Tamlyn Naomi Tomita

Before becoming an actress, teen Tamlyn Naomi Tomita won the title of Queen of the Nisei Week Pageant in Los Angeles and Miss Nikkei International.
She made her acting debut in Karate Kid Part II. On the film she met long-time actress Nobu McCarthy, also a former beauty queen. The veteran actress became a role model, mentor and close friend to Tamlyn, making it especially difficult when, in 2002, Nobu passed away unexpectedly while the two performers were shooting Gaijin 2 on location in Brazil.
Tamlyn's noted for playing emotionally-intense, conflicted, characters.

Trivia:
Had she continued in the role of Laurel Takashima on Babylon 5, it would have been revealed that she was the Psi Corps "sleeper agent" responsible for the attempted assassination of Ambassador Kosh in the pilot. (Instead, the actual assassin was revealed as a guest-star character, and the idea of making a regular character a mind-controlled agent was transferred to Talia Winters.)
It's implied that Dr. Linda Kimura in Criminal Minds "Amplification" is actually Dr. Kimberly Shiroma from Burning Zone, including her knowledge of covert biological experiments and the line "It's been years since I've worn one of these!" (referring to a hazmat suit).
She's currently in Star Trek: Picard as Commodore Oh, a Vulcan Starfleet officer revealed to be a Romulan spy!
Genre appearances include...

Star Trek: Picard (Commodore/General Oh)

Man in the High Castle (Tamiko Wantanabe)

Law & Order: LA (Medical Examiner Nishizawa)

Tekken (Jun Kazama)
Mentalist "BloodShot"
CSI: Miami "Seeing Red"
Criminal Minds "Amplification" (Dr. Linda Kimura)
The Eye [2008] (Mrs. Cheung)
Heroes (Ishi Nakamura)
Stargate SG-1 / Stargate Atlantis (Ambassador Shen Xiaoyi)
Womens' Murder Club "Maybe Baby"
24 (Jenny Dodge)
Eureka (Kim Anderson/Kim Anderson Clone)
Pandemic (Melissa Lo)
Threat Matrix "Under the Gun"
The Shield "Pilot"
The Agency (Elizabeth)
FreakyLinks "Subject: the Final Word"
JAG (Lt. Cmdr. Tracy Manetti)
James Bond 007: NightFire [VG] (Makiko Hayashi)
Highlander "Samurai"
Day After Tomorrow (Janet Tokada)
Runaway Virus (Monique Chao)
Robot Stories (Marcia)
Burning Zone (Dr. Kimberly Shiroma)
Babylon 5 "The Gathering" (Lieutenant Commander Laurel Takashima)
Last Man on Planet Earth (Agent Kara Hastings)
Killing Jar (Diane Sanford)
Murder She Wrote "Death in Hawaii"
Vanishing Son (Lan Chi)
Time Trax "Return of the Yakuza"
Quantum Leap "Temptation Eyes: February 1, 1985"
Raven (Kim Tanaka)
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Tamlyn's FaceBook page

Shari Belafonte (Harper/Behrens)

Shari actually began behind the camera (believe it or not) as a freelance production assistant, moving on to a job as Assistant to the Publicist at Hanna-Barbera, the animation studio!
She moonlighted as a fashion model, then dropped her day job altogether to appear in Calvin Klein commercials which led to offers for film and tv work!
Besides tv guest-star and featured film roles, Shari was a regular on the Hotel tv series as Julie Gilette. as well as co-hosting the series Lifestyles with Robin Leach.

With her devotion to personal fitness (including endorsing only diet and nutrition products she personally uses), Shari posed for Playboy magazine at the age of 45, displaying a superbly-toned body many twenty-somethings would be proud to have!
But don't think she's just a pretty face (and amazing body)!
She donates much time and energy to worthy causes including as interantional spokesperson for the Starlight Children's Foundation!

After several years away from national tv or film work, Shari recently appeared on Nip / Tuck. and Miami Medical.
Hopefully the first of many new roles for this femme fantastique!

Trivia: Shari is the daughter of legendary singer / actor Harry Belafonte.
She's recorded several albums, most of which were released only in Europe, and command high prices on eBay!

Genre appearances include...
The District"The Project"
Babylon 5: ThirdSpace(Elizabeth Trent)
Mars(Doc Halliday)
Real Adventures of Johnny Quest"Other Space"
Sonic the Hedgehog(Lupé the Wolf)
Beyond Reality(Laura Wingate)
Fire, Ice & Dynamite(Serena)
Velvet (Julie Rhodes)
Perry Mason "Case of the All-Star Assassin"
Gravedale High (Blanche)
Murder by Numbers(Lisa)
Midnight Hour(Melissa Cavender)
Matt Houston"New Orleans Nightmare"
TimeWalker aka Being from Another Planet (Linda Flores)
ABC Weekend Special "Big Hex of Little Lulu"

Check out...
There are NO sites devoted to this amazing woman!
Has the world gone mad?
If anyone knows of a site, please e-mail me and I'll update this entry!