Tamara Tunie
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.
Born: 14 March 1959
Played In
Movie
Sep 2025
Looking Through Water
Miss Reno
Movie
Jun 2025
Elio
Colonel Markwell (voice)
TV Show
Feb 2025
Beyond the Gates
Anita Dupree
Movie
Apr 2024
Class of Her Own
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Dec 2022
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Cissy Houston
TV Show
Sep 2022
Sherri
Self - Guest
Movie
Jan 2022
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie
Dec 2021
A Journal for Jordan
Penny Canedy
TV Show
Dec 2021
Harlem
Regina Walker
TV Show
Nov 2021
Cowboy Bebop
Ana
TV Show
Apr 2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime
ME Dr. Melinda Warner
TV Show
Apr 2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Chief M.E. Melinda Warner
Movie
Mar 2021
Circle of Deception
Detective Williams
Movie
Mar 2021
Ghost Bike
Fran
Movie
Jan 2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Self
TV Show
Nov 2019
See
Nevla, The Bank
TV Show
Oct 2019
Almost Family
Genevieve
TV Show
Sep 2019
Emergence
Maria Wilkis
Movie
Apr 2019
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Narrator
Movie
Oct 2018
Her Only Choice
Brenda
TV Show
Sep 2018
Black Earth Rising
Eunice Clayton
TV Show
Jun 2018
Dietland
Julia
TV Show
Jun 2018
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
Self
Movie
Feb 2018
Irreplaceable You
Jane
Movie
Oct 2016
Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine
Josephine Bodder
TV Show
Jan 2016
Billions
Amelia
TV Show
Sep 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
TV Show
Jun 2015
Zoo
Brenda Montgomery
TV Show
Feb 2015
Better Call Saul
Anita
Movie
Apr 2014
Fall to Rise
Annika
TV Show
Feb 2014
The Red Road
Marie Van Der Veen
Movie
Feb 2014
Showing Up
Self
Movie
Jan 2014
Captain Blackout
Jessica Winters
TV Show
Apr 2013
Alpha House
Eve Simone-Lewis
TV Show
Feb 2013
Golden Boy
Mrs. Nevel
TV Show
Oct 2012
Chicago Fire
Melinda Warner
TV Show
Sep 2012
Elementary
Lily Cooper
Movie
Feb 2012
Flight
Margaret Thomason
TV Show
Sep 2010
Blue Bloods
Monica Graham
TV Show
Sep 2009
The Good Wife
Serafina Norvy
TV Show
Jul 2008
The Wendy Williams Show
TV Show
Mar 2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Melinda Warner
TV Show
Jan 2005
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
TV Show
Sep 2004
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
Movie
Aug 2003
Nefertiti: Resurrected
Narrator
TV Show
Nov 2001
24
Alberta Green
Movie
Jan 2001
The Caveman's Valentine
Sheila
TV Show
Sep 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Melinda Warner
TV Show
Oct 1998
Trinity
Movie
Aug 1998
Snake Eyes
Anthea
TV Show
Jun 1998
Sex and the City
Eileen
Movie
Nov 1997
Eve's Bayou
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Oct 1997
The Devil's Advocate
Jackie Heath
Movie
Sep 1997
The Peacemaker
Jody
TV Show
Mar 1997
Prince Street
Sharon
Movie
Nov 1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Miss Marcus
Movie
May 1996
Rescuing Desire
Van
TV Show
Mar 1996
Swift Justice
Jessie McKenna
Movie
Feb 1996
City Hall
Leslie Christos
TV Show
Sep 1994
Chicago Hope
Lennie Gaghan
TV Show
Sep 1994
New York Undercover
TV Show
Sep 1993
NYPD Blue
Lillian Fancy
TV Show
Sep 1993
seaQuest DSV
Laura
Movie
Jul 1993
Rising Sun
Lauren Smith
TV Show
Sep 1990
Law & Order
Caroline Bennett
Movie
Nov 1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Cynthia Harris
Movie
Dec 1987
Wall Street
Carolyn
Movie
May 1987
Sweet Lorraine
Julie
TV Show
Sep 1985
Spenser: For Hire
TV Show
Apr 1956
As the World Turns
Jessica Griffin