Tamara Tunie
Known for acting · Born 14 March 1959 · 67 · McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
72 credits
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Beyond the Gates
2025
See
2019
24
2001
As the World Turns
1956
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
The Devil's Advocate
1997
Flight
2012
Cowboy Bebop
2021
The Red Road
2014
Better Call Saul
2015
The Caveman's Valentine
2001
Acting (70)
2025ElioColonel Markwell (voice)Film
2025Beyond the GatesAnita Dupree · 200 episodesSeries
2025Looking Through WaterMiss RenoFilm
2024Class of Her OwnNarrator (voice)Film
2022Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with SomebodyCissy HoustonFilm
2022SherriSelf - GuestSeries
2022Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect UnionSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
2021Cowboy BebopAna · 6 episodesSeries
2021Law & Order: Organized CrimeMelinda Warner · 2 episodesSeries
2021A Journal for JordanPenny CanedyFilm
2021HarlemRegina WalkerSeries
2021Circle of DeceptionDetective WilliamsFilm
2021Ghost BikeFranFilm
2020The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVUSelfFilm
2019SeeNevla, The Bank · 6 episodesSeries
2019EmergenceMaria Wilkis · 2 episodesSeries
2019Almost FamilyGenevieve · 8 episodesSeries
2019BOSS: The Black Experience in BusinessNarratorFilm
2018Irreplaceable YouJaneFilm
2018Black Earth RisingEunice Clayton · 8 episodesSeries
2018DietlandJulia · 10 episodesSeries
2018Her Only ChoiceBrendaFilm
2018Unapologetic with Aisha TylerSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2016BillionsAmeliaSeries
2016Bad Vegan and the Teleportation MachineJosephine BodderFilm
2015Better Call SaulAnita · 3 episodesSeries
2015ZooBrenda MontgomerySeries
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - GuestSeries
2014The Red RoadMarie Van Der Veen · 12 episodesSeries
2014Showing UpSelfFilm
2014Fall to RiseAnnikaFilm
2014Captain BlackoutJessica WintersFilm
2013Alpha HouseEve Simone-Lewis · 2 episodesSeries
2013Golden BoyMrs. NevelSeries
2012FlightMargaret ThomasonFilm
2012Chicago FireMelinda WarnerSeries
2012ElementaryLily CooperSeries
2010Blue BloodsMonica GrahamSeries
2009The Good WifeSerafina NorvySeries
2008The Wendy Williams ShowSeries
2005Law & Order: Trial by JuryMelinda WarnerSeries
2005I Love the '90s: Part Deux · 10 episodesSeries
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2003Nefertiti: ResurrectedNarratorFilm
200124Alberta Green · 6 episodesSeries
2001The Caveman's ValentineSheilaFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMelinda Warner · 226 episodesSeries
1998Sex and the CityEileenSeries
1998Snake EyesAntheaFilm
1998TrinitySeries
1997The Devil's AdvocateJackie HeathFilm
1997The PeacemakerJodyFilm
1997Eve's BayouNarrator (voice)Film
1997Prince StreetSharonSeries
1996City HallLeslie ChristosFilm
1996Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' ManigaultMiss MarcusFilm
1996Rescuing DesireVanFilm
1996Swift JusticeJessie McKennaSeries
1994Chicago HopeLennie GaghanSeries
1994New York UndercoverSeries
1993Rising SunLauren SmithFilm
1993NYPD BlueLillian FancySeries
1993seaQuest DSVLauraSeries
1990Law & OrderCaroline BennettSeries
1989Bloodhounds of BroadwayCynthia HarrisFilm
1987Wall StreetCarolynFilm
1987Sweet LorraineJulieFilm
1985Spenser: For HireSeries
1982American PlayhouseCynthia HarrisSeries
1956As the World TurnsJessica Griffin · 40 episodesSeries
Directing (1)
2010See You in SeptemberDirector, ProducerFilm
Production (1)
2020The Passing OnExecutive ProducerFilm