Acting credits
66
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Tamara Tunie
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.0
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Movies: 32Series: 36Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 42694
IMDb ID: nm0876645
Known for: Acting
Born: March 14, 1959
Age: 66
Place of birth: McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2025
Years active: 70
Average TMDB rating: 6.97
Wikidata: Q299689
Also known as
Tamara Tunie Bouquett • Tamara Renee Tunie
Other jobs
Director (1)Executive Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Tamara Tunie.
5.2
Looking Through Water
as Miss Reno
2025 Movie
6.9
Elio
as Colonel Markwell (voice)
2025 Movie
Class of Her Own
as Narrator (voice)
2024 Movie
7.0
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
as Cissy Houston
2022 Movie
4.0
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022 Movie
7.0
A Journal for Jordan
as Penny Canedy
2021 Movie
6.3
Circle of Deception
as Detective Williams
2021 Movie
Ghost Bike
as Fran
2021 Movie
The Passing On
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
9.7
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
as Self
2020 Movie
6.0
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
as Narrator
2019 Movie
5.3
Her Only Choice
as Brenda
2018 Movie
6.9
Irreplaceable You
as Jane
2018 Movie
Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine
as Josephine Bodder
2016 Movie
Fall to Rise
as Annika
2014 Movie
9.2
Showing Up
as Self
2014 Movie
Captain Blackout
as Jessica Winters
2014 Movie
6.9
Flight
as Margaret Thomason
2012 Movie
4.3
See You in September
Director
2010 Movie
6.7
Nefertiti: Resurrected
as Narrator
2003 Movie
5.8
The Caveman's Valentine
as Sheila
2001 Movie
6.2
Snake Eyes
as Anthea
1998 Movie
6.4
Eve's Bayou
as Narrator (voice)
1997 Movie
7.5
The Devil's Advocate
as Jackie Heath
1997 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tamara Tunie.
6.1
Beyond the Gates
as Anita Dupree • 200 eps
2025 Series
2.7
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.4
Harlem
as Regina Walker • 1 eps
2021 Series
6.5
Cowboy Bebop
as Ana • 6 eps
2021 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as ME Dr. Melinda Warner • 1 eps
2021 Series
8.1
See
as Nevla, The Bank • 6 eps
2019 Series
7.3
Almost Family
as Genevieve • 8 eps
2019 Series
7.0
Emergence
as Maria Wilkis • 2 eps
2019 Series
6.4
Black Earth Rising
as Eunice Clayton • 8 eps
2018 Series
5.7
Dietland
as Julia • 10 eps
2018 Series
5.0
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
as Self • 2 eps
2018 Series
7.7
Billions
1 eps
2016 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.7
Zoo
as Brenda Montgomery • 1 eps
2015 Series
8.7
Better Call Saul
as Anita • 3 eps
2015 Series
6.7
The Red Road
as Marie Van Der Veen • 12 eps
2014 Series
7.2
Alpha House
as Eve Simone-Lewis • 2 eps
2013 Series
6.1
Golden Boy
as Mrs. Nevel • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.4
Chicago Fire
as Melinda Warner • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.6
Elementary
as Lily Cooper • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.8
Blue Bloods
as Monica Graham • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as Serafina Norvy • 1 eps
2009 Series
5.5
The Wendy Williams Show
1 eps
2008 Series
8.1
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Melinda Warner • 1 eps
2005 Series