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{{Infobox person | name = Tamlyn Tomita | image = Andres Useche and Tamlyn Tomita.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Tamlyn Tomita on April 5, 2010 | birth_name = Tamlyn Naomi Tomita | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|1|27|mf=y}} | birth_place = Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan | other_names = | website = | spouse = | years_active = 1986–present | occupation = Actress, singer }}Tamlyn Naomi Tomita (born January 27, 1966) is a Japanese-American actress and singer. She made her screen debut in a leading role in The Karate Kid Part II (1986), and later was leading and supporting roles in films Come See the Paradise (1990), The Joy Luck Club (1993), Picture Bride (1994), Four Rooms (1995), Robot Stories (2003), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Love Me as I Am (2005). Tomita also has played several recurring roles on television series, include 24, Glee, Teen Wolf and How to Get Away with Murder. She starred on the Epix drama series Berlin Station (2016), and in 2017 began starring in the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor. Early lifeTomita was born in Okinawa, the daughter of Shiro and Asako Tomita. Her father was a Japanese-American who was interned at Manzanar, California, during part of World War II, then later became a Los Angeles police officer, rising to the rank of sergeant and helping to form the first Asian Task force in that Department.[1] Her father died of cancer in 1990. Tomita graduated from Granada Hills High School in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.[2]{{failed verification|date=June 2018}} Before becoming an actress, Tomita won the title of Queen at the Nisei Week Pageant in Los Angeles in 1984,[3] and Miss Nikkei International in 1985. In 1987, Tomita made her Japanese singing debut on the label Polydor. She released a single and an album.[4] CareerFilmIn 1984, Tomita got her big break by traveling as Queen of Nisei Week to Hawaii, where she was selected as part of a casting call by director John G. Avildsen to make her acting debut in The Karate Kid Part II.[5][6] She later had major roles in a number of independent movies. Her biggest role was in the 1990 drama film Come See the Paradise.[6][7] In 1993, she co-starred opposite Ming-Na Wen in the ensemble cast drama The Joy Luck Club[6] and the next year she had a role in the 1994 independent film Picture Bride. In 1995 Tomita appeared alongside Antonio Banderas in the Robert Rodriguez-directed segment of the vignette anthology comedy Four Rooms.[8] In the 21st Century, Tomita has had roles in other independent films and co-starred in several major Hollywood productions, including playing Janet Tokada in The Day After Tomorrow. In 2005, she starred in the Brazilian drama film Love Me as I Am and also had leading roles in the independent films Robot Stories in 2003 and Only the Brave in 2006. Tomita also appeared in The Eye and Tekken. TelevisionTomita appeared as a character named Ming Li on the NBC daytime soap opera Santa Barbara from May to September 1988.[2][9] In 2008, she made her return to daytime soaps with a recurring role on the ABC's General Hospital.[10] In 2012 she had another recurring role on NBC's Days of Our Lives. From 1996 to 1997, Tomita was regular cast member in the short-lived UPN drama series, The Burning Zone as well as the pilot movie for Babylon 5. During her career she guest starred on Seven Days, Quantum Leap, Living Single, Murder, She Wrote, Chicago Hope, Will & Grace, Nash Bridges, The Shield, Strong Medicine, Stargate SG-1, Atlantis, The Mentalist, Private Practice, True Blood, Zoo, Tour of Duty, and many other dramas and comedies. She had recurring roles on Crossing Jordan, JAG, 24, Eureka, Heroes, Law & Order: Los Angeles, Glee, Teen Wolf, Resurrection, How to Get Away with Murder, and Chasing Life. In 2016, Tomita played a series regular role on the Epix drama series Berlin Station. The following year she began starring as a series regular on the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor.