Tamara Tunie

Tamara Tunie (born March 14, 1959) is an American film, stage, and television actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as attorney Jessica Griffin on the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns'' (1987–1995, 1999–2007, 2009) and as medical examiner Melinda Warner in the NBC police drama ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2000–2021). Tunie also appeared in films such as ''Rising Sun'' (1993), ''The Devil's Advocate'' (1997), ''The Caveman's Valentine'' (2001) receiving Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female nomination, ''Flight'' (2012), and ''Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody'' (2022). Provided by Wikipedia