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Tamara Tunie

1959 - Today

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Tamara Tunie (born March 14, 1959) is an American film, stage, and television actress, singer, 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, 1999–2007, 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 an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female, Flight (2012), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Tamara Tunie is the 7,895th most popular actor (down from 6,518th in 2024), the 12,129th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,600th in 2019) and the 3,661st most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tamara Tunie ranks 7,895 out of 13,578. Before her are Adrienne Ames, Deborah Ann Woll, Rya Kihlstedt, Dan Butler, Joan Lorring, and AnnaSophia Robb. After her are Kristen Johnston, Lucy Fry, Isabel Jeans, Jack Wild, Jackson Rathbone, and Tomokazu Sugita.

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Among people born in 1959, Tamara Tunie ranks 528. Before her are Ryan Stiles, Arto Härkönen, Sergey Dorenko, Tomas Gustafson, Nick Searcy, and Manuel Negrete Arias. After her are Andy McNab, Mackenzie Phillips, Tamara E. Jernigan, Sergey Baburin, Jean Ravelonarivo, and Zhan Videnov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tamara Tunie ranks 12,131 out of 20,380. Before her are Al Harker (1910), Jake Garn (1932), Dean Malenko (1960), Levi Leipheimer (1973), AnnaSophia Robb (1993), and Anthony Johnson (1984). After her are Lester Bangs (1948), Don Young (1933), Kristen Johnston (1967), Tip O'Neill (1912), Terence Crawford (1987), and Zina Garrison (1963).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tamara Tunie ranks 3,662. Before her are Cleavon Little (1939), Adrienne Ames (1907), Deborah Ann Woll (1985), Rya Kihlstedt (1970), Dan Butler (1954), and AnnaSophia Robb (1993). After her are Kristen Johnston (1967), Sam McMurray (1952), Jessica Szohr (1985), Eddie Griffin (1968), Ken Berry (1933), and Danny Pino (1974).

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