Tamlyn Tomita

Known for: Acting
Born: January 27, 1966, Okinawa, Japan
Movies: 50

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 Movies

6.6

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

5.9

Four Rooms

1995

6.4

The Karate Kid Part II

1986

5.9

The Eye

2008

5.3

Tekken

2010

6.2

The Good Neighbor

2016

8.0

Ultraman: Rising

2024

6.5

Babylon 5: The Gathering

1993

7.2

The Joy Luck Club

1993

5.4

Teacher of the Year

2015

Filmography

2026	Enough	Janet
2024	Ultraman: Rising	Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
2022	Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp	Narrator (voice)
2021	The Right Mom	Sallie Petersen
2020	I Will Make You Mine	Julia
2019	Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood	Self
2019	The Living Worst	Chita Montague
2017	John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs	Self
2017	Real Artists	Anne Palladon
2016	The Good Neighbor	Heather Cromwell
2016	The Unbidden	Lauren Lee
2015	Daddy	Sharlene Hong
2015	Teacher of the Year	Vivian Lew
2015	The Real Miyagi	Self
2014	Operation Marriage	Lee
2014	Awesome Asian Bad Guys	Tamlyn/Pamlyn
2010	Nomads
2010	The Mikado Project	Viola
2010	Tekken	Jun Kazama
2009	Why Am I Doing This?	Donna
2008	The Eye	Mrs. Cheung
2006	Only the Brave	Mary Takata
2006	Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name	Narrator (voice)
2005	Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am	Maria Yamashita
2005	Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't	Helen Morriston
2004	The Day After Tomorrow	Janet Tokada
2003	Robot Stories	Marcia
2001	Walking Shadow	Rikki Wu
2000	Runaway Virus	Monique Chao
1999	The Last Man on Planet Earth	Agent Kara Hastings
1999	Life Tastes Good	Julie
1998	Living Out Loud	Bob's Wife
1998	Hundred Percent	Thaise
1997	The Killing Jar	Diane Sanford
1997	Touch	Prosecutor
1995	Four Rooms	Wife
1995	Requiem	Fong
1995	Picture Bride	Kana
1994	Vanishing Son IV	Lanchi
1994	Vanishing Son II	Lanchi
1993	Babylon 5: The Gathering	Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima
1993	The Joy Luck Club	Waverly Jong
1992	Raven: Return of the Black Dragons	Kim Tanaka
1990	Come See the Paradise	Lily Kawamura
1990	Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes	Sally
1990	Vietnam Texas	Lan
1988	To Heal a Nation	Maya Ying Lin
1988	Hiroshima Maiden	Miyeko
1987	Hawaiian Dream	Karen Saito
1986	The Karate Kid Part II	Kumiko

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