Tamara Tunie

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Chicago Fire

24

Blue Bloods

Better Call Saul

The Good Wife

All Movies (30)

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

All TV Shows (40)

• Beyond the Gates2025 · as Anita Dupree
• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• Harlem2021 · as Regina Walker
• Cowboy Bebop2021 · as Ana
• Law & Order: Organized Crime2021 · as ME Dr. Melinda Warner
• Law & Order: Organized Crime2021 · as Chief M.E. Melinda Warner
• See2019 · as Nevla, The Bank
• Almost Family2019 · as Genevieve
• Emergence2019 · as Maria Wilkis
• Black Earth Rising2018 · as Eunice Clayton
• Dietland2018 · as Julia
• Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler2018 · as Self
• Billions2016 · as Amelia
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Zoo2015 · as Brenda Montgomery
• Better Call Saul2015 · as Anita
• The Red Road2014 · as Marie Van Der Veen
• Alpha House2013 · as Eve Simone-Lewis
• Golden Boy2013 · as Mrs. Nevel
• Chicago Fire2012 · as Melinda Warner
• Elementary2012 · as Lily Cooper
• Blue Bloods2010 · as Monica Graham
• The Good Wife2009 · as Serafina Norvy
• The Wendy Williams Show2008
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury2005 · as Melinda Warner
• I Love the '90s: Part Deux2005
• The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self - Guest
• 242001 · as Alberta Green
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Dr. Melinda Warner
• Trinity1998
• Sex and the City1998 · as Eileen
• Prince Street1997 · as Sharon
• Swift Justice1996 · as Jessie McKenna
• Chicago Hope1994 · as Lennie Gaghan
• New York Undercover1994
• NYPD Blue1993 · as Lillian Fancy
• seaQuest DSV1993 · as Laura
• Law & Order1990 · as Caroline Bennett
• Spenser: For Hire1985
• As the World Turns1956 · as Jessica Griffin