Tamara Tunie

Known for: Acting

Born: 1959-03-14 (age 67)

From: 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.

Filmography (70)

MOVIE★ 6.3
Looking Through Water
2025
as Miss Reno
MOVIE★ 6.9
Elio
2025
as Colonel Markwell (voice)
TV★ 5.8
Beyond the Gates
2025
as Anita Dupree
MOVIE
Class of Her Own
2024
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
as Cissy Houston
TV★ 2.6
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 4.0
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.9
A Journal for Jordan
2021
as Penny Canedy
TV★ 7.1
Harlem
2021
as Regina Walker
TV★ 6.5
Cowboy Bebop
2021
as Ana
TV★ 7.9
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as ME Dr. Melinda Warner
MOVIE★ 6.3
Circle of Deception
2021
as Detective Williams
MOVIE
Ghost Bike
2021
as Fran
MOVIE★ 9.7
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
as Self
TV★ 8.1
See
2019
as Nevla, The Bank
TV★ 7.3
Almost Family
2019
as Genevieve
TV★ 6.9
Emergence
2019
as Maria Wilkis
MOVIE★ 3.5
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
2019
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 4.9
Her Only Choice
2018
as Brenda
TV★ 6.4
Black Earth Rising
2018
as Eunice Clayton
TV★ 5.7
Dietland
2018
as Julia
TV★ 5.0
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Irreplaceable You
2018
as Jane
MOVIE
Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine
2016
as Josephine Bodder
TV★ 7.8
Billions
2016
as Amelia
TV★ 6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
TV★ 6.8
Zoo
2015
as Brenda Montgomery
TV★ 8.7
Better Call Saul
2015
as Anita
MOVIE
Fall to Rise
2014
as Annika
TV★ 6.8
The Red Road
2014
as Marie Van Der Veen
MOVIE★ 9.2
Showing Up
2014
as Self
MOVIE
Captain Blackout
2014
as Jessica Winters
TV★ 7.2
Alpha House
2013
as Eve Simone-Lewis
TV★ 6.1
Golden Boy
2013
as Mrs. Nevel
TV★ 8.4
Chicago Fire
2012
as Melinda Warner
TV★ 7.6
Elementary
2012
as Lily Cooper
MOVIE★ 6.9
Flight
2012
as Margaret Thomason
TV★ 7.8
Blue Bloods
2010
as Monica Graham
TV★ 7.6
The Good Wife
2009
as Serafina Norvy
TV★ 5.5
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
TV★ 8.1
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Melinda Warner
TV★ 9.0
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
2005
TV★ 6.4
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 7.3
Nefertiti: Resurrected
2003
as Narrator
TV★ 7.8
24
2001
as Alberta Green
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Caveman's Valentine
2001
as Sheila
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Melinda Warner
TV★ 8.5
Trinity
1998
MOVIE★ 6.2
Snake Eyes
1998
as Anthea
TV★ 7.4
Sex and the City
1998
as Eileen
MOVIE★ 6.4
Eve's Bayou
1997
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Devil's Advocate
1997
as Jackie Heath
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Peacemaker
1997
as Jody
TV★ 8.7
Prince Street
1997
as Sharon
MOVIE★ 7.1
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Miss Marcus
MOVIE★ 3.8
Rescuing Desire
1996
as Van
TV★ 7.0
Swift Justice
1996
as Jessie McKenna
MOVIE★ 6.0
City Hall
1996
as Leslie Christos
TV★ 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
as Lennie Gaghan
TV★ 7.3
New York Undercover
1994
TV★ 7.0
NYPD Blue
1993
as Lillian Fancy
TV★ 7.1
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Laura
MOVIE★ 6.1
Rising Sun
1993
as Lauren Smith
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Caroline Bennett
MOVIE★ 5.7
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Cynthia Harris
MOVIE★ 7.2
Wall Street
1987
as Carolyn
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sweet Lorraine
1987
as Julie
TV★ 6.9
Spenser: For Hire
1985
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Cynthia Harris
TV★ 5.6
As the World Turns
1956
as Jessica Griffin