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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Devil's Advocate
as Jackie Heath
1997
Wall Street
as Carolyn
1987
The Peacemaker
as Jody
1997
Snake Eyes
as Anthea
1998
The Caveman's Valentine
as Sheila
2001
Nefertiti: Resurrected
as Narrator
2003
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Cynthia Harris
1989
Rescuing Desire
as Van
1996
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Class of Her Own
as Narrator (voice)
2024
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
as Cissy Houston
2022
Flight
as Margaret Thomason
2012
Showing Up
as Self
2014
Sweet Lorraine
as Julie
1987
Fall to Rise
as Annika
2014
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Miss Marcus
1996
Eve's Bayou
as Narrator (voice)
1997
Rising Sun
as Lauren Smith
1993
Irreplaceable You
as Jane
2018
City Hall
as Leslie Christos
1996
TV Appearances
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
Spenser: For Hire
1985
24
as Alberta Green
2001
New York Undercover
1994
Chicago Hope
as Lennie Gaghan
1994
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
2005
Emergence
as Maria Wilkis
2019
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Trinity
1998
Zoo
as Brenda Montgomery
2015
See
as Nevla, The Bank
2019
Golden Boy
as Mrs. Nevel
2013