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