Tamlyn Tomita

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Tomita in 2010
Born
Tamlyn Naomi Tomita

(1966-01-27) January 27, 1966 (age 58)
Okinawa City, Ryukyu Islands (now Japan)
Education University of California, Los Angeles
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present
Spouse(s)??
(m. ??; div. ??)
Daniel Blinkoff
(m. 2021)

Tamlyn Naomi Tomita (born January 27, 1966) [1] is an American actress. She made her screen debut as Kumiko in The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and reprised the character for the streaming series Cobra Kai (2021). She is also well known for her role as Waverly in The Joy Luck Club (1993). Additional films include Come See the Paradise (1990), Picture Bride (1994), Four Rooms (1995), Robot Stories (2003), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am (2005).

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Tomita also has played several recurring roles on television series, including 24 , Glee , Teen Wolf, Eureka, and How to Get Away with Murder . She starred on the Epix drama series Berlin Station (2016), and in 2017 began starring in the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor . In 2020, she had a recurring role in Star Trek: Picard .

Early life

Tamlyn Tomita, a second generation Japanese-American (nisei), was born January 27, 1966, [2] on a U.S. military base in Okinawa and grew up in Los Angeles. [3] [4] [5] Her Japanese-American father was in an internment camp during World War II. [4] [3] He met her mother while stationed in Okinawa between the Korean and Vietnam Wars. [5] Her mother was of half-Native Okinawan and half-Filipino descent, born in Manila and emigrated to Okinawa after World War II. [5] [3] Her father became an LAPD officer upon returning to Los Angeles. [3]

Tomita graduated from Granada Hills High School [3] and attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she studied history and planned to become a history teacher. [3] [6] While a junior at UCLA, she participated in Nisei Week, where she was crowned its 1984 queen. [3] [7] She and several other Japanese-American girls were asked by Helen Funai, the 1963 pageant queen, [8] to audition for the role of Kumiko in The Karate Kid II . [3] [8] She promised her parents that she would finish college, and then explore acting. [8]

Career

Film

After The Karate Kid II , Tomita had major roles in a number of independent movies. Her biggest role was in the 1990 drama film Come See the Paradise . [9] In 1993, she co-starred opposite Ming-Na Wen in the ensemble cast drama The Joy Luck Club and the next year she had a role in the 1994 independent film Picture Bride . In 1995 Tomita appeared alongside Antonio Banderas in the Robert Rodriguez-directed segment of the vignette anthology comedy Four Rooms . [10]

In the 21st century, Tomita has had roles in other independent films and co-starred in several major Hollywood productions, including playing Janet Tokada in The Day After Tomorrow . In 2005, she starred in the Brazilian drama film Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am and also had a leading role in the independent film Robot Stories in 2003. She was also in Only the Brave about the Japanese American segregated fighting unit, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of World War II, which included two other Karate Kid stars, Yuji Okumoto and Pat Morita. [11]

Television

Tomita appeared as a character named Ming Li on the NBC daytime soap opera Santa Barbara from May to September 1988. [12] In 1994, she guest-starred in the first episode of season 3 of Highlander: The Series . In 2008, she made her return to daytime soaps with a recurring role on ABC's General Hospital . [13] In 2012, she had another recurring role on NBC's Days of Our Lives .

From 1996 to 1997, Tomita was a regular cast member in the short-lived UPN drama series, The Burning Zone . In 1993, she appeared in the pilot movie for Babylon 5 as Lt. Commander Takashima, second-in-command of the titular space station, but she declined the opportunity to continue as a cast member of the subsequent series. During her career she has guest starred on shows such as Seven Days ; Quantum Leap ; Living Single ; Murder, She Wrote ; Chicago Hope ; Will & Grace ; Nash Bridges ; The Shield ; Strong Medicine ; Stargate SG-1 ; Stargate: Atlantis ; The Mentalist ; Private Practice ; True Blood ; Zoo ; Tour of Duty ; Criminal Minds ; and many other dramas and comedies. She had longer term recurring roles on Crossing Jordan , JAG , 24 , Eureka , Heroes , Law & Order: Los Angeles , Glee , Teen Wolf , Resurrection , How to Get Away with Murder , and Chasing Life .

In 2016, Tomita played a series regular role on the Epix drama series Berlin Station . From 2017 to 2019 she was a recurring character on the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor . [14]

Tomita began a recurring role as the Vulcan/Romulan hybrid Commodore Oh on the CBS All Access web television series Star Trek: Picard in 2020.

