Portrait of Tamara Tunie

Acting

Tamara Tunie

Career

Active from 1956 to 2025, with a break from 1957 to 1995, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Beyond the Gates
Beyond the Gates
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 51 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tamara Tunie Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Wonder
    2.4, average 3.4
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Family Secrets 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

65
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

12 titles ยท average score 65
Beyond the Gates
Beyond the Gates (2025)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Anita Dupree

Elio
Elio (2025)
GoodWatch score 71

as Colonel Markwell (voice)

Looking Through Water
Looking Through Water (2025)
GoodWatch score 68

as Miss Reno

Class of Her Own
Class of Her Own (2024)

as Narrator (voice)

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
GoodWatch score 57

as Cissy Houston

A Journal for Jordan
A Journal for Jordan (2021)
GoodWatch score 53

as Penny Canedy

Circle of Deception
Circle of Deception (2021)
GoodWatch score 56

as Detective Williams

Law & Order: Organized Crime
Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Melinda Warner

Ghost Bike
Ghost Bike (2021)

as Fran

Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop (2021)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show ยท as Ana

Harlem
Harlem (2021)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Regina Walker

The Passing On
The Passing On (2020)

Executive Producer

2010s

22 titles ยท average score 66
See
See (2019)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Nevla, The Bank

Black Earth Rising
Black Earth Rising (2018)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Eunice Clayton

Dietland
Dietland (2018)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Julia

Billions
Billions (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Amelia

Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine
Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine (2016)

as Josephine Bodder

Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul (2015)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show ยท as Anita

The Red Road
The Red Road (2014)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Marie Van Der Veen

Flight
Flight (2012)
GoodWatch score 74

as Margaret Thomason

Chicago Fire
Chicago Fire (2012)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Melinda Warner

Elementary
Elementary (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Lily Cooper

See You in September
See You in September (2010)
GoodWatch score 41

Director, Producer

Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Monica Graham

2000s

7 titles ยท average score 71
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Serafina Norvy

The Wendy Williams Show
The Wendy Williams Show (2008)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Melinda Warner

I Love the '90s: Part Deux
I Love the '90s: Part Deux (2005)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show

Nefertiti: Resurrected
Nefertiti: Resurrected (2003)

as Narrator

The Caveman's Valentine
The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
GoodWatch score 48

as Sheila

24
24 (2001)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Alberta Green

1990s

18 titles ยท average score 68
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Melinda Warner

Sex and the City
Sex and the City (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Eileen

Snake Eyes
Snake Eyes (1998)
GoodWatch score 53

as Anthea

The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
GoodWatch score 68

as Jackie Heath

The Peacemaker
The Peacemaker (1997)
GoodWatch score 50

as Jody

Rescuing Desire
Rescuing Desire (1996)

as Van

Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope (1994)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Lennie Gaghan

New York Undercover
New York Undercover (1994)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show

NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue (1993)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Lillian Fancy

seaQuest DSV
seaQuest DSV (1993)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Laura

Rising Sun
Rising Sun (1993)
GoodWatch score 51

as Lauren Smith

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Caroline Bennett

1980s

5 titles ยท average score 65
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
GoodWatch score 55

as Cynthia Harris

Wall Street
Wall Street (1987)
GoodWatch score 70

as Carolyn

Sweet Lorraine
Sweet Lorraine (1987)
GoodWatch score 81

as Julie

Spenser: For Hire
Spenser: For Hire (1985)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Cynthia Harris

1950s

1 title ยท average score 40
As the World Turns
As the World Turns (1956)
GoodWatch score 40

TV show ยท as Jessica Griffin