Tamara Tunie
Acting
Born
Mar 14, 1959
From
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Filmography — Acting
6.9
2025
Elio
Colonel Markwell (voice)
7.5
1997
The Devil's Advocate
Jackie Heath
6.9
2012
Flight
Margaret Thomason
7.2
1987
Wall Street
Carolyn
6.2
1998
Snake Eyes
Anthea
6.0
1997
The Peacemaker
Jody
6.0
1996
City Hall
Leslie Christos
6.1
1993
Rising Sun
Lauren Smith
7.0
2021
A Journal for Jordan
Penny Canedy
6.4
1997
Eve's Bayou
Narrator (voice)
7.0
2022
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Cissy Houston
5.9
2025
Looking Through Water
Miss Reno
5.6
1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Cynthia Harris
5.8
2001
The Caveman's Valentine
Sheila
6.9
2018
Irreplaceable You
Jane
9.7
2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Self
9.2
2014
Showing Up
Self
7.1
1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Miss Marcus
6.3
2021
Circle of Deception
Detective Williams
5.3
2018
Her Only Choice
Brenda
2021
Ghost Bike
Fran
2.9
1996
Rescuing Desire
Van
1987
Sweet Lorraine
Julie
2016
Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine
Josephine Bodder
6.0
2019
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Narrator
2014
Fall to Rise
Annika
6.7
2003
Nefertiti: Resurrected
Narrator
2014
Captain Blackout
Jessica Winters
4.0
2022
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Class of Her Own
Narrator (voice)
