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