Tamlyn Tomita
Acting
Born January 27, 1966 · 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.
Films (50)
Enough
2026
Ultraman: Rising
2024
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
2022
The Right Mom
2021
I Will Make You Mine
2020
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
The Living Worst
2019
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
Real Artists
2017
The Good Neighbor
2016
The Unbidden
2016
Daddy
2015
Teacher of the Year
2015
The Real Miyagi
2015
Operation Marriage
2014
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
2014
Nomads
2010
The Mikado Project
2010
Tekken
2010
Why Am I Doing This?
2009
The Eye
2008
Only The Brave
2006
Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name
2006
Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am
2005
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
Robot Stories
2003
Walking Shadow
2001
Runaway Virus
2000
The Last Man on Planet Earth
1999
Life Tastes Good
1999
Living Out Loud
1998
Hundred Percent
1998
The Killing Jar
1997
Touch
1997
Four Rooms
1995
Requiem
1995
Picture Bride
1995
Vanishing Son IV
1994
Vanishing Son II
1994
Babylon 5: The Gathering
1993
The Joy Luck Club
1993
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992
Come See the Paradise
1990
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
Vietnam Texas
1990
To Heal a Nation
1988
Hiroshima Maiden
1988
Hawaiian Dream
1987
The Karate Kid Part II
1986