Tamara Tunie
Birthdate
March 14, 1959 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
March 14, 1959 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Acting
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.
Tamara Tunie's LGBTQ+ Titles
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Cissy Houston
Acting (68)
2025
Looking Through Water as Miss Reno
2025
Elio as Colonel Markwell (voice)
2025
Beyond the Gates as Anita Dupree (173 episodes)
2024
Class of Her Own as Narrator (voice)
2022
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody as Cissy Houston
2022
Sherri as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2022
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
A Journal for Jordan as Penny Canedy
2021
Harlem as Regina Walker (1 episode)
2021
Cowboy Bebop as Ana (6 episodes)
2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime as Chief M.E. Melinda Warner (1 episode)
2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime as ME Dr. Melinda Warner (1 episode)
2021
Circle of Deception as Detective Williams
2021
Ghost Bike as Fran
2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU as Self
2019
See as Nevla, The Bank (6 episodes)
2019
Almost Family as Genevieve (8 episodes)
2019
Emergence as Maria Wilkis (2 episodes)
2019
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business as Narrator
2018
Her Only Choice as Brenda
2018
Black Earth Rising as Eunice Clayton (8 episodes)
2018
Dietland as Julia (10 episodes)
2018
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler as Self (2 episodes)
2018
Irreplaceable You as Jane
2016
Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine as Josephine Bodder
2016
Billions (1 episode)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (1 episode)
2015
Zoo as Brenda Montgomery (1 episode)
2015
Better Call Saul as Anita (3 episodes)
2014
Fall to Rise as Annika
2014
The Red Road as Marie Van Der Veen (12 episodes)
2014
Showing Up as Self
2013
Alpha House as Eve Simone-Lewis (2 episodes)
2013
Golden Boy as Mrs. Nevel (1 episode)
2012
Chicago Fire as Melinda Warner (1 episode)
2012
Elementary as Lily Cooper (1 episode)
2012
Flight as Margaret Thomason
2010
Blue Bloods as Monica Graham (1 episode)
2009
The Good Wife as Serafina Norvy (1 episode)
2008
The Wendy Williams Show (1 episode)
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Melinda Warner (1 episode)
2005
I Love the '90s: Part Deux (10 episodes)
2004
The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2003
Nefertiti: Resurrected as Narrator
2001
24 as Alberta Green (6 episodes)
2001
The Caveman's Valentine as Sheila
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Melinda Warner (226 episodes)
1998
Trinity (1 episode)
1998
Snake Eyes as Anthea
1998
Sex and the City as Eileen (1 episode)
1997
Eve's Bayou as Narrator (voice)
1997
The Devil's Advocate as Jackie Heath
1997
The Peacemaker as Jody
1997
Prince Street as Sharon (1 episode)
1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Miss Marcus
1996
Rescuing Desire as Van
1996
City Hall as Leslie Christos
1994
Chicago Hope (1 episode)
1994
New York Undercover (1 episode)
1993
NYPD Blue as Lillian Fancy (1 episode)
1993
seaQuest DSV as Laura (1 episode)
1993
Rising Sun as Lauren Smith
1990
Law & Order as Caroline Bennett (1 episode)
1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway as Cynthia Harris
1987
Wall Street as Carolyn
1987
Sweet Lorraine as Julie
1985
Spenser: For Hire (1 episode)
1956
As the World Turns as Jessica Griffin (40 episodes)
Directing (1)
2010
See You in September
• Director
Production (2)
2020
The Passing On
• Executive Producer
2010
See You in September
• Producer