Tamara Tunie | |
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.jpg) Tunie in 2014 | |
| Born | March 14, 1959 McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Other names | Tamara Tunie Boquett |
| Education | Carnegie Mellon University (BFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, producer, director |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouses | Greg Bouquett
(m. 1988; div. 1991)Gregory Generet
(m. 1995; div. 2018) |
Tamara Tunie (born March 14, 1959)[1][2] is an American film, stage, and television actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as attorney Jessica Griffin on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (1987–1995, 2000–2007, 2009) and as medical examiner Melinda Warner in the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000–2021). Tunie also appeared in films such as Rising Sun (1993), The Devil's Advocate (1997), The Caveman's Valentine (2001) receiving Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female nomination, Flight (2012), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022).
- ^ Knutzen, Eirik (April 9, 2005). "TV Talkback: This tide is coming in...". Toronto Star. p. 77. ProQuest 1348312135.
Tamara Tunie – born March 14, 1959 in McKeesport, Pa. – graduated from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University in 1981 and immediately cranked up her career onstage before getting episodic guest shots on such shows as Spenser: For Hire, SeaQuest DSV, Law & Order, Chicago Hope, Sex and the City and 24
- ^ McCann, Bob (2010). Encyclopedia of African American actresses in film and television Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-7864-3790-0.