Tamara Tunie

1959 (67) • Acting

Born: 3/14/1959 (67) in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA

Known for: Acting

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.

Known For

Better Call Saul

87%

Anita

2015

Flight

69%

Margaret Thomason

2012

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

80%

Dr. Melinda Warner

1999

See

81%

Nevla, The Bank

2019

Chicago Fire

84%

Melinda Warner

2012

Sex and the City

73%

Eileen

1998

Elementary

76%

Lily Cooper

2012

24

78%

Alberta Green

2001

Looking Through Water

63%

Miss Reno

2025

Elio

69%

Colonel Markwell (voice)

2025

Beyond the Gates

58%

Anita Dupree

2025

Class of Her Own

Narrator (voice)

2024

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

70%

Cissy Houston

2022

The Sherri Shepherd Show

26%

Self - Guest

2022

Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union

40%

Self - Narrator (voice)

2022

A Journal for Jordan

69%

Penny Canedy

2021

Harlem

71%

Regina Walker

2021

Cowboy Bebop

65%

Ana

2021

Law & Order: Organized Crime

79%

Chief M.E. Melinda Warner / ME Dr. Melinda Warner

2021

Circle of Deception

63%

Detective Williams

2021

Ghost Bike

Fran

2021

The Passing On

Executive Producer

2020

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

97%

Self

2020

See

81%

Nevla, The Bank

2019

Almost Family

73%

Genevieve

2019

Emergence

69%

Maria Wilkis

2019

BOSS: The Black Experience in Business

35%

Narrator

2019

Her Only Choice

49%

Brenda

2018

Black Earth Rising

65%

Eunice Clayton

2018

Dietland

57%

Julia

2018

Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler

50%

Self

2018

Irreplaceable You

70%

Jane

2018

Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine

Josephine Bodder

2016

Billions

78%

Unknown

2016

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

61%

Self

2015

Zoo

68%

Brenda Montgomery

2015