Tamara Tunie

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.

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Known For

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 • as Self

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Dr. Melinda Warner

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 • as Caroline Bennett

Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods

2010 • as Monica Graham

Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire

2012 • as Melinda Warner

24

24

2001 • as Alberta Green

Filmography

2025

Beyond the Gates
Beyond the Gates
as Anita Dupree
TV - Released: 2/24/2025

2024

Class of Her Own
Class of Her Own
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/16/2024

2022

Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/6/2022
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
as Cissy Houston
Movie - Released: 12/20/2022
Sherri
Sherri
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/12/2022

2021

Ghost Bike
Ghost Bike
as Fran
Movie - Released: 3/1/2021
Circle of Deception
Circle of Deception
as Detective Williams
Movie - Released: 3/6/2021
A Journal for Jordan
A Journal for Jordan
as Penny Canedy
Movie - Released: 12/22/2021
Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop
as Ana
TV - Released: 11/19/2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as ME Dr. Melinda Warner
TV - Released: 4/1/2021
Harlem
Harlem
as Regina Walker
TV - Released: 12/2/2021

2020

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/2/2020

2019

BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/23/2019
Emergence
Emergence
as Maria Wilkis
TV - Released: 9/24/2019
See
See
as Nevla, The Bank
TV - Released: 11/1/2019
Almost Family
Almost Family
as Genevieve
TV - Released: 10/2/2019

2018

Irreplaceable You
Irreplaceable You
as Jane
Movie - Released: 2/16/2018
Her Only Choice
Her Only Choice
as Brenda
Movie - Released: 10/6/2018
Dietland
Dietland
as Julia
TV - Released: 6/4/2018
Black Earth Rising
Black Earth Rising
as Eunice Clayton
TV - Released: 9/10/2018
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
as Self
TV - Released: 6/4/2018

2016

Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine
Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine
as Josephine Bodder
Movie - Released: 10/16/2016
Billions
Billions
TV - Released: 1/17/2016

2015

Zoo
Zoo
as Brenda Montgomery
TV - Released: 6/30/2015
Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul
as Anita
TV - Released: 2/8/2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2015

2014

Showing Up
Showing Up
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/25/2014
Fall to Rise
Fall to Rise
as Annika
Movie - Released: 4/5/2014
The Red Road
The Red Road
as Marie Van Der Veen
TV - Released: 2/27/2014

2013

Golden Boy
Golden Boy
as Mrs. Nevel
TV - Released: 2/26/2013
Alpha House
Alpha House
as Eve Simone-Lewis
TV - Released: 4/19/2013

2012

Flight
Flight
as Margaret Thomason
Movie - Released: 11/2/2012
Chicago Fire
Chicago Fire
as Melinda Warner
TV - Released: 10/10/2012
Elementary
Elementary
as Lily Cooper
TV - Released: 9/27/2012

2010

Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods
as Monica Graham
TV - Released: 9/24/2010

2009

The Good Wife
The Good Wife
as Serafina Norvy
TV - Released: 9/22/2009

2008

The Wendy Williams Show
The Wendy Williams Show
TV - Released: 7/14/2008

2005

I Love the '90s: Part Deux
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
TV - Released: 1/17/2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Melinda Warner
TV - Released: 3/3/2005

2004

TV
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/13/2004

2003

Nefertiti: Resurrected
Nefertiti: Resurrected
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 8/17/2003

2001

The Caveman's Valentine
The Caveman's Valentine
as Sheila
Movie - Released: 1/19/2001
24
24
as Alberta Green
TV - Released: 11/6/2001

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Melinda Warner
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

Snake Eyes
Snake Eyes
as Anthea
Movie - Released: 8/7/1998
Trinity
Trinity
TV - Released: 10/16/1998
Sex and the City
Sex and the City
as Eileen
TV - Released: 6/6/1998

1997

The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Advocate
as Jackie Heath
Movie - Released: 10/17/1997
The Peacemaker
The Peacemaker
as Jody
Movie - Released: 9/26/1997
Eve's Bayou
Eve's Bayou
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/7/1997

1996

Movie
Rescuing Desire
as Van
Movie - Released: 5/14/1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Miss Marcus
Movie - Released: 11/23/1996
City Hall
City Hall
as Leslie Christos
Movie - Released: 2/16/1996

1994

New York Undercover
New York Undercover
TV - Released: 9/8/1994
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope
TV - Released: 9/18/1994

1993

Rising Sun
Rising Sun
as Lauren Smith
Movie - Released: 7/30/1993
seaQuest DSV
seaQuest DSV
as Laura
TV - Released: 9/12/1993
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
as Lillian Fancy
TV - Released: 9/21/1993

1990

Law & Order
Law & Order
as Caroline Bennett
TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1989

Bloodhounds of Broadway
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Cynthia Harris
Movie - Released: 11/3/1989

1987

Wall Street
Wall Street
as Carolyn
Movie - Released: 12/10/1987
Sweet Lorraine
Sweet Lorraine
as Julie
Movie - Released: 1/1/1987

1985

Spenser: For Hire
Spenser: For Hire
TV - Released: 9/20/1985

1956

As the World Turns
As the World Turns
as Jessica Griffin
TV - Released: 4/2/1956