[11] FilmographyFilm Year | Title | Role | Notes | 1986 | The Karate Kid Part II | Kumiko | 1987 | Hawaiian Dream | Karren Saito | 1990 | Vietnam, Texas | Lan | Come See the Paradise | Lily Yuriko Kawamura / McGann | 1993 | The Joy Luck Club | Waverly | 1994 | Picture Bride | Kana | Notes on a Scale | 1995 | Four Rooms | Wife | Segment "The Misbehavers" | Requiem | Fong | Short film | 1997 | The Killing Jar | Diane Sanford | Touch | Prosecutor | 1998 | Hundred Percent | Thaise | Soundman | Butch's Wife | Living Out Loud | Bob's Wife | 1999 | Life Tastes Good | Julie Sado | 2000 | Betty Anderson | Detective Miyamoto | Short film | 2003 | Robot Stories | Marcia | Day of Independence | Choir Member | Short film | 2004 | The Perfect Party | Mom | The Day After Tomorrow | Janet Tokada | 2005 | Love Me as I Am | Maria Yamashita Salinas | True Love & Minosa Tea | Rebecca Nakasone | Short film | 2006 | Only the Brave | Mary Takata | Peace | Sandy Sakai | Short film | 2007 | Pandemic | Melissa Lo | Short film | 2008 | The Eye | Mrs. Cheung | Finding Madison | Beth | 2009 | Why Am I Doing This? | Donna | Tekken | Jun Kazama | 2010 | The Mikado Project | Viola | Nómadas | Starlight Inn | Grace Kim | Short film | 2011 | The Charles Kim Show | Herself | Short film | 2012 | White Room: 02B3 | Five | Short film | 2014 | Awesome Asian Bad Guys | Tamlyn / Pamlyn (2013) | Teacher of the Year | Vivian Lew | Operation Marriage | Lee | Short film | 2015 | Daddy | Sharlene Hong | 2016 | The Good Neighbor | Heather Cromwell | The Unbidden | Lauren Lee | Seppuku | Linda | Short film | 2017 | Real Artists | Anne Palladon | Short film |
Television Year | Title | Role | Notes | 1987 | Tour of Duty | VC Peasant Woman | Episode: "Sitting Ducks" | 1987–1988 | Santa Barbara | Lily Murakami, Ming Li | 31 episodes | 1988 | Hiroshima Maiden | Miyeko Matsuda | Television film | 1988 | To Heal a Nation | Maya Ying Lin | Television film | 1989 | The Karate Kid | Additional Characters (voices) | Episode: "My Brother's Keeper" | 1990 | Out of the Ashes | Sally | Television film | 1992 | Quantum Leap | Tamlyn Matsuda | Episode: "Temptation Eyes - February 1, 1987" | 1992 | Raven | Kim Tanaka | Episode: "Return of the Black Dragon" | 1993 | The Gathering | Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima | Television film | 1994 | Time Trax | Toshi | Episode: "Return of the Yakuza" | 1994 | Vanishing Son II | Lanchi | Television film | 1994 | One West Waikiki | Taylor Chun | Episode: {{"'}}Til Death Do Us Part" | 1994 | The Series | Midori Koto | Episode: "The Samurai" | 1994 | Living Single | Mary | Episode: "Bristle While You Work" | 1994 | Vanishing Son IV | Lanchi | Television film | 1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Det. Sharon Matsumoto | Episode: "Death in Hawaii" | 1995 | Vanishing Son | Lan Chi | Episode: "Single Flame" | 1995 | Sisters | Kiri Adams | Episodes: "For Everything a Season: Part 1", "Renaissance Woman" | 1996 | Chicago Hope | Tina - Sutton's Ex #3 | Episode: "Ex Marks the Spot" | 1996–1997 | The Burning Zone | Dr. Kimberly Shiroma | Episodes: "Pilot", "The Silent Tower", "St. Michael's Nightmare", "Arms of Fire", "Night Flight", "Lethal Injection", "Touch of the Dead", "Hall of the Serpents", "Blood Covenant", "Faces in the Night", "Midnight of the Carrier" | 1997 | The Sentinel | Suzane Tomaki | Episode: "Smart Alec" | 1997 | Raven: Return of the Black Dragons | Kim Tanaka | Television film | 1998 | Chicago Hope | Jennifer Watanabe | Episode: "McNeil and Pray" | 1999 | Seven Days | Michelle | Episode: "Walter" | 1999 | Will & Grace | Naomi | Episode: "I Never Promised You an Olive Garden" | 1999 | The Last Man on Planet Earth | Agent Kara Hastings | Television film | 2000 | Runaway Virus | Monique Chao | Television film | 2000 | Nash Bridges | Amy Chin | Episodes: "Man Hunt", "Blow Out" | 2000 | The Michael Richards Show | Ming | Episode: "USA Toy" | 2001 | Destiny | Television film | 2001 | FreakyLinks | Emma Reed | Episode: "Subject: The Final Word" | 2001 | Walking Shadow | Rikki Wu | Television film | 2001 | Providence | Mary Cassidy | Episode: "Civil Unrest" | 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Dr. Grace Yakura | Episodes: "The Dawn of a New Day", "You Can't Go Home Again", "Digger, Part 1" | 2002 | The Shield | Wanda Higoshi | Episode: "Pilot" | 2002 | For the People | Dr. Chaney | Episode: "Come Blow Your Whistle" | 2002–2003 | JAG | Lt. Cmdr. Tracy Manetti | Episodes: "Dangerous Game", "Offensive Action", "Ready or Not", "When the Bough Breaks", "The Killer", "Second Acts", "Ice Queen" | 2002–2003 | 24 | Jenny Dodge | Episodes: "Day 2: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.", "Day 2: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.", "Day 