda Kimura
TVBones
2005
as Dr. Alice Crawford
MovieGaijin 2: Love Me as I Am
2005
as Maria Yamashita
MovieJane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005
as Helen Morriston
TVStargate Atlantis
2004
as Shen Xiaoyi
MovieThe Day After Tomorrow
2004
as Janet Tokada
TVThreat Matrix
2003
as Special Agent Nicole Hill
MovieRobot Stories
2003
as Marcia
TVCSI: Miami
2002
as Sarah Fordham
For the People
2002
as Dr. Chaney
TVMonk
2002
as Eileen Hill
TVThe Shield
2002
as Wanda Higoshi
TV24
2001
as Jenny Dodge
TVThe Agency
2001
as Elizabeth - Female Kidnapper
TVCrossing Jordan
2001
as Grace Yakura
MovieWalking Shadow
2001
as Rikki Wu
TVThe Michael Richards Show
2000
as Ming
TVStrong Medicine
2000
as Dr. Nash
MovieRunaway Virus
2000
as Monique Chao
MovieThe Last Man on Planet Earth
1999
as Agent Kara Hastings
MovieLife Tastes Good
1999
as Julie
TVProvidence
1999
as Mary Cassidy
MovieLiving Out Loud
1998
as Bob's Wife
TVSeven Days
1998
TVWill & Grace
1998
as Naomi
MovieHundred Percent
1998
as Thaise
TVStargate SG-1
1997
as Shen Xiaoyi
MovieThe Killing Jar
1997
as Diane Sanford
MovieTouch
1997
as Prosecutor
TVThe Burning Zone
1996
as Kimberly Shiroma
TVNash Bridges
1996
as Amy Chin
TVThe Sentinel
1996
as Suzanne Tomaki
MovieFour Rooms
1995
as Wife
MovieRequiem
1995
as Fong
TVJAG
1995
as Tracy Manetti
MoviePicture Bride
1995
as Kana
MovieVanishing Son IV
1994
as Lanchi
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Jennifer Watanabe
TVOne West Waikiki
1994
MovieVanishing Son II
1994
as Lanchi
TVVanishing Son
1994
as Lanchi
MovieBabylon 5: The Gathering
1993
as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima
MovieThe Joy Luck Club
1993
as Waverly Jong
TVTime Trax
1993
TVHighlander: The Series
1992
as Midori Koto
TVRaven
1992
MovieRaven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992
as Kim Tanaka
MovieCome See the Paradise
1990
as Lily Kawamura
MovieHiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
as Sally
MovieVietnam Texas
1990
as Lan
TVQuantum Leap
1989
as Tamlyn Matsuda
MovieTo Heal a Nation
1988
as Maya Ying Lin
MovieHiroshima Maiden
1988
as Miyeko
TVTour of Duty
1987
as VC Peasant Woman
MovieHawaiian Dream
1987
as Karen Saito
MovieThe Karate Kid Part II
1986
as Kumiko
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Det. Sharon Matsumoto
The Joy Luck Club 2
as Waverly Jong
