Tamlyn Tomita

Birthplace: Okinawa, Japan
Birthday: January 27, 1966

Striking Asian player of stage, TV and film who first made an impact as Dennis Quaid's wife in "Come See the Paradise" (1990), Alan Parker's WWII-era drama about Japanese relocation camps in the US. Tomita began on stage, appearing in West Coast productions of "Don Juan: A Meditation" and "The Winter Crane". (The latter won her a DRAMA-LOGUE Award.) She segued to film starting with "The Karate Kid Part II" (1986), as Ralph Macchio's Japanese girlfriend. Her TV credits include two telefilms abo…more

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Actor

Babylon 5: The Gathering
Lieutenant Commander Laurel Takashima
The Last Man on Planet Earth
Kara Hastings
The Burning Zone
Dr Kimberly Shiroma
Hiroshima Maiden
Miyeko Matsuda
Vanishing Son II
Lanchi

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Career Milestones

2004
Cast in Roland Emmerich' s "The Day After Tomorrow"
2002 to 2003
Cast on the Fox series, "24" as the Press Secretary to President David Palmer
1996 to 1997
TV series debut as a regular, "The Burning Zone" (UPN)
1995
Appeared in 'The Misbehavers' the Robert Rodriguez segment of the film, "Four Rooms"
1990
First film in a lead role, "Come See the Paradise"