Tamlyn Tomita
Tamlyn Tomita was born in Okinawa, Japan on January 27th, 1966 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 58, Tamlyn Tomita biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Tamlyn Naomi Tomita (born January 27, 1966) is a Japanese-American actress and singer.
She made her screen debut in The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Story After Tomorrow (2003), and Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am (2006). In addition, Tomita has appeared on television shows including 24, Glee, Teen Wolf, and How to Get Away with Murder.
She appeared on the Epix drama series Berlin Station (2016) and in 2017 she appeared in ABC's medical drama The Good Doctor.
Early life
Tamlyn Tomita, a first-generation Japanese-American (issei), was born on a military base in Okinawa and grew up in Los Angeles. During World War II, her Japanese-American father was interned in an internment camp. While stationed in Okinawa during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, he met her mother. Born in Manila and emigrated to Okinawa after World War II, her mother was of half-Okinawan Japanese and half-Filipino descent. Upon returning to Los Angeles, her father became an LAPD officer.
Tomita graduated from Granada Hills High School and UCLA, where she studied history and planned to become a history teacher. As a freshman at UCLA, she participated in Nisei Week, where she was crowned Queen 1984. Helen Funai, the 1963 pageant queen, had her and several other Japanese-American girls audition for Kumiko's role in The Karate Kid II. She told her parents that she would complete college and then investigate acting.
Personal life
Tomita is married to actor Daniel Blinkoff, whom she has dated for many years. She had been married before but not ever had one.
Career
Tomita appeared in a number of independent films following The Karate Kid II. In the 1990 drama film Come See the Paradise, she had her best role. She co-starred opposite Ming-Na Wen in the ensemble cast drama The Joy Luck Club in 1993, and the following year, she appeared 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.
Tomita has appeared in other independent films and co-starred in a number of major Hollywood films, including playing Janet Tokada in The Day After Tomorrow. She appeared in Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am in 2005 and later appeared in the independent film Robot Stories. Yuji Okumoto and Pat Morita were among the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of World War II, which included two other Karate Kid actors, Also the Brave about the Japanese American segregated fighting unit, Only the Brave.
On the NBC daytime soap opera Santa Barbara from May to September 1988, Tomita appeared as a character named Ming Li. She appeared in the first episode of Highlander: The Series in 1994. She returned to daytime soaps in 2008 with a regular appearance on ABC's General Hospital. She appeared on NBC's Days of Our Lives in 2012.
Tomita appeared in the short-lived UPN drama series The Burning Zone from 1996 to 1997. She appeared in Babylon 5's pilot film in 1993. She has appeared on shows including Seven Days; Quantum Leap; Living Single; Murder She Wrote; Chicago Hope; Will & Grace; Real Blood; Ashet; Criminal Minds; and many other dramas and comedies. She appeared on Crossing Jordan, JAG, 24, Eureka, Heroes, Law & Order: Resurrection, How to Get Away with Murder, and Chasing Life.
Tomita appeared on the Epix drama series Berlin Station on a regular basis in 2016. She appeared on ABC's medical drama From 2017 to 2019, she was a recurring character.
On the CBS All Access web television series Star Trek: Picard, Tomita began a recurring role as the Vulcan/Romulan hybrid Commodore Oh.
In 2021, she reprised her 1980s role as Kumiko in two episodes of Cobra Kai, a television sequel to the Karate Kid films.