In 2021, she reprised her 1980s role as Kumiko for two episodes in Season 3 of Cobra Kai , a television sequel to the Karate Kid films. [15] [16] [6]

Personal life

Tomita has been married twice. After her first marriage ended in divorce, she started a long-term relationship with actor Daniel Blinkoff, and they had been together for 13 years as of 2017; [17] as of August 2021 they were married and had founded the Outside In Theatre, in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. [18]

Filmography

Film

List of film performances by Tamlyn Tomita
YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 The Karate Kid Part II Kumiko Debut role
1987Hawaiian DreamKarren Saito
1990Vietnam, TexasLan
Come See the Paradise Lily Yuriko Kawamura / McGann
1993 The Joy Luck Club Waverly Jong
1994 Picture Bride Kana
Notes on a Scale
1995 Four Rooms WifeSegment "The Misbehavers"
RequiemFongShort film
1997The Killing JarDiane Sanford
Touch Prosecutor
1998Hundred PercentThaise
Soundman Butch's Wife
Living Out Loud Mrs. Nelson
1999Life Tastes GoodJulie Sado
2000Betty AndersonDetective MiyamotoShort film
2003 Robot Stories Marcia
Day of IndependenceChoir MemberShort film
2004The Perfect PartyMom
The Day After Tomorrow Janet Tokada
2005 Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am Maria Yamashita Salinas
True Love & Minosa TeaRebecca NakasoneShort film
2006 Only the Brave Mary Takata
PeaceSandy SakaiShort film
2007PandemicMelissa LoShort film
2008 The Eye Mrs. Cheung
Finding MadisonBeth
2009Why Am I Doing This?Donna
Tekken Jun Kazama
2010The Mikado ProjectViola
Nómadas
Starlight InnGrace KimShort film
2011The Charles Kim ShowHerselfShort film
2012White Room: 02B3FiveShort film
2014Awesome Asian Bad GuysTamlyn / Pamlyn (2013)
Teacher of the Year Vivian Lew
Operation MarriageLeeShort film
2015 Daddy Sharlene Hong
2016 The Good Neighbor Heather Cromwell
The UnbiddenLauren Lee
SeppukuLindaShort film
2017Real ArtistsAnne PalladonShort film
2019The Living WorstChita Montague
2020 I Will Make You Mine Julia
2024 Ultraman: Rising Mina / Emiko SatoVoice [19]

