Acting
Tamara Tunie
Acting · Born 1959-03-14 · McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Credits · 66
FilmLooking Through Water
2025 · Miss Reno
FilmElio
2025 · Colonel Markwell (voice)
Beyond the Gates
2025 · Anita Dupree
FilmWhitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022 · Cissy Houston
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
FilmPreserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
2022 · Self - Narrator (voice)
FilmA Journal for Jordan
2021 · Penny Canedy
Harlem
2021 · Regina Walker
Cowboy Bebop
2021 · Ana
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021 · Melinda Warner
FilmCircle of Deception
2021 · Detective Williams
FilmThe Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020 · Self
See
2019 · Nevla, The Bank
Almost Family
2019 · Genevieve
Emergence
2019 · Maria Wilkis
FilmBOSS: The Black Experience in Business
2019 · Narrator
FilmHer Only Choice
2018 · Brenda
Black Earth Rising
2018 · Eunice Clayton
Dietland
2018 · Julia
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
2018 · Self
FilmIrreplaceable You
2018 · Jane
Billions
2016 · Amelia
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Zoo
2015 · Brenda Montgomery
Better Call Saul
2015 · Anita
The Red Road
2014 · Marie Van Der Veen
FilmShowing Up
2014 · Self
Alpha House
2013 · Eve Simone-Lewis
Golden Boy
2013 · Mrs. Nevel
Chicago Fire
2012 · Melinda Warner
Elementary
2012 · Lily Cooper
FilmFlight
2012 · Margaret Thomason
Blue Bloods
2010 · Monica Graham
FilmSee You in September
2010 · Director
The Good Wife
2009 · Serafina Norvy
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · Melinda Warner
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
2005
The Tony Danza Show
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self - Guest
FilmNefertiti: Resurrected
2003 · Narrator
24
2001 · Alberta Green
FilmThe Caveman's Valentine
2001 · Sheila
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Melinda Warner
Trinity
1998
FilmSnake Eyes
1998 · Anthea
Sex and the City
1998 · Eileen
FilmEve's Bayou
1997 · Narrator (voice)
FilmThe Devil's Advocate
1997 · Jackie Heath
FilmThe Peacemaker
1997 · Jody
Prince Street
Prince Street
1997 · Sharon
FilmRebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996 · Miss Marcus
FilmRescuing Desire
1996 · Van
Swift Justice
1996 · Jessie McKenna
FilmCity Hall
1996 · Leslie Christos
Chicago Hope
1994 · Lennie Gaghan
New York Undercover
1994
NYPD Blue
1993 · Lillian Fancy
seaQuest DSV
1993 · Laura
FilmRising Sun
1993 · Lauren Smith
Law & Order
1990 · Caroline Bennett
FilmBloodhounds of Broadway
1989 · Cynthia Harris
FilmWall Street
1987 · Carolyn
FilmSweet Lorraine
1987 · Julie
Spenser: For Hire
1985
American Playhouse
1982 · Cynthia Harris
As the World Turns
1956 · Jessica Griffin