Tamara Tunie

Tamara Tunie is the kind of performer I trust on sight. Twenty-one years as medical examiner Melinda Warner on Law & Order: SVU made her a fixture of procedural television, yet she never let the role calcify; her Warner stayed precise, humane, and quietly authoritative. Add a long run as attorney Jessica Griffin on As the World Turns, plus work as a singer, director, and producer, and you see Carnegie Mellon training applied with real discipline. Coming from McKeesport, a Pennsylvania steel town, she carries an unshowy steel of her own. Character actors like her are the load-bearing walls of television, and she deserves far more recognition.

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).

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Name (English)

Tamara Tunie

Name (Japanese)

タマラ・チュニー

Reading

たまら・ちゅにー

Born

March 14, 1959 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Boar

Origin

McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / film director

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Carnegie Mellon University

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara%20Tunie

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-10

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