Acting credits
116
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Tamlyn Tomita
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.1
Moderate attention
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Movies: 49Series: 67
TMDB ID: 3134
IMDb ID: nm0000674
Known for: Acting
Born: January 27, 1966
Age: 60
Place of birth: Okinawa, Japan
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2026
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 7.17
Wikidata: Q265218
Also known as
Tamlyn Naomi 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
Movie credits linked with Tamlyn Tomita.
Ultraman: Rising
as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
2024 Movie
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
as Narrator (voice)
2022 Movie
The Right Mom
as Sallie Petersen
2021 Movie
I Will Make You Mine
as Julia
2020 Movie
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as Self
2019 Movie
The Living Worst
as Chita Montague
2019 Movie
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
2017 Movie
Real Artists
as Anne Palladon
2017 Movie
The Good Neighbor
as Heather Cromwell
2016 Movie
The Unbidden
as Lauren Lee
2016 Movie
Daddy
as Sharlene Hong
2015 Movie
Teacher of the Year
as Vivian Lew
2015 Movie
The Real Miyagi
as Self
2015 Movie
Operation Marriage
as Lee
2014 Movie
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
as Tamlyn/Pamlyn
2014 Movie
Nomads
2010 Movie
The Mikado Project
as Viola
2010 Movie
Tekken
as Jun Kazama
2010 Movie
Why Am I Doing This?
as Donna
2009 Movie
The Eye
as Mrs. Cheung
2008 Movie
Only the Brave
as Mary Takata
2006 Movie
Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name
as Narrator (voice)
2006 Movie
Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am
as Maria Yamashita
2005 Movie
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Helen Morriston
2005 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Tamlyn Tomita.
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
as Drea Lawson (voice) • 1 eps
2026 Series
Dead Boy Detectives
as The Principal • 1 eps
2024 Series
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Yukari • 1 eps
2024 Series
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
as Caroline Randa (voice) • 2 eps
2023 Series
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
as Lady Itoh (voice) • 2 eps
2023 Series
Etheria
1 eps
2020 Series
Asian Americans
as Narrator (voice) • 5 eps
2020 Series
Reunited Apart
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
Star Trek: Picard
as Commodore Oh • 6 eps
2020 Series
Cobra Kai
as Kumiko • 2 eps
2018 Series
Counterpart
as Emily's Doctor • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Good Doctor
as Allegra Aoki • 30 eps
2017 Series
DuckTales
as Inspector Tezuka (voice) • 1 eps
2017 Series
Berlin Station
as Sandra Abe • 29 eps
2016 Series
Chicago Med
as Celeste Frost • 6 eps
2015 Series
Zoo
as Minako Oz • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Man in the High Castle
as Tamiko Watanabe • 6 eps
2015 Series
How to Get Away with Murder
as Carol Morrow • 2 eps
2014 Series
Chasing Life
as Molly • 2 eps
2014 Series
Resurrection
as Dr. Toni Willis • 5 eps
2014 Series
Hollywood Heights
as Sarah Medeiros • 2 eps
2012 Series
Touch
as Kazuko Osugi • 1 eps
2012 Series
Teen Wolf
as Noshiko Yukimura • 16 eps
2011 Series
The Chicago Code
as Prosecutor • 1 eps
2011 Series