Tamlyn Tomita

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Tamlyn Tomita

Acting 60 January 27, 1966

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 als…

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The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor

8.5 2017 TV Show
The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow

6.6 2004 Movie
The Mentalist

The Mentalist

8.4 2008 TV Show
Cobra Kai

Cobra Kai

8.2 2018 TV Show
Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

8.3 2005 TV Show
Bones

Bones

8.2 2005 TV Show
Teen Wolf

Teen Wolf

8.4 2011 TV Show
Heroes

Heroes

7.4 2006 TV Show
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

7.7 2002 TV Show
24

24

7.8 2001 TV Show
Four Rooms

Four Rooms

5.9 1995 Movie
Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1

8.3 1997 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Enough

    Movie Janet

  2. 2026
    Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord

    TV show Drea Lawson (voice)

  3. 2024
    Ultraman: Rising

    Movie Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)

  4. 2024
    Dead Boy Detectives

    TV show The Principal

  5. 2024
    Avatar: The Last Airbender

    TV show Yukari

  6. 2023
    Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

    TV show Caroline Randa (voice)

  7. 2023
    BLUE EYE SAMURAI

    TV show Lady Itoh (voice)

  8. 2022
    Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  9. 2021
    The Right Mom

    Movie Sallie Petersen

  10. 2020
    Etheria

    TV show

  11. 2020
    Asian Americans

    TV show Narrator (voice)

  12. 2020
    Reunited Apart

    TV show Self

  13. 2020
    I Will Make You Mine

    Movie Julia

  14. 2020
    Star Trek: Picard

    TV show Commodore Oh

  15. 2019
    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

    Movie Self

  16. 2019
    The Living Worst

    Movie Chita Montague

More credits
  1. 2018
    Cobra Kai

    TV show Kumiko

  2. 2017
    Counterpart

    TV show Emily's Doctor

  3. 2017
    The Good Doctor

    TV show Allegra Aoki

  4. 2017
    DuckTales

    TV show Inspector Tezuka (voice)

  5. 2017
    John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

    Movie Self

  6. 2017
    Real Artists

    Movie Anne Palladon

  7. 2016
    Berlin Station

    TV show Sandra Abe

  8. 2016
    The Good Neighbor

    Movie Heather Cromwell

  9. 2016
    The Unbidden

    Movie Lauren Lee

  10. 2015
    Chicago Med

    TV show Celeste Frost

  11. 2015
    Daddy

    Movie Sharlene Hong

  12. 2015
    Zoo

    TV show Minako Oz

  13. 2015
    Teacher of the Year

    Movie Vivian Lew

  14. 2015
    The Real Miyagi

    Movie Self

  15. 2015
    The Man in the High Castle

    TV show Tamiko Watanabe

  16. 2014
    Operation Marriage

    Movie Lee

  17. 2014
    How to Get Away with Murder

    TV show Carol Morrow

  18. 2014
    Chasing Life

    TV show Molly

  19. 2014
    Resurrection

    TV show Dr. Toni Willis

  20. 2014
    Awesome Asian Bad Guys

    Movie Tamlyn/Pamlyn

  21. 2012
    Touch

    TV show Kazuko Osugi

  22. 2011
    Teen Wolf

    TV show Noshiko Yukimura

  23. 2011
    The Chicago Code

    TV show Prosecutor

  24. 2010
    Nomads

    Movie