Cast & creator
Tamara Tunie
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order
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: Tamara Tunie Bouquett, Tamara Renee Tunie
33
film credits
40
television credits
70
1956–2025 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (73)
Showing 73 of 73 credits
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Melinda Warner
1999
Law & Order
Caroline Bennett
1990
Chicago Fire
Melinda Warner
2012
24
Alberta Green
2001
Blue Bloods
Monica Graham
2010
The Good Wife
Serafina Norvy
2009
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Better Call Saul
Anita
2015
Chicago Hope
Lennie Gaghan
1994
Elementary
Lily Cooper
2012
NYPD Blue
Lillian Fancy
1993
Billions
Amelia
2016
American Playhouse
Cynthia Harris
1982
Sex and the City
Eileen
1998
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Melinda Warner
2021
Beyond the Gates
Anita Dupree
2025The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
seaQuest DSV
Laura
1993
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
See
Nevla, The Bank
2019
New York Undercover
1994
Zoo
Brenda Montgomery
2015
Elio
Colonel Markwell (voice)
2025
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Devil's Advocate
Jackie Heath
1997
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Melinda Warner
2005
Harlem
Regina Walker
2021
Alpha House
Eve Simone-Lewis
2013
Cowboy Bebop
Ana
2021
Black Earth Rising
Eunice Clayton
2018
Flight
Margaret Thomason
2012
Golden Boy
Mrs. Nevel
2013
As the World Turns
Jessica Griffin
1956
Wall Street
Carolyn
1987
Emergence
Maria Wilkis
2019
The Peacemaker
Jody
1997
Swift Justice
Jessie McKenna
1996
Almost Family
Genevieve
2019
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
2005
The Red Road
Marie Van Der Veen
2014
Rising Sun
Lauren Smith
1993
A Journal for Jordan
Penny Canedy
2021
Snake Eyes
Anthea
1998
Dietland
Julia
2018
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Cissy Houston
2022Prince Street
Sharon
1997
Trinity
1998
City Hall
Leslie Christos
1996
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
Self
2018
The Caveman's Valentine
Sheila
2001
Irreplaceable You
Jane
2018
Eve's Bayou
Narrator (voice)
1997
Looking Through Water
Miss Reno
2025
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Self
2020
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Miss Marcus
1996
Showing Up
Self
2014
See You in September
Director
2010See You in September
Producer
2010
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Cynthia Harris
1989
Rescuing Desire
Van
1996
Circle of Deception
Detective Williams
2021
Nefertiti: Resurrected
Narrator
2003
The Passing On
Executive Producer
2020
Ghost Bike
Fran
2021
Class of Her Own
Narrator (voice)
2024
Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine
Josephine Bodder
2016
Sweet Lorraine
Julie
1987
Her Only Choice
Brenda
2018
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Narrator
2019
Captain Blackout
Jessica Winters
2014
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Fall to Rise
Annika
2014