Who is the black medical examiner on law and order? All about Tamara Tunie

Tamara Tunie is an American film, stage, and television actress, director, and producer.

Tunie is well known for her portrayal of medical examiner Melinda Warner in the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Born March 14, 1959, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States, Tunie earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1981.

After making her debut in the 1981 Broadway musical revue Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, Tunie went on to appear in the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns from 1987 to 1995.

In filmography, she earned her first job in the 1987 film “Sweet Lorraine”.

Her early notable film credits include Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989), Rising Sun (1993), City Hall (1996), Rescuing Desire (1996), Quentin Carr (1996), and Eve’s Bayou (1997).

Tunie won a Tony Award in 2007 for the production of the Broadway musical Spring Awakening; she has also won a Drama Desk Award.

From 2016 to 2018, Tunie had a recurring role as Monica Graham in the CBS police drama series Blue Bloods.

In 2022 she played Kamala Harris in The 47th at The Old Vic Theatre in London.