Tamlyn Tomita

Known for

Acting

Born

January 27, 1966 (age 60)

Birthplace

Okinawa, Japan

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.

Best known work

The Good Doctor

2017

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

Cobra Kai

2018

Teen Wolf

2011

The Mentalist

2008

Criminal Minds

2005

Bones

2005

Four Rooms

1995

Heroes

2006

The Karate Kid Part II

1986

Filmography

TBA
The Joy Luck Club 2
as Waverly Jong
2026
Enough
as Janet
2026
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow LordTV
as Drea Lawson (voice) (1 episode)
2024
Ultraman: Rising
as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
2024
Dead Boy DetectivesTV
as The Principal (1 episode)
2024
Avatar: The Last AirbenderTV
as Yukari (1 episode)
2023
Monarch: Legacy of MonstersTV
as Caroline Randa (voice) (2 episodes), as Caroline Randa (3 episodes)
2023
BLUE EYE SAMURAITV
as Lady Itoh (voice) (2 episodes)
2022
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
as Narrator (voice)
2021
The Right Mom
as Sallie Petersen
2020
EtheriaTV
2020
Asian AmericansTV
as Narrator (voice) (5 episodes)
2020
Reunited ApartTV
as Self (1 episode)
2020
I Will Make You Mine
as Julia
2020
Star Trek: PicardTV
as Commodore Oh (6 episodes)
2019
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as Self
2019
The Living Worst
as Chita Montague
2018
Cobra KaiTV
as Kumiko (2 episodes)
2017
CounterpartTV
as Emily's Doctor (1 episode)
2017
The Good DoctorTV
as Allegra Aoki (30 episodes)
2017
DuckTalesTV
as Inspector Tezuka (voice) (1 episode)
2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
2017
Real Artists
as Anne Palladon
2016
Berlin StationTV
as Sandra Abe (29 episodes)
2016
The Good Neighbor
as Heather Cromwell