Tamlyn Tomita

Actor

Born January 27, 1966 in 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 also well known for her role as Waverly in The Joy Luck Club.

Acting

Enough
Film, 2026
as Janet
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
TV series, 2026
as Drea Lawson (voice)
Ultraman: Rising
Film, 2024
as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
Dead Boy Detectives
TV series, 2024
as The Principal
Avatar: The Last Airbender
TV series, 2024
as Yukari
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
TV series, 2023
as Caroline Randa (voice)
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
TV series, 2023
as Lady Itoh (voice)
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
Film, 2022
as Narrator (voice)
The Right Mom
Film, 2021
as Sallie Petersen
Etheria
TV series, 2020
1 episode
Asian Americans
TV series, 2020
as Narrator (voice)
I Will Make You Mine
Film, 2020
as Julia
Star Trek: Picard
TV series, 2020
as Commodore Oh
The Living Worst
Film, 2019
as Chita Montague
Cobra Kai
TV series, 2018
as Kumiko
Counterpart
TV series, 2017
as Emily's Doctor
The Good Doctor
TV series, 2017
as Allegra Aoki
DuckTales
TV series, 2017
as Inspector Tezuka (voice)
Real Artists
Film, 2017
as Anne Palladon
Berlin Station
TV series, 2016
as Sandra Abe
The Good Neighbor
Film, 2016
as Heather Cromwell
The Unbidden
Film, 2016
as Lauren Lee
Chicago Med
TV series, 2015
as Celeste Frost
Daddy
Film, 2015
as Sharlene Hong
Zoo
TV series, 2015
as Minako Oz
Teacher of the Year
Film, 2015
as Vivian Lew
The Man in the High Castle
TV series, 2015
as Tamiko Watanabe
Operation Marriage
Film, 2014
as Lee
How to Get Away with Murder
TV series, 2014
as Carol Morrow
Chasing Life
TV series, 2014
as Molly