Tamlyn Tomita, Japanese Actress. Recipient DramaLogue award best actress performance, 1991. Member Asian Pacific Alliance for Creative Equality (founding member), The Anataeus Project (charter member)
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Background
Tomita was born in Okinawa, the daughter of Shiro and Asako Tomita, and she is 1/4 Filipino on her mother"s side of the family. Her father was a distinguished Japanese-American man who was interned at Manzanar, California, during part of World 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. Her father died of cancer in 1990.
Education
Student, University California, Los Angeles. Studied acting, Lynette Katselas. Studied voice, Carl Jones & Casey Rankin.
Studied ballet, Stanley Holden Dance Center.
Career
She made her screen debut in The Karate Kid, Participant 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), and The Day After Tomorrow (2004). In 1991, Tomita was featured in People Magazine. In 1987, Tomita made her Japanese singing debut on the label Polydor.
She released a single and an album.
Membership
Member Asian Pacific Alliance for Creative Equality (founding member), The Anataeus Project (charter member)
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