Tamlyn Tomita
Biography
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.
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Movies (20)
Ultraman: Rising
as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
2024
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
as Narrator (voice)
2022
The Right Mom
as Sallie Petersen
2021
I Will Make You Mine
as Julia
2020
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as Self
2019
The Living Worst
as Chita Montague
2019
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
2017
Real Artists
as Anne Palladon
2017
The Good Neighbor
as Heather Cromwell
2016
The Unbidden
as Lauren Lee
2016
Daddy
as Sharlene Hong
2015
Teacher of the Year
as Vivian Lew
2015
The Real Miyagi
as Self
2015
Operation Marriage
as Lee
2014
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
as Tamlyn/Pamlyn
2014
Nomads
2010
The Mikado Project
as Viola
2010
Tekken
as Jun Kazama
2010
Why Am I Doing This?
as Donna
2009
The Eye
as Mrs. Cheung
2008
TV Shows (30)
Dead Boy Detectives
as The Principal
2024
Avatar the Last Airbender
as Yukari
2024
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
as Caroline Randa (voice)
2023
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
as Lady Itoh (voice)
2023
Etheria
2020
Asian Americans
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
Star Trek: Picard
as Commodore Oh
2020
Cobra Kai
as Kumiko
2018
Counterpart
as Emily's Doctor
2017
The Good Doctor
as Allegra Aoki
2017
DuckTales
as Inspector Tezuka (voice)
2017
Berlin Station
as Sandra Abe
2016
Chicago Med
as Celeste Frost
2015
Zoo
as Minako Oz
2015
The Man in the High Castle
as Tamiko Watanabe
2015
How to Get Away with Murder
as Carol Morrow
2014
Chasing Life
as Molly
2014
Resurrection
as Dr. Toni Willis
2014
Touch
as Kazuko Osugi
2012
Teen Wolf
as Noshiko Yukimura
2011
The Chicago Code
as Prosecutor
2011
Law & Order: LA
as Miwako Nishizawa
2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Homeland Security Agent Shana Rollins
2009
Make It or Break It
2009
Glee
as Julia Chang
2009
The Mentalist
as Lauri Medina
2008
True Blood
as Ms. Suzuki
2008
Women's Murder Club
2007
Private Practice
as Katie's Lawyer
2007