Tamlyn Tomita
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| Tamlyn Tomita | |
| Birth name | Tamlyn Tomita |
| Born | January 27, 1966 Okinawa, Japan |
Tamlyn Tomita (Born January 27, 1966, Okinawa) is a Japanese-born American actress who has appeared in many Hollywood films and television series. She is of one quarter-Filipino descent (her mother is half Filipina, half Japanese). Until the spring of 2006, she dated Japanese American actor Greg Watanabe (brother of American Girls bassist Miiko Watanabe), whom she met when they starred together in The Summer Moon at Seattle's A Contemporary Theatre.
Before becoming an actress, she won the title of Queen at the Nisei Week Pageant in Los Angeles, and Miss Nikkei International, both in 1984.
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[edit] Filmography
- 1986: The Karate Kid, Part II
- 1987: Hawaiian Dream
- 1990: Vietnam, Texas
- 1990: Come See the Paradise
- 1993: The Joy Luck Club
- 1994: Picture Bride
- 1995: Requiem
- 1995: Four Rooms
- 1996: The Killing Jar
- 1997: Touch
- 1997: Hundred Percent
- 1998: Soundman
- 1999: Life Tastes Good
- 2002: Gaijin - Ama-me como sou
- 2003: Robot Stories
- 2004: The Day After Tomorrow
- 2005: Only the Brave
[edit] Notable TV appearances
- 1992: Quantum Leap, playing Tamlyn Matsuda, a psychic in the episode "Temptation Eyes".
- 1993: Babylon 5, playing Lt. Commander Laurel Takashima in the pilot episode "The Gathering."
- 2002-2003: 24, playing Jenny, Press Secretary to President David Palmer.
- 2002-2003: JAG, playing Lieutenant Commander Tracy Manetti.
- 2006: Commander in Chief, playing Randy, a Japanese translator to the President Mackenzie Allen in the episode "No Nukes is Good Nukes."
- 2006: Stargate SG-1, playing a Chinese diplomat in the episode "The Scourge."
- 2006: Eureka, playing scientist Kim Anderson in the episodes "Before I Forget" and "Once in a Lifetime."
[edit] Other
- 2002: 007: Nightfire (James Bond game) as Makiko Hayashi
[edit] External links
- Tamlyn Tomita at the Internet Movie Database
- Profile [Badly out of date]
- Biography [out of date]
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