Television

List of television performances or appearances by Tamlyn Tomita
YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Tour of Duty VC Peasant WomanEpisode: "Sitting Ducks"
1987–1988 Santa Barbara Lily Murakami, Ming Li31 episodes
1988Hiroshima MaidenMiyeko MatsudaTelevision film
1988 To Heal a Nation Maya Ying LinTelevision film
1989 The Karate Kid Additional Characters (voices)Episode: "My Brother's Keeper"
1990 Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes SallyTelevision film
1992 Quantum Leap Tamlyn MatsudaEpisode: "Temptation Eyes - February 1, 1985"
1992 Raven Kim TanakaEpisode: "Return of the Black Dragon"
1993 Babylon 5: The Gathering Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima Television film
1994 Time Trax ToshiEpisode: "Return of the Yakuza"
1994 Vanishing Son II LanchiTelevision film
1994 One West Waikiki Taylor ChunEpisode: "'Til Death Do Us Part"
1994 Highlander: The Series Midori Kent/Maia KotoEpisode: "The Samurai"
1994 Living Single MaryEpisode: "Bristle While You Work"
1994 Vanishing Son IV LanchiTelevision film
1994 Murder, She Wrote Det. Sharon MatsumotoEpisode: "Death in Hawaii"
1995 Vanishing Son Lan ChiEpisode: "Single Flame"
1995 Sisters Kiri AdamsEpisodes: "For Everything a Season: Part 1", "Renaissance Woman"
1996 Chicago Hope Tina - Sutton's Ex #3Episode: "Ex Marks the Spot"
1996–1997 The Burning Zone Dr. Kimberly ShiromaSeries regular, 11 episodes
1997 The Sentinel Suzane TomakiEpisode: "Smart Alec"
1997Raven: Return of the Black DragonsKim TanakaTelevision film
1998 Chicago Hope Jennifer WatanabeEpisode: "McNeil and Pray"
1999 Seven Days MichelleEpisode: "Walter"
1999 Will & Grace NaomiEpisode: "I Never Promised You an Olive Garden"
1999 The Last Man on Planet Earth Agent Kara HastingsTelevision film
2000Runaway VirusMonique ChaoTelevision film
2000 Nash Bridges Amy ChinEpisodes: "Man Hunt", "Blow Out"
2000 The Michael Richards Show MingEpisode: "USA Toy"
2001DestinyTelevision film
2001 FreakyLinks Emma ReedEpisode: "Subject: The Final Word"
2001 Walking Shadow Rikki WuTelevision film
2001 Providence Mary CassidyEpisode: "Civil Unrest"
2001 Crossing Jordan Dr. Grace YakuraEpisodes: "The Dawn of a New Day", "You Can't Go Home Again", "Digger, Part 1"
2002 The Shield Wanda HigoshiEpisode: "Pilot"
2002 For the People Dr. ChaneyEpisode: "Come Blow Your Whistle"
2002–2003 JAG Lt. Cmdr. Tracy ManettiRecurring role, 7 episodes
2002–2003 24 Jenny DodgeRecurring role, 5 episodes
2003 The Agency Elizabeth—Female KidnapperEpisodes: "Our Man in Korea", "Our Man in Washington"
2003 Threat Matrix Special Agent Nicole HillEpisode: "Under the Gun"
2004 Strong Medicine Dr. NashEpisode: "Goodbye/Rest in Peace"
2004–2005 North Shore XiaoEpisodes: "Illusions", "The End"
2005Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don'tHelen MorrisonTelevision film
2006 Commander in Chief RandyEpisode: "No Nukes Is Good Nukes"
2006 Stargate SG-1 Shen XiaoyiEpisodes: "The Scourge", "Crusade"
2006, 2008 Stargate Atlantis Shen XiaoyiEpisodes: "No Man's Land", "Remnants"
2006–2007, 2009 Eureka Kim AndersonRecurring role, 5 episodes
2007 Women's Murder Club Sachiko JohannesEpisode: "Maybe Baby"
2007–2008, 2010 Heroes Ishi NakamuraEpisodes: "Chapter Nine: Cautionary Tales", "Chapter Twelve: Our Father", "Chapter Fifteen: Pass/Fail"
2008–2009 General Hospital Giselle6 episodes
2008 Saving Grace Tori ChenEpisode: "Have a Seat, Earl"
2008 Twenty Good Years Episode: "Come Fly with Me"
2008Two SistersShaktiTelevision film
2009 Monk Eileen HillEpisode: "Mr. Monk Fights City Hall"
2009 The Mentalist Lauri MedinaEpisode: "Bloodshot"
2009 Criminal Minds Dr. Linda KimuraEpisode: "Amplification"
2009 CSI: Miami Dr. Sarah FordhamEpisode: "Seeing Red"
2009 Private Practice Katie's LawyerEpisode: "Strange Bedfellows"
2010 Memphis Beat Noreen DrakeEpisode: "I Want to Be Free"
2010–2011 Law & Order: LA Miwako NishizawaRecurring role, 10 episodes
2011 The Chicago Code ProsecutorEpisode: "Bathhouse & Hinky Dink"
2011 The Protector KatrinaEpisode: "Bangs"
2011 Glee Julia ChangEpisode: "Asian F"
2012 Days of Our Lives Dr. Ellen Yu6 episodes
2012 Make It or Break It Dr. LimEpisode: "Listen to the Universe"
2012 Touch Kazuko OsugiEpisode: "Gyre, Part 1"
2012 Hollywood Heights Sarah MedeirosEpisodes: "Jetsetter", "Fresno"
2013 Bones Dr. Alice CrawfordEpisode: "The Doll in the Derby"
2013 True Blood Ms. SuzukiEpisodes: "Who Are You, Really?", "Dead Meat"
2014–2017 Teen Wolf Noshiko YukimuraRecurring role, 16 episodes
2014 Resurrection Dr. Toni WillisRecurring role, 5 episodes
2014–2015 How to Get Away with Murder Judge Carol MarrowEpisodes: "He Deserved to Die", "Hello Rasholnikov"
2014 NCIS: Los Angeles Homeland Security Agent Shana RollinsEpisode: "Leipei"
2015 Chasing Life Dr. Mae LinRecurring role, 5 episodes
2015 Zoo Minako OzEpisode: "The Silence of the Cicadas"
2016 Berlin Station Sandra AbeSeries regular, 10 episodes
2017–2019 The Good Doctor Allegra AokiSeries regular (season 1–2)
Special guest (season 3)
23 episodes
2018 Counterpart DoctorEpisode: "Love the Lie"

Video games

List of video game performances/appearances by Tamlyn Tomita
YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 James Bond 007: Nightfire Makiko Hayashi

Online Streaming Platform Subscription

List of performances or appearances by Tamlyn Tomita in various series exclusively shown via online streaming platforms
YearTitleRoleNotesOnline Streaming Platform
2018 The Man in the High Castle Tamiko WatanabeRecurring role, 6 episodes Amazon Prime
2020 Star Trek: Picard Commodore OhEpisodes: "Maps and Legends", "The End is the Beginning,", "Nepenthe" Amazon Prime
2020 DuckTales Inspector TezukaEpisode: "Astro B.O.Y.D." Disney Plus Prime Video Apple TV
2021 Cobra Kai Kumiko Season 3, 2 episodes: "The Right Path", "Miyagi-Do" Netflix
2023 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Caroline Randa2 episodes Apple TV
2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender Yukariseries Netflix
2024 Dead Boy Detectives The PrincipalEpisode:"The Case of the Hungry Snake" Netflix

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