Tamara Tunie

Tamara Tunie

Known for
Acting
Born
March 14, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Elio poster

Elio

Movie · as Colonel Markwell (voice)

2025
Looking Through Water poster

Looking Through Water

Movie · as Miss Reno

2025
Beyond the Gates poster

Beyond the Gates

TV · as Anita Dupree · 200 eps

2024
Class of Her Own poster

Class of Her Own

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2022
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union poster

Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2022
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody poster

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Movie · as Cissy Houston

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Ghost Bike poster

Ghost Bike

Movie · as Fran

2021
Circle of Deception poster

Circle of Deception

Movie · as Detective Williams

2021
A Journal for Jordan poster

A Journal for Jordan

Movie · as Penny Canedy

2021
Cowboy Bebop poster

Cowboy Bebop

TV · as Ana · 6 eps

2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime poster

Law & Order: Organized Crime

TV · as Melinda Warner · 2 eps

2021
Harlem poster

Harlem

TV · as Regina Walker · 1 ep

2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU poster

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

Movie · as Self

2019
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business poster

BOSS: The Black Experience in Business

Movie · as Narrator

2019
Emergence poster

Emergence

TV · as Maria Wilkis · 2 eps

2019
See poster

See

TV · as Nevla, The Bank · 6 eps

2019
Almost Family poster

Almost Family

TV · as Genevieve · 8 eps

2018
Irreplaceable You poster

Irreplaceable You

Movie · as Jane

2018
Her Only Choice poster

Her Only Choice

Movie · as Brenda

2018
Dietland poster

Dietland

TV · as Julia · 10 eps

2018
Black Earth Rising poster

Black Earth Rising

TV · as Eunice Clayton · 8 eps

2018
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler poster

Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2016
Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine poster

Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine

Movie · as Josephine Bodder

2016
Billions poster

Billions

TV · as Amelia · 1 ep

2015
Zoo poster

Zoo

TV · as Brenda Montgomery · 1 ep

2015
Better Call Saul poster

Better Call Saul

TV · as Anita · 3 eps

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Showing Up poster

Showing Up

Movie · as Self

2014
Fall to Rise poster

Fall to Rise

Movie · as Annika

2014
Captain Blackout poster

Captain Blackout

Movie · as Jessica Winters

2014
The Red Road poster

The Red Road

TV · as Marie Van Der Veen · 12 eps

2013
Golden Boy poster

Golden Boy

TV · as Mrs. Nevel · 1 ep

2013
Alpha House poster

Alpha House

TV · as Eve Simone-Lewis · 2 eps

2012
Flight poster

Flight

Movie · as Margaret Thomason

2012
Chicago Fire poster

Chicago Fire

TV · as Melinda Warner · 1 ep

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as Lily Cooper · 1 ep

2010
Blue Bloods poster

Blue Bloods

TV · as Monica Graham · 1 ep

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Serafina Norvy · 1 ep

2008
The Wendy Williams Show poster

The Wendy Williams Show

TV · 1 ep

2005
I Love the '90s: Part Deux poster

I Love the '90s: Part Deux

TV · 10 eps

2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

TV · as Melinda Warner · 1 ep

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
Nefertiti: Resurrected poster

Nefertiti: Resurrected

Movie · as Narrator

2001
The Caveman's Valentine poster

The Caveman's Valentine

Movie · as Sheila

2001
24 poster

24

TV · as Alberta Green · 6 eps

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Melinda Warner · 226 eps

1998
Snake Eyes poster

Snake Eyes

Movie · as Anthea

1998
Trinity poster

Trinity

TV · 1 ep

1998
Sex and the City poster

Sex and the City

TV · as Eileen · 1 ep

1997
The Devil's Advocate poster

The Devil's Advocate

Movie · as Jackie Heath

1997
The Peacemaker poster

The Peacemaker

Movie · as Jody

1997
Eve's Bayou poster

Eve's Bayou

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1997
Prince Street

Prince Street

TV · as Sharon · 1 ep

1996
Rescuing Desire poster

Rescuing Desire

Movie · as Van

1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault poster

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Movie · as Miss Marcus

1996
City Hall poster

City Hall

Movie · as Leslie Christos

1996
Swift Justice poster

Swift Justice

TV · as Jessie McKenna · 1 ep

1994
New York Undercover poster

New York Undercover

TV · 1 ep

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Lennie Gaghan · 1 ep

1993
Rising Sun poster

Rising Sun

Movie · as Lauren Smith

1993
seaQuest DSV poster

seaQuest DSV

TV · as Laura · 1 ep

1993
NYPD Blue poster

NYPD Blue

TV · as Lillian Fancy · 1 ep

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Caroline Bennett · 1 ep

1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway poster

Bloodhounds of Broadway

Movie · as Cynthia Harris

1987
Wall Street poster

Wall Street

Movie · as Carolyn

1987
Sweet Lorraine poster

Sweet Lorraine

Movie · as Julie

1985
Spenser: For Hire poster

Spenser: For Hire

TV · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Cynthia Harris · 1 ep

1956
As the World Turns poster

As the World Turns

TV · as Jessica Griffin