Tamlyn Tomita
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| Tamlyn Tomita | |
| Birthplace | Okinawa, Japan |
| Date of birth | January 27, 1966 |
| Role on 24 | Jenny Dodge |
Tamlyn Tomita played Press Secretary Jenny Dodge during Season 2 of 24.
Tomita made her feature film debut in 1986 on The Karate Kid, Part II. She debuted in TV the following year with a small role on the war show "Tour of Duty". That same year, she landed a recurring role on "Santa Barbara" playing Ming Li.
She continued to work in films like To Heal a Nation (with Scott Paulin), Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (with Ping Wu and François Chau), Babylon 5: The Gathering, The Joy Luck Club (with Nicholas Guest), Vanishing Son II and Vanishing Son IV (both with Harry Lennix), The Killing Jar (with Carlos Bernard and Xander Berkeley), Living Out Loud (with Jenette Goldstein), The Day After Tomorrow (with Nestor Serrano), Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't (with Robin Thomas), Pandemic (with Bob Gunton), and The Eye (with Rade Šerbedžija).
Other TV shows in which she has appeared are "One West Waikiki" and "The Sentinel" (both with Richard Burgi), "Murder, She Wrote", and "Sisters", among others. In 1996, she had one of the main roles in "The Burning Zone" as Dr. Kimberly Shiroma. The show also featured Michael Cavanaugh and David Fabrizio. She continued working in shows like "Nash Bridges" (with Geoff Pierson), "The Michael Richards Show" (with William Devane), "FreakyLinks" (with Karim Prince), "Crossing Jordan" (with Ravi Kapoor), and "For The People" (with Mark Rolston). In 2002, she landed two recurring roles: first one, as Lt. Cmdr. Tracy Manetti in "JAG", and second one, as Jenny Dodge on 24. The former show also featured Alan Dale, Faran Tahir, Eyal Podell, and Todd Jeffries. Other shows she has worked in recently are "The Agency" (with Will Patton), "North Shore" (with Tim Kelleher and Robin Thomas), "Commander in Chief" (with Harry Lennix, Ever Carradine, Tzi Ma, and Anthony Azizi), "Stargate SG-1" (with Tim Guinee), "Saving Grace" (with Tom Irwin and Dean Norris), "The Mentalist" (with Gregory Itzin), and "CSI: Miami" (with Vicellous Shannon). In 2008, she had a recurring role in "General Hospital".
