Tamara Tunie
Acting1959McKeesport, 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
Acting History
2025
Elio
as Colonel Markwell (voice)
Looking Through Water
as Miss Reno
Law & Order: Organized Crime
TVas Chief M.E. Melinda Warner• 1 eps
Sherri
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
Beyond the Gates
TVas Anita Dupree• 200 eps
2024
Class of Her Own
as Narrator (voice)
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Presenter• 1 eps
2022
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
as Cissy Houston
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
A Journal for Jordan
as Penny Canedy
Circle of Deception
as Detective Williams
Ghost Bike
as Fran
Cowboy Bebop
TVas Ana• 6 eps
See
TVas Nevla, The Bank• 6 eps
Harlem
TVas Regina Walker• 1 eps
2020
The Passing On
Executive Producer
2019
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
as Narrator
Almost Family
TVas Genevieve
Emergence
TVas Maria Wilkis• 2 eps
2018
Irreplaceable You
as Jane
Her Only Choice
as Brenda
Blue Bloods
TVas Monica Graham• 1 eps
Black Earth Rising
TVas Eunice Clayton• 8 eps
Dietland
TVas Julia
2017
Better Call Saul
TVas Anita• 3 eps
2016
2015
Chicago Fire
TVas Melinda Warner• 1 eps
Zoo
TVas Brenda Montgomery• 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TVas Self - Guest
2014
Showing Up
as Self
Fall to Rise
as Annika
Alpha House
TVas Eve Simone-Lewis• 2 eps
The Red Road
TVas Marie Van Der Veen
2013
The Good Wife
TVas Serafina Norvy• 1 eps
Golden Boy
TVas Mrs. Nevel
2012
Flight
as Margaret Thomason
2010
See You in September
Director
See You in September
Producer
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TVas Melinda Warner• 1 eps
The Tony Danza Show
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
2003
Nefertiti: Resurrected
as Narrator
2002
24
TVas Alberta Green• 6 eps
2001
Sign of the Killer
as Sheila
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Dr. Melinda Warner• 226 eps
1999
Sex and the City
TVas Eileen• 1 eps
1998
Snake Eyes
as Anthea
1997
Eve's Bayou
as Narrator (voice)
The Devil's Advocate
as Jackie Heath
The Peacemaker
as Jody
NYPD Blue
TVas Lillian Fancy• 1 eps
Chicago Hope
TVas Lennie Gaghan• 1 eps
1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Miss Marcus
City Hall
as Leslie Christos
Rescuing Desire
as Van
Law & Order
TVas Caroline Bennett• 1 eps
1995
seaQuest DSV
TVas Laura• 1 eps
1993
Rising Sun
as Lauren Smith
1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Cynthia Harris
1987
Wall Street
as Carolyn
Sweet Lorraine
as Julie