Tamara Tunie

Acting·Mar 14, 1959·McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Looking Through Water2025 · Miss Reno	Miss Reno
Elio2025 · Colonel Markwell (voice)	Colonel Markwell (voice)
Class of Her Own2024 · Narrator (voice)	Narrator (voice)
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody2022 · Cissy Houston	Cissy Houston
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union2022 · Self - Narrator (voice)	Self - Narrator (voice)
A Journal for Jordan2021 · Penny Canedy	Penny Canedy
Circle of Deception2021 · Detective Williams	Detective Williams
Ghost Bike2021 · Fran	Fran
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU2020 · Self	Self
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business2019 · Narrator	Narrator
Her Only Choice2018 · Brenda	Brenda
Irreplaceable You2018 · Jane	Jane
Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine2016 · Josephine Bodder	Josephine Bodder
Fall to Rise2014 · Annika	Annika
Showing Up2014 · Self	Self
Captain Blackout2014 · Jessica Winters	Jessica Winters
Flight2012 · Margaret Thomason	Margaret Thomason
See You in September2010 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Nefertiti: Resurrected2003 · Narrator	Narrator
The Caveman's Valentine2001 · Sheila	Sheila
Snake Eyes1998 · Anthea	Anthea
Eve's Bayou1997 · Narrator (voice)	Narrator (voice)
The Devil's Advocate1997 · Jackie Heath	Jackie Heath
The Peacemaker1997 · Jody	Jody
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault1996 · Miss Marcus	Miss Marcus
Rescuing Desire1996 · Van	Van
City Hall1996 · Leslie Christos	Leslie Christos
Rising Sun1993 · Lauren Smith	Lauren Smith
Bloodhounds of Broadway1989 · Cynthia Harris	Cynthia Harris
Wall Street1987 · Carolyn	Carolyn
Sweet Lorraine1987 · Julie	Julie