Tamara Tunie Biography
Born: March 14, 1959
She might not be a household name, but the statuesque character actress Tamara Tunie sports a resumé as distinctive as she is innately glamorous. Tunie landed her first major role as litigator Jessica Griffin McKechnie Harris on the soap opera As the World Turns in 1986 -- a part she played for 11 years. In the mean time, Tunie signed for a small role in the endearing yet sadly overlooked coming-of-age dramedy Sweet_Lorraine (1987), an unsung predecessor to the box-office blockbuster Dirty_Dancing, starring Maureen_Stapleton and Trini_Alvarado. Tunie signed for a bit part in the 1989 period murder mystery Bloodhounds of Broadway, but despite the fact that it claimed a pedigree as impressive as Lorraine (with Matt_Dillon, Madonna, Jennifer_Grey, and others), the movie unfortunately failed to deliver on its noble intentions.
Over the course of the next several years, Tunie turned up several times on Steven_Bochco's NYPD Blue, and landed the bit part of Leslie Christos in the Al_Pacino big-city crime drama City_Hall (1996), directed by Harold_Becker (Taps). She re-teamed with Pacino for the darkly comic supernatural horror film The_Devil's_Advocate (1997), then worked with Brian_De_Palma and Nicolas_Cage on the 1998 thriller Snake_Eyes. Tunie's most high-profile work, however, was yet to come. In 2002, she delivered a compelling performance as Alberta Green in the first season of the series thriller 24. In 1999, the actress resumed her portrayal of Jessica Harris on As the World Turns and wrapped that characterization eight years later. Beginning in 2000, Tunie also portrayed Melinda Warner on the popular series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Nathan Southern, Rovi
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