Tamlyn Naomi Tomita is a Japanese-American actress who is best known for her roles as Janet Tokada in 2004's The Day After Tomorrow, Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima in TNT's Babylon 5: The Gathering and Sandra Abe in EPIX's Berlin's Station.
Tamlyn portrayed Noshiko Yukimura, a 900-year-old Kitsune and the mother of Kira Yukimura in Teen Wolf.
Career[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role |
1986 | The Karate Kid Part II | Kumiko |
1987 | Hawaiian Dream | Karren Saito |
1988 | Hiroshima Maiden | Miyeko |
1988 | To Heal a Nation | Maya Ying Lin |
1990 | Vietnam, Texas | Lan |
1990 | Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes' | Sally |
1990 | Come See the Paradise | Lily Yuriko Kawamura / McGann |
1993 | Babylon 5: The Gathering | Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima |
1994 | Time Trax | Toshi |
1994 | Picture Bride | Kana |
1994 | Vanishing Son II | Lanchi |
1994 | Vanishing Son IV | Lanchi |
1997 | The Killing Jar | Diane Sanford |
1997 | Raven: Return of the Black Dragons | Kim Tanaka |
1998 | Hundred Percent | Thaise |
1999 | Life Tastes Good | Julie Sado |
1999 | The Last Man on Planet Earth | Agent Kara Hasting |
2000 | Runaway Virus | Monique Chao |
2001 | Walking Shadow | Rikki Wu |
2003 | Robot Stories | Marcia |
2004 | The Perfect Party | Mom |
2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Janet Tokada |
2005 | Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't | Helen Morriston |
2005 | Gaijin - Ama-me Como Sou' | Maria Yamashita Salinas |
2006 | Only the Brave | Mary Takata |
2007 | Pandemic | Melissa Lo |
2008 | Two Sisters | Shakti |
2008 | The Eye | Mrs. Cheung |
2008 | Finding Madison | Beth |
2009 | Why Am I Doing This? | Donna |
2010 | Tekken | Jun Kazama |
2010 | The Mikado Project | Viola |
2014 | Awesome Asian Bad Guys | Tamlyn/Pamlyn |
2014 | Teacher of the Year | Vivian Lew |
2015 | Daddy | Sharlene Hong |
2016 | The Good Neighbor | Heather Cromwell |
2016 | The Living Worst | Cheetah |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role |
1987 | Tour of Duty | VC Peasant Woman |
1987-1988 | Santa Barbara | Ming Li / Lily Murakami |
1992 | Quantum Leap | Tamlyn Matsuda |
1992 | Raven | Kim Tanaka |
1994 | Time Trax' | Toshi |
1994 | One West Waikiki | Taylor Chun |
1994 | Highlander | Midori Koto |
1994 | Living Single | Mary |
1994 | Time Trax | Toshi |
1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Det. Sharon Matsumoto |
1995 | Vanishing Son | Lan chi |
1995 | Sisters | Kiri Adams |
1996-1997 | The Burning Zone | Dr. Kimberly Shiroma |
1997 | The Sentinel | Suzanne Tomaki |
1999 | Seven Days | Michelle |
1999 | Will & Grace | Naomi |
2000 | The Michael Richards Show | Ming |
2021 | Cobra Kai | Kumiko |
Trivia[]
- Tamlyn graduated from Granada Hills High School.
- She was one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the world.
- She was also the 1984 Nisei Week Queen in Los Angeles, California.
- Tamlyn is 1/4 Filipino on her mother's side in addition to having Japanese heritage.
External links[]
- Tamlyn Tomita on the Internet Movie Database
- Tamlyn Tomita on Wikipedia