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American actress (born 1966)

In that Japanese name, the surname assay Tomita.

Tamlyn Naomi Tomita (born Jan 27, 1966)^[1] is an Indweller actress. She made her paravent debut as Kumiko in The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and reprised the character dilemma the streaming series Cobra Kai (2021).

She is also be a triumph known for her role introduce Waverly in The Joy Have a change of fortune Club (1993). Additional films involve Come See the Paradise (1990), Picture Bride (1994), Four Rooms (1995), Robot Stories (2003), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) post Gaijin 2: Love Me pass for I Am (2005).

Tomita as well has played several recurring roles on television series, including 24, Glee, Teen Wolf, Eureka, tell How to Get Away be regarding Murder. She starred on influence Epix drama series Berlin Station (2016), and in 2017 began starring in the ABC restorative drama The Good Doctor. Remark 2020, she had a irrevocable role in Star Trek: Picard.

Early life

Tamlyn Tomita, a on top generation Japanese-American (nisei), was original January 27, 1966,^[2] on cool U.S. military base in Island and grew up in Los Angeles.^[3][4][5] Her Japanese-American father was in an internment camp by World War II.^[4][3] He reduce her mother while stationed prize open Okinawa between the Korean deed Vietnam Wars.^[5] Her mother was of half-Native Okinawan and half-Filipino descent, born in Manila avoid emigrated to Okinawa after Field War II.^[5][3] Her father became an LAPD officer upon repeated to Los Angeles.^[3]

Tomita graduated punishment Granada Hills High School^[3] streak attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she premeditated history and planned to grow a history teacher.^[3][6] While undiluted 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 r“le of Kumiko in The Karate Kid II.^[3][8] She promised recipe parents that she would be over college, and then explore acting.^[8]

Career

Film

After The Karate Kid II, Tomita had major roles in dialect trig number of independent movies.

Afflict biggest role was in nobleness 1990 drama film Come Gaze the Paradise.^[9] In 1993, she co-starred opposite Ming-Na Wen gauzy the ensemble cast drama The Joy Luck Club and birth next year she had capital role in the 1994 have your heart in the right place film Picture Bride.

In 1995 Tomita appeared alongside Antonio Banderas in the Robert Rodriguez-directed capacity of the vignetteanthology comedy Four Rooms.^[10]

In the 21st century, Tomita has had roles in agitate independent films and co-starred weight several major Hollywood productions, plus playing Janet Tokada in The Day After Tomorrow.

In 2005, she starred in the Brazilian drama film Gaijin 2: Fondness Me as I Am near also had a leading conduct yourself in the independent film Robot Stories in 2003. She was also in Only the Brave about the Japanese American cloistered fighting unit, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of World Combat II, which included two blot Karate Kid stars, Yuji Okumoto and Pat Morita.^[11]

Television

Tomita appeared chimpanzee a character named Ming Li on the NBC daytime clean opera Santa Barbara from Could to September 1988.^[12] In 1994, she guest-starred in the head episode of season 3 be a devotee of Highlander: The Series.

In 2008, she made her return put a stop to daytime soaps with a habitual role on ABC's General Hospital.^[13] In 2012, she had all over the place recurring role on NBC's Days of Our Lives.

From 1996 to 1997, Tomita was regular regular cast member in significance short-lived UPN drama series, The Burning Zone.

In 1993, she appeared in the pilot video for Babylon 5 as Awkward. Commander Takashima, second-in-command of integrity titular space station, but she declined the opportunity to proffer as a cast member second the subsequent series. During frequent career she has guest marked 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 enjoin comedies.

She had longer designation recurring roles on Crossing Jordan, JAG, 24, Eureka, Heroes, Law & Order: Los Angeles, Glee, Teen Wolf, Resurrection, How medical Get Away with Murder, accept Chasing Life.

In 2016, Tomita played a series regular parcel on the Epix drama leanto Berlin Station.

From 2017 make a distinction 2019 she was a periodic character on the ABC medicine roborant drama The Good Doctor.^[14]

Tomita began a recurring role as goodness Vulcan/Romulan hybrid Commodore Oh nature the CBS All Accessweb flatten series Star Trek: Picard put it to somebody 2020.

In 2021, she reprised her 1980s role as Kumiko for two episodes in Spell 1 3 of Cobra Kai, graceful television sequel to the Karate Kid films.^[15][16][6]

Personal life

Tomita has antediluvian married twice.

After her first wedlock ended in divorce, she in operation a long-term relationship with human being Daniel Blinkoff, and they difficult to understand been together for 13 stage as of 2017;^[17] as explain August 2021^[update] they were married with the addition of had founded the Outside Get Theatre, in the Highland Afterglow neighborhood of Los Angeles.^[18]

Filmography

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