Tamara Tunie
Acting • Born 1959-03-14
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.
Filmography
70 credits
The Devil's Advocate
Movie • 1997
Jackie Heath
Wall Street
Movie • 1987
Carolyn
The Peacemaker
Movie • 1997
Jody
Snake Eyes
Movie • 1998
Anthea
The Caveman's Valentine
Movie • 2001
Sheila
Nefertiti: Resurrected
Movie • 2003
Narrator
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Movie • 1989
Cynthia Harris
Rescuing Desire
Movie • 1996
Van
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
Movie • 2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
Class of Her Own
Movie • 2024
Narrator (voice)
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Movie • 2022
Cissy Houston
Flight
Movie • 2012
Margaret Thomason
Showing Up
Movie • 2014
Self
Sweet Lorraine
Movie • 1987
Julie
Fall to Rise
Movie • 2014
Annika
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Movie • 1996
Miss Marcus
Eve's Bayou
Movie • 1997
Narrator (voice)
Rising Sun
Movie • 1993
Lauren Smith
Irreplaceable You
Movie • 2018
Jane
City Hall
Movie • 1996
Leslie Christos
Her Only Choice
Movie • 2018
Brenda
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Movie • 2019
Narrator
Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine
Movie • 2016
Josephine Bodder
Ghost Bike
Movie • 2021
Fran
Circle of Deception
Movie • 2021
Detective Williams
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Movie • 2020
Self
A Journal for Jordan
Movie • 2021
Penny Canedy
Elio
Movie • 2025
Colonel Markwell (voice)
Looking Through Water
Movie • 2025
Miss Reno
Captain Blackout
Movie • 2014
Jessica Winters
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self - Guest
Spenser: For Hire
TV • 1985
24
TV • 2001
Alberta Green
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Lennie Gaghan
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
TV • 2005
Emergence
TV • 2019
Maria Wilkis
The Wendy Williams Show
TV • 2008
Trinity
TV • 1998
Zoo
TV • 2015
Brenda Montgomery
See
TV • 2019
Nevla, The Bank
Golden Boy
TV • 2013
Mrs. Nevel
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Dr. Melinda Warner
Cowboy Bebop
TV • 2021
Ana
Sex and the City
TV • 1998
Eileen
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Serafina Norvy
Billions
TV • 2016
Chicago Fire
TV • 2012
Melinda Warner
Better Call Saul
TV • 2015
Anita
Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Monica Graham
As the World Turns
TV • 1956
Jessica Griffin
seaQuest DSV
TV • 1993
Laura
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Caroline Bennett
Dietland
TV • 2018
Julia
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV • 2005
Melinda Warner
Black Earth Rising
TV • 2018
Eunice Clayton
Law & Order: Organized Crime
TV • 2021
ME Dr. Melinda Warner
The Red Road
TV • 2014
Marie Van Der Veen
Elementary
TV • 2012
Lily Cooper
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
TV • 2018
Self
Almost Family
TV • 2019
Genevieve
Alpha House
TV • 2013
Eve Simone-Lewis
Harlem
TV • 2021
Regina Walker
Beyond the Gates
TV • 2025
Anita Dupree
NYPD Blue
TV • 1993
Lillian Fancy
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Law & Order: Organized Crime
TV • 2021
Chief M.E. Melinda Warner
Prince Street
TV • 1997
Sharon
Swift Justice
TV • 1996
Jessie McKenna