Acting · McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA · Born March 14, 1959
Tamara Tunie is an American film and television actress, producer and director, best known for her portrayal of attorney Jessica Griffin on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, and as medical examiner Melinda Warner on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
MovieLooking Through Water
2025
as Miss Reno
MovieElio
2025
as Colonel Markwell (voice)
TVBeyond the Gates
2025
as Anita Dupree
MovieClass of Her Own
2024
as Narrator (voice)
MovieWhitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
as Cissy Houston
TVSherri
2022
as Self - Guest
MoviePreserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieA Journal for Jordan
2021
as Penny Canedy
TVHarlem
2021
as Regina Walker
TVCowboy Bebop
2021
as Ana
TVLaw & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as ME Dr. Melinda Warner
MovieCircle of Deception
2021
as Detective Williams
MovieGhost Bike
2021
as Fran
MovieThe Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
as Self
TVSee
2019
as Nevla, The Bank
TVAlmost Family
2019
as Genevieve
TVEmergence
2019
as Maria Wilkis
MovieBOSS: The Black Experience in Business
2019
as Narrator
MovieHer Only Choice
2018
as Brenda
TVBlack Earth Rising
2018
as Eunice Clayton
TVDietland
2018
as Julia
TVUnapologetic with Aisha Tyler
2018
as Self
MovieIrreplaceable You
2018
as Jane
MovieBad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine
2016
as Josephine Bodder
TVBillions
2016
as Amelia
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
TVZoo
2015
as Brenda Montgomery
TVBetter Call Saul
2015
as Anita
MovieFall to Rise
2014
as Annika
TVThe Red Road
2014
as Marie Van Der Veen
MovieShowing Up
2014
as Self
MovieCaptain Blackout
2014
as Jessica Winters
TVAlpha House
2013
as Eve Simone-Lewis
TVGolden Boy
2013
as Mrs. Nevel
TVChicago Fire
2012
as Melinda Warner
TVElementary
2012
as Lily Cooper
MovieFlight
2012
as Margaret Thomason
TVBlue Bloods
2010
as Monica Graham
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Serafina Norvy
TVThe Wendy Williams Show
2008
TVLaw & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Melinda Warner
TVI Love the '90s: Part Deux
2005
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
MovieNefertiti: Resurrected
2003
as Narrator
TV24
2001
as Alberta Green
MovieThe Caveman's Valentine
2001
as Sheila
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Melinda Warner
TVTrinity
1998
MovieSnake Eyes
1998
as Anthea
TVSex and the City
1998
as Eileen
MovieEve's Bayou
1997
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Devil's Advocate
1997
as Jackie Heath
MovieThe Peacemaker
1997
as Jody
Prince Street
1997
as Sharon
MovieRebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Miss Marcus
MovieRescuing Desire
1996
as Van
TVSwift Justice
1996
as Jessie McKenna
MovieCity Hall
1996
as Leslie Christos
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Lennie Gaghan
TVNew York Undercover
1994
TVNYPD Blue
1993
as Lillian Fancy
TVseaQuest DSV
1993
as Laura
MovieRising Sun
1993
as Lauren Smith
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Caroline Bennett
MovieBloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Cynthia Harris
MovieWall Street
1987
as Carolyn
MovieSweet Lorraine
1987
as Julie
TVSpenser: For Hire
1985
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Cynthia Harris
TVAs the World Turns
1956
as Jessica Griffin
