Acting
Tamlyn Tomita
- Titles
- 50movies68TV shows
- Career
Active from 1986 to 2026, busiest in 1990 with 3 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 19top three billing
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
The Joy Luck Club81/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 87 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Tech & Humanity3.2average 1.6
- Mystery5.2average 4.0
- Family Dynamics5.9average 4.8
- Politics3.4average 2.6
- Crime4.3average 3.6
- Pathos5.8average 5.2
- Romance4.4average 3.8
- Tension6.4average 6.0
Rarely in their work
- Biographical0.2, average 1.0
- Absurdist Humor1.3, average 2.0
- Satire & Parody1.6, average 2.3
- Historical1.9, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Character-Driven 3
- Cultural Identity 2
- Immigrant Experience 2
- Racial Prejudice 2
- Fast-Paced 2
- Suspenseful 2
- Female Friendship 2
- Emotional Complexity 2
- Psychological Thriller 2
- Contemporary Setting 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Sab ShimonoActorCome See the Paradise, Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes, Life Tastes Good
Stan EgiActorCome See the Paradise, Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes, Hundred Percent
Ming-Na WenActorThe Joy Luck Club, Vanishing Son II, The Joy Luck Club 2
Lisa LuActorThe Joy Luck Club, The Joy Luck Club 2
Cary-Hiroyuki TagawaActorPicture Bride, Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Yuji OkumotoActorThe Karate Kid Part II, Awesome Asian Bad Guys- BBrady TsurutaniActorCome See the Paradise, Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
Rosalind ChaoActorThe Joy Luck Club, The Joy Luck Club 2
Greg WatanabeActorAsian Americans, Life Tastes Good
Amy HillActorThe Unbidden, Enough
Shizuko HoshiActorCome See the Paradise, Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
Al LeongActorAwesome Asian Bad Guys, Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Movies and TV shows
114Upcoming
1 title
as Waverly Jong
2020s
13 titles · average score 74
TV show · as Drea Lawson (voice)
as Mina / Emiko Sato (voice)
TV show · as Yukari
TV show · as The Principal
TV show · as Caroline Randa / Caroline Randa (voice)
TV show · as Lady Itoh (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Sallie Petersen
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
TV show · as Commodore Oh
as Julia
TV show
2010s
26 titles · average score 65
TV show · as Kumiko
as Anne Palladon
TV show · as Allegra Aoki
TV show · as Inspector Tezuka (voice)
as Lauren Lee
TV show · as Celeste Frost
TV show · as Tamiko Watanabe
TV show · as Minako Oz
TV show · as Carol Morrow
TV show · as Kazuko Osugi
TV show · as Noshiko Yukimura
as Viola
2000s
36 titles · average score 62
TV show · as Homeland Security Agent Shana Rollins
TV show · as Julia Chang
TV show · as Lauri Medina
TV show · as Ms. Suzuki
TV show · as Ishi Nakamura
as Maria Yamashita
TV show · as Dr. Linda Kimura
TV show · as Dr. Alice Crawford
as Marcia
TV show · as Sarah Fordham
TV show · as Eileen Hill
TV show · as Jenny Dodge
1990s
31 titles · average score 62
as Julie
TV show · as Naomi
as Diane Sanford
TV show · as Shen Xiaoyi
TV show · as Kimberly Shiroma
as Kana
TV show · as Tracy Manetti
as Fong
as Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima
as Waverly Jong
as Lily Kawamura
as Sally
1980s
7 titles · average score 71
TV show · as Tamlyn Matsuda
as Miyeko
as Maya Ying Lin
as Karen Saito
TV show · as VC Peasant Woman
as Kumiko
TV show · as Det. Sharon Matsumoto