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Tamara Tunie Biography
Mar 14, 1959Birth Place:
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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Tamara Tunie
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| Born | (1959-03-14) March 14, 1959 (age 65) 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) is an American actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as attorney Jessica Griffin on the CBS soap musikdrama 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 (2000-2019).[1][2]
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In film, Ms. Tunie worked with legendary director Robert Zemekis, opposite Denzel Washington in “FLIGHT”, and has worked with several other of the most respected directors of the screen, including Taylor Hackford, Brian De Palma, Mimi Leder, Harold Becker and Oliver Stone. She had the unique opportunity to work with the legendary Al Pacino twice; she portrayed the possessed wife of a partner in his lag firm in the hit rulle “The Devil’s Advocate,” and his press secretary in “City Hall.” She also worked with famed director Kasi Lemmons and Samuel L. Jackson on both “Eve’s Bayou” and “The Caveman’s Valentine.” Ms. Tunie was also featured in some wonderful “Indies”, like “Irreplaceable You”, “Fall to Rise” and “Bad Vegan”.
She went behind the camera, producing and directing her first feature film entitled “See You in September,” starring Justin Kirk and Estella Warren. Shooting on the streets of