Tamlyn Tomita
Acting
Born: 1966-01-27 · 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.
🎬 Movies (20)
Enough
2026
Janet
Ultraman: Rising
2024
Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
2022
Narrator (voice)
The Right Mom
2021
Sallie Petersen
I Will Make You Mine
2020
Julia
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
Self
The Living Worst
2019
Chita Montague
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
Self
Real Artists
2017
Anne Palladon
The Good Neighbor
2016
Heather Cromwell
The Unbidden
2016
Lauren Lee
Daddy
2015
Sharlene Hong
Teacher of the Year
2015
Vivian Lew
The Real Miyagi
2015
Self
Operation Marriage
2014
Lee
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
2014
Tamlyn/Pamlyn
Nomads
2010
The Mikado Project
2010
Viola
Tekken
2010
Jun Kazama
Why Am I Doing This?
2009
Donna
📺 TV Shows (20)
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
2026
Drea Lawson (voice)
Dead Boy Detectives
2024
The Principal
Avatar the Last Airbender
2024
Yukari
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
Caroline Randa (voice)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
Caroline Randa
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023
Lady Itoh (voice)
Etheria
2020
Asian Americans
2020
Narrator (voice)
Reunited Apart
2020
Self
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Commodore Oh
Cobra Kai
2018
Kumiko
Counterpart
2017
Emily's Doctor
The Good Doctor
2017
Allegra Aoki
DuckTales
2017
Inspector Tezuka (voice)
Berlin Station
2016
Sandra Abe
Chicago Med
2015
Celeste Frost
Zoo
2015
Minako Oz
The Man in the High Castle
2015
Tamiko Watanabe
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Carol Morrow
Chasing Life
2014
Molly