Actor profile

Tamara Tunie

14th March 1959 McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA Acting

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.

30 Movies 39 TV Shows 69 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Looking Through Water poster

Looking Through Water 3rd September 2025 as Miss Reno

Elio poster

Elio 18th June 2025 as Colonel Markwell (voice)

Class of Her Own poster

Class of Her Own 16th April 2024 as Narrator (voice)

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody poster

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody 20th December 2022 as Cissy Houston

Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union poster

Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union 6th January 2022 as Self - Narrator (voice)

A Journal for Jordan poster

A Journal for Jordan 22nd December 2021 as Penny Canedy

Circle of Deception poster

Circle of Deception 6th March 2021 as Detective Williams

Ghost Bike poster

Ghost Bike 1st March 2021 as Fran

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU poster

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU 2nd January 2020 as Self

BOSS: The Black Experience in Business poster

BOSS: The Black Experience in Business 23rd April 2019 as Narrator

Her Only Choice poster

Her Only Choice 6th October 2018 as Brenda

Irreplaceable You poster

Irreplaceable You 16th February 2018 as Jane

Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine poster

Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine 16th October 2016 as Josephine Bodder

Fall to Rise poster

Fall to Rise 5th April 2014 as Annika

Showing Up poster

Showing Up 25th February 2014 as Self

Captain Blackout poster

Captain Blackout 1st January 2014 as Jessica Winters

Flight poster

Flight 22nd February 2012 as Margaret Thomason

Nefertiti: Resurrected poster

Nefertiti: Resurrected 17th August 2003 as Narrator

The Caveman's Valentine poster

The Caveman's Valentine 19th January 2001 as Sheila

Snake Eyes poster

Snake Eyes 7th August 1998 as Anthea

Eve's Bayou poster

Eve's Bayou 7th November 1997 as Narrator (voice)

The Devil's Advocate poster

The Devil's Advocate 17th October 1997 as Jackie Heath

The Peacemaker poster

The Peacemaker 26th September 1997 as Jody

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault poster

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault 23rd November 1996 as Miss Marcus

Rescuing Desire poster

Rescuing Desire 14th May 1996 as Van

City Hall poster

City Hall 16th February 1996 as Leslie Christos

Rising Sun poster

Rising Sun 30th July 1993 as Lauren Smith

Bloodhounds of Broadway poster

Bloodhounds of Broadway 3rd November 1989 as Cynthia Harris

Wall Street poster

Wall Street 10th December 1987 as Carolyn

Sweet Lorraine poster

Sweet Lorraine 8th May 1987 as Julie

Beyond the Gates poster

Beyond the Gates 24th February 2025 as Anita Dupree

Sherri poster

Sherri 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

Harlem poster

Harlem 2nd December 2021 as Regina Walker

Cowboy Bebop poster

Cowboy Bebop 19th November 2021 as Ana

Law & Order: Organized Crime poster

Law & Order: Organized Crime 1st April 2021 as Chief M.E. Melinda Warner

See poster

See 1st November 2019 as Nevla, The Bank

Almost Family poster

Almost Family 2nd October 2019 as Genevieve

Emergence poster

Emergence 24th September 2019 as Maria Wilkis

Black Earth Rising poster

Black Earth Rising 10th September 2018 as Eunice Clayton

Dietland poster

Dietland 4th June 2018 as Julia

Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler poster

Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler 4th June 2018 as Self

Billions poster

Billions 17th January 2016 as Amelia

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self - Guest

Zoo poster

Zoo 30th June 2015 as Brenda Montgomery

Better Call Saul poster

Better Call Saul 8th February 2015 as Anita

The Red Road poster

The Red Road 27th February 2014 as Marie Van Der Veen

Alpha House poster

Alpha House 19th April 2013 as Eve Simone-Lewis

Golden Boy poster

Golden Boy 26th February 2013 as Mrs. Nevel

Chicago Fire poster

Chicago Fire 10th October 2012 as Melinda Warner

Elementary poster

Elementary 27th September 2012 as Lily Cooper

Blue Bloods poster

Blue Bloods 24th September 2010 as Monica Graham

The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife 22nd September 2009 as Serafina Norvy

The Wendy Williams Show poster

The Wendy Williams Show 14th July 2008

Law & Order: Trial by Jury poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury 3rd March 2005 as Melinda Warner

I Love the '90s: Part Deux poster

I Love the '90s: Part Deux 17th January 2005

The Tony Danza Show 13th September 2004 as Self - Guest

24 poster

24 6th November 2001 as Alberta Green

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 20th September 1999 as Dr. Melinda Warner

Trinity poster

Trinity 16th October 1998

Sex and the City poster

Sex and the City 6th June 1998 as Eileen

Prince Street 6th March 1997 as Sharon

Swift Justice poster

Swift Justice 13th March 1996 as Jessie McKenna

Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope 18th September 1994 as Lennie Gaghan

New York Undercover poster

New York Undercover 8th September 1994

NYPD Blue poster

NYPD Blue 21st September 1993 as Lillian Fancy

seaQuest DSV poster

seaQuest DSV 12th September 1993 as Laura

Law & Order poster

Law & Order 13th September 1990 as Caroline Bennett

Spenser: For Hire poster

Spenser: For Hire 20th September 1985

As the World Turns poster

As the World Turns 2nd April 1956 as Jessica Griffin