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

The Mentalist
2009
Criminal Minds
2009
Bones
2013
CSI: Miami
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
2014
24
2002
JAG
2002
Stargate SG-1
2006
Chicago Med
2026
The Good Doctor
2017
Monk
2009
Heroes
2007

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
123
2026
Enough
as Janet
2026
Chicago Med
as Celeste Frost
2026
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
as Drea Lawson (voice)
2024
Ultraman: Rising
as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
2024
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Yukari
2024
Dead Boy Detectives
as The Principal
2023
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
as Lady Itoh (voice)
2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
as Caroline Randa (voice)
2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
as Caroline Randa
2022
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
as Narrator (voice)
2021
The Right Mom
as Sallie Petersen
2021
Cobra Kai
as Kumiko
2021
Etheria
2020
I Will Make You Mine
as Julia
2020
Star Trek: Picard
as Commodore Oh
2020
DuckTales
as Inspector Tezuka (voice)
2020
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
Asian Americans
as Narrator (voice)
2019
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as Self
2019
The Living Worst
as Chita Montague
2018
The Man in the High Castle
as Tamiko Watanabe
2018
Counterpart
as Emily's Doctor
2017
Real Artists
as Anne Palladon
2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
2017
The Good Doctor
as Allegra Aoki
2016
The Good Neighbor
as Heather Cromwell
2016
The Unbidden
as Lauren Lee
2016
Berlin Station
as Sandra Abe
2015
Teacher of the Year
as Vivian Lew
2015
Daddy
as Sharlene Hong
2015
The Real Miyagi
as Self
2015
Zoo
as Minako Oz
2015
Chasing Life
as Molly
2015
Chasing Life
as Mae
2014
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
as Tamlyn/Pamlyn
2014
Operation Marriage
as Lee
2014
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Homeland Security Agent Shana Rollins
2014
How to Get Away with Murder
as Carol Morrow
2014
Teen Wolf
as Noshiko Yukimura
2014
Resurrection
as Dr. Toni Willis
2013
Bones
as Dr. Alice Crawford
2013
True Blood
as Ms. Suzuki
2012
Make It or Break It
2012
Touch
as Kazuko Osugi
2012
Hollywood Heights
as Sarah Medeiros
2011
The Chicago Code
as Prosecutor
2011
Glee
as Julia Chang
2010
Tekken
as Jun Kazama
2010
Nomads
2010
The Mikado Project
as Viola
2010
Law & Order: LA
as Miwako Nishizawa
2009
Why Am I Doing This?
as Donna
2009
CSI: Miami
as Sarah Fordham
2009
Monk
as Eileen Hill
2009
Criminal Minds
as Dr. Linda Kimura
2009
Private Practice
as Katie's Lawyer
2009
The Mentalist
as Lauri Medina
2009
Eureka
as Kim Yamazaki
2008
The Eye
as Mrs. Cheung
2008
Saving Grace
as Tori Chen
2007
Women's Murder Club
2007
Heroes
as Ishi Nakamura
2007
Pandemic
as Melissa Lo
2006
Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name
as Narrator (voice)
2006
Only the Brave
as Mary Takata
2006
Stargate Atlantis
as Shen Xiaoyi
2006
Stargate SG-1
as Shen Xiaoyi
2006
Eureka
as Kim Anderson
2006
Commander in Chief
as Randy
2006
Twenty Good Years
2005
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Helen Morriston
2005
Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am
as Maria Yamashita
2004
The Day After Tomorrow
as Janet Tokada
2004
Strong Medicine
as Dr. Nash
2003
Robot Stories
as Marcia
2003
Threat Matrix
as Special Agent Nicole Hill
2003
The Agency
as Elizabeth - Female Kidnapper
2002
24
as Jenny Dodge
2002
JAG
as Tracy Manetti
2002
The Shield
as Wanda Higoshi
2002
For the People
as Dr. Chaney
2001
Walking Shadow
as Rikki Wu
2001
Providence
as Mary Cassidy
2001
Crossing Jordan
as Grace Yakura
2000
Runaway Virus
as Monique Chao
2000
The Michael Richards Show
as Ming
2000
Nash Bridges
as Amy Chin
1999
The Last Man on Planet Earth
as Agent Kara Hastings
1999
Life Tastes Good
as Julie
1999
Will & Grace
as Naomi
1999
Seven Days
1998
Hundred Percent
as Thaise
1998
Living Out Loud
as Bob's Wife
1998
Chicago Hope
as Jennifer Watanabe
1997
The Killing Jar
as Diane Sanford
1997
Touch
as Prosecutor
1997
The Sentinel
as Suzanne Tomaki
1996
The Burning Zone
as Kimberly Shiroma
1996
Chicago Hope
as Tina - Sutton's Ex #3
1995
Four Rooms
as Wife
1995
Picture Bride
as Kana
1995
Requiem
as Fong
1994
Vanishing Son IV
as Lanchi
1994
Vanishing Son II
as Lanchi
1994
Time Trax
1994
One West Waikiki
1994
Highlander: The Series
as Midori Koto
1994
Murder, She Wrote
as Det. Sharon Matsumoto
1994
Vanishing Son
as Lanchi
1993
Babylon 5: The Gathering
as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima
1993
The Joy Luck Club
as Waverly Jong
1992
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
as Kim Tanaka
1992
Quantum Leap
as Tamlyn Matsuda
1992
Raven
1990
Come See the Paradise
as Lily Kawamura
1990
Vietnam Texas
as Lan
1990
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
as Sally
1988
To Heal a Nation
as Maya Ying Lin
1988
Hiroshima Maiden
as Miyeko
1987
Hawaiian Dream
as Karen Saito
1987
Tour of Duty
as VC Peasant Woman
1986
The Karate Kid Part II
as Kumiko
The Joy Luck Club 2
as Waverly Jong