2: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.", "Day 2: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.", "Day 2: 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m." | 2003 | The Agency | Elizabeth—Female Kidnapper | Episodes: "Our Man in Korea", "Our Man in Washington" | 2003 | Threat Matrix | Special Agent Nicole Hill | Episode: "Under the Gun" | 2004 | Strong Medicine | Dr. Nash | Episode: "Goodbye/Rest in Peace" | 2004–2005 | North Shore | Xiao | Episodes: "Illusions", "The End" | 2005 | Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't | Helen Morrison | Television film | 2006 | Commander in Chief | Randy | Episode: "No Nukes Is Good Nukes" | 2006 | Stargate SG-1 | Shen Xiaoyi | Episodes: "The Scourge", "Crusade" | 2006, 2008 | Stargate Atlantis | Shen Xiaoyi | Episodes: "No Man's Land", "Remnants" | 2006–2007, 2009 | Eureka | Kim Anderson | Episodes: "Before I Forget", "Once in a Lifetime", "Phoenix Rising", "Ship Happens", "Shower the People" | 2007 | Women's Murder Club | Sachiko Johannes | Episode: "Maybe Baby" | 2007–2008, 2010 | Heroes | Ishi Nakamura | Episodes: "Chapter Nine: Cautionary Tales", "Chapter Twelve: Our Father", "Chapter Fifteen: Pass/Fail" | 2008–2009 | General Hospital | Giselle | 6 episodes | 2008 | Saving Grace | Tori Chen | Episode: "Have a Seat, Earl" | 2008 | Twenty Good Years | Episode: "Come Fly with Me" | 2008 | Two Sisters | Shakti | Television film | 2009 | Monk | Eileen Hill | Episode: "Mr. Monk Fights City Hall" | 2009 | The Mentalist | Lauri Medina | Episode: "Bloodshot" | 2009 | Criminal Minds | Dr. Linda Kimura | Episode: "Amplification" | 2009 | Miami | Dr. Sarah Fordham | Episode: "Seeing Red" | 2009 | Private Practice | Katie's Lawyer | Episode: "Strange Bedfellows" | 2010 | Memphis Beat | Noreen Drake | Episode: "I Want to Be Free" | 2010–2011 | LA | Miwako Nishizawa | Episodes: "Hondo Field", "Bailona Creek", "Playa Vista", "Silver Lake", "Runyon Canyon", "Hayden Tract", "Big Rock Mesa", "Angel's Knoll", "Plummer Park", "Cathay Circle" | 2011 | The Chicago Code | Prosecutor | Episode: "Bathhouse & Hinky Dink" | 2011 | The Protector | Katrina | Episode: "Bangs" | 2012 | Days of Our Lives | Dr. Ellen Yu | 6 episodes | 2012 | Make It or Break It | Dr. Lim | Episode: "Listen to the Universe" | 2012 | Touch | Kazuko Osugi | Episode: "Gyre, Part 1" | 2012 | Hollywood Heights | Sarah Medeiros | Episodes: "Jetsetter", "Fresno" | 2013 | Bones | Dr. Alice Crawford | Episode: "The Doll in the Derby" | 2013 | True Blood | Ms. Suzuki | Episodes: "Who Are You, Really?", "Dead Meat" | 2014–2017 | Teen Wolf | Noshiko Yukimura | Episodes: "Galvanize", "Riddled", "Letharia Vulpina", "The Fox and the Wolf", "De-Void", "Insatiable", "The Divine Move", "Muted", "Time of Death", "Smoke and Mirrors", "Creatures of the Night", "Strange Frequencies", Ouroboros", "Damnatio Memoriae", "Codominance", "Ghosted" | 2014 | Resurrection | Dr. Toni Willis | Episodes: "The Returned", "Unearth", "Home", "Torn Apart", "Revelation" | 2014–2015 | How to Get Away with Murder | Judge Carol Marrow | Episodes: "He Deserved to Die", "Hello Rasholnikov" | 2014 | Los Angeles | Homeland Security Agent Shana Rollins | Episode: "Leipei" | 2015 | Chasing Life | Dr. Mae Lin | Episodes: "Life, Actually", "No News is Bad News", "One Day", "The Last W", "Bottle of Secrets" | 2015 | Zoo | Minako Oz | Episode: "The Silence of the Cicadas" | 2016 | Berlin Station | Sandra Abe | Episodes: "Station to Station", "Lights Don't Run on Loyalty", "Riverrun Dry", "By Way of Deception", "Until Druck", "Just Decisions", "Proof of Life", "False Negative", "Thomas Shaw", "Oratorio Berlin" | 2017–present | The Good Doctor | Allegra Aoki | Main cast | 2018 | The Man in the High Castle | Tamiko Watanabe | Episodes: "Imagine Manchuria", "Sensõ Kõi", "Sabra", "Kasumi (Through the Mists)", "Baku" |
Video games Year | Title | Role | Notes | 2002 | Nightfire | Makiko Hayashi |
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External links{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomita, Tamlyn}} 12 : 1966 births|American film actresses|American television actresses|American video game actresses|American actresses of Japanese descent|Living people|American people of Okinawan descent|People from Okinawa Prefecture|20th-century American actresses|21st-century American actresses|American soap opera actresses|Actresses from California |