--- title: "4 Tamara Tunie Quotes - Famous Actor" description: "Tamara Tunie is an American film, stage, and television actress, singer, director, and producer. Browse 4 Tamara Tunie quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tamara-tunie-88775.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Tamara Tunie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tamara-tunie-88775.jpg) # Tamara Tunie (1959) Actor United States **4** quotes in **36** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Tamara Tunie is an actor from the United States. ## Quick Facts About Tamara Tunie Born March 14, 1959 Nationality United States Profession Actor ## About Tamara Tunie Tamara Tunie is an American film, stage, and television actress, singer, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as attorney Jessica Griffin on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns 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 an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female, Flight (2012), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). Since February 2025, she has played the role of Anita Dupree on the CBS daytime soap opera Beyond the Gates. ## Quotes by Tamara Tunie > [I truly believe that when a person makes a concrete decision and takes action towards a goal that they've set, that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-tunie/i-truly-believe-that-when-a-person-makes-a-concrete-decision-and/) [Tamara Tunie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-tunie/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/tamara-tunie-69050_action_i-truly-believe-that-when-a-person-makes_399021.jpg) > [When I first got to New York, all I did was musicals. After a few years I had to make a conscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-tunie/when-i-first-got-to-new-york-all-i-did-was-musicals-after-a-few-years/) [Tamara Tunie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-tunie/) [Choices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choices/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a76/tamara-tunie-69050_choices_when-i-first-got-to-new-york-all-i-did-w_561635.jpg) > [Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-tunie/show-business-is-fickle-and-though-i-have-been-blessed-with-a-healthy/) [Tamara Tunie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-tunie/) [Blessed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/tamara-tunie-69050_blessed_show-business-is-fickle-and-though-i-hav_1289305.jpg) > [I always watch the work I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-tunie/i-always-watch-the-work-i-do/) [Tamara Tunie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-tunie/) [Watch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/watch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/tamara-tunie-69050_watch_i-always-watch-the-work-i-do-3090618_3090618.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-tunie/#itemlist", "name": "Tamara Tunie Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I truly believe that when a person makes a concrete decision and takes action towards a goal that they've set, that the universe will step in and provide opportunities.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tamara Tunie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-tunie/i-truly-believe-that-when-a-person-makes-a-concrete-decision-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/tamara-tunie-69050_action_i-truly-believe-that-when-a-person-makes_399021.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/tamara-tunie-69050_action_i-truly-believe-that-when-a-person-makes_399021.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/tamara-tunie-69050_action_i-truly-believe-that-when-a-person-makes_399021.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I truly believe that when a person makes a concrete decision and takes action towards a goal that they've…” — Tamara Tunie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I first got to New York, all I did was musicals. 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