Tamara Tunie

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Tamara Tunie
Character M.E. Melinda Warner
Date of birth 14 March 1959
Place of birth McKeesport, Pennsylvania
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Tamara Tunie is an actress who is known for her portrayal of Medical Examiner Melinda Warner on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She made a cameo appearance in the Law & Order: Trial by Jury episode "Day".

Tunie made her first guest appearance as Warner in the second season episode "Noncompliance", and continued to make guest appearances until season seven, when she became a regular cast member.

In 1996 she played Caroline Bennett in the Law & Order season seven episode "Deadbeat".

Tunie is also famous for playing lawyer Jessica Griffin McKechnie Harris on the soap opera As the World Turns. She played the role originally from 1986 to 1995, and again from 1999 to 2007.