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Tonya Pinkins is an American television, film and theater actress and author known for her portrayal of Livia Frye on the soap opera All My Children and for her roles on Broadway. She has been nominated for three Tony Awards, and has won Obie, Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, AUDLECO, Garland, L.A. Drama Critics Circle, Clarence Derwent, and NAACP Theater Awards. She has been nominated for the Olivier, Helen Hayes, Noel, Joseph Jefferson, NAACP Image, Soap Opera Digest, and Ovation Awards. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Jelly's Last Jam.
Born
Wednesday, 30 May 1962
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Better Than My Last | Mrs. Carter | 2023 |
| East New York | Shirley Haywood | 2022 |
| Women of the Movement | Alma Spearman / Alma | 2022 |
| Inside the Black Box | Self | 2022 |
| The Hunt for the Chicago Strangler | Narrator | 2021 |
| Run the World | Gwen Greene | 2021 |
| Red Pill | Cassandra | 2021 |
| The Artist's Wife | Liza Caldwell | 2020 |
| The Surrogate | Karen Weatherston-Harris | 2020 |
| Katy Keene | Busker | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Better Than My Last | Mrs. Carter | 2023 |
| East New York | Shirley Haywood | 2022 |
| Women of the Movement | Alma Spearman / Alma | 2022 |
| Inside the Black Box | Self | 2022 |
| The Hunt for the Chicago Strangler | Narrator | 2021 |
| Run the World | Gwen Greene | 2021 |
| Red Pill | Cassandra | 2021 |
| The Artist's Wife | Liza Caldwell | 2020 |
| The Surrogate | Karen Weatherston-Harris | 2020 |
| Katy Keene | Busker | 2020 |
| Sistas | Ms. Marie Willis / Mrs. Marie Willis / Mrs. Marie-Willis | 2019 |
| Wu-Tang: An American Saga | Burgess | 2019 |
| Write When You Get Work | Roberta Simmons | 2019 |
| God Friended Me | Marsha | 2018 |
| Random Acts of Flyness | Ripa The Reaper | 2018 |
| Aardvark | Abigail | 2018 |
| My Days of Mercy | Agatha | 2018 |
| Paris Blues in Harlem | Shirley | 2018 |
| The Book of Henry | Principal Wilder | 2017 |
| Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened | Herself / Self | 2016 |
| Bull | Judge Maynard | 2016 |
| Collective: Unconscious | Ripa the Reaper (segment "Everybody Dies!") / Ripa the Reaper | 2016 |
| 11.22.63 | Mia Mimi Corcoran | 2016 |
| Fear the Walking Dead | Martha | 2015 |
| NCIS: New Orleans | Julie | 2014 |
| Madam Secretary | Susan Thompson | 2014 |
| Gotham | Ethel Peabody | 2014 |
| The Strain | Francis | 2014 |
| Home | Esmin | 2013 |
| Hostages | Beth Nix | 2013 |
| Newlyweeds | Patrice | 2013 |
| Fading Gigolo | Othella | 2013 |
| The Broadway.com Show | Self | 2013 |
| Elementary | Judge Marilyn Whitfield | 2012 |
| Scandal | Sandra | 2012 |
| Talking Dead | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| Show People with Paul Wontorek | Self | 2010 |
| Curb: The Discussion | Self | 2010 |
| Nurse Jackie | Charlane | 2009 |
| Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | Mrs. Robinson | 2008 |
| Enchanted | Phoebe Banks | 2007 |
| Army Wives | Viola Crawford | 2007 |
| ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Self | 2007 |
| Premium | Marva | 2006 |
| Sleeper Cell | Anita Al-Sayeed | 2005 |
| Criminal Minds | Det. Nora Bennett | 2005 |
| Romance & Cigarettes | Female Medic | 2005 |
| The Closer | Donna Taft | 2005 |
| Black in the 80s | Self | 2005 |
| Unfabulous | Ms. Best | 2004 |
| The 58th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee & Performer | 2004 |
| Cold Case | Dina Miller | 2003 |
| 24 | Alama Matobo | 2001 |
| The Guardian | Melinda Tralins | 2001 |
| The 51st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1997 |
| University Hospital | Nurse Mary