Tamlyn Tomita
49 movies · 67 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 27, 1966 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Okinawa, Japan
- 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.
Known for
Tamlyn Tomita: movies and TV shows
Acting (116)
- Upcoming The Joy Luck Club 2
as Waverly Jong
- Upcoming
- 2026 Enough
as Janet
- 2026
- 2024 Ultraman: Rising
as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022 Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 The Right Mom
as Sallie Petersen
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020 I Will Make You Mine
as Julia
- 2020
- 2019 The Living Worst
as Chita Montague
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017 Real Artists
as Anne Palladon
- 2016
- 2016 The Good Neighbor
as Heather Cromwell
- 2016 The Unbidden
as Lauren Lee
- 2015
- 2015 Daddy
as Sharlene Hong
- 2015
- 2015 Teacher of the Year
as Vivian Lew
- 2015
- 2014 Operation Marriage
as Lee
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Awesome Asian Bad Guys
as Tamlyn/Pamlyn
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010 The Mikado Project
as Viola
- 2010 Tekken
as Jun Kazama
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009 Why Am I Doing This?
as Donna
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008 The Eye
as Mrs. Cheung
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006 Only the Brave
as Mary Takata
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name
as Narrator (voice)
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am
as Maria Yamashita
- 2005 Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Helen Morriston
- 2004
- 2004 The Day After Tomorrow
as Janet Tokada
- 2003
- 2003 Robot Stories
as Marcia
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001 Walking Shadow
as Rikki Wu
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000 Runaway Virus
as Monique Chao
- 1999 The Last Man on Planet Earth
as Agent Kara Hastings
- 1999 Life Tastes Good
as Julie
- 1999
- 1998 Living Out Loud
as Bob's Wife
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998 Hundred Percent
as Thaise
- 1997
- 1997 The Killing Jar
as Diane Sanford
- 1997 Touch
as Prosecutor
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996
- 1995 Four Rooms
as Wife
- 1995 Requiem
as Fong
- 1995
- 1995 Picture Bride
as Kana
- 1994 Vanishing Son IV
as Lanchi
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994 Vanishing Son II
as Lanchi
- 1994
- 1993 Babylon 5: The Gathering
as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima
- 1993 The Joy Luck Club
as Waverly Jong
- 1993
- 1992
- 1992
- 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
- 1989
- 1988 To Heal a Nation
as Maya Ying Lin
- 1988 Hiroshima Maiden
as Miyeko
- 1987
- 1987 Hawaiian Dream
as Karen Saito
- 1986 The Karate Kid Part II
as Kumiko
- 1984
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2020 Reunited Apart
1 episode
- 2019
- 2017
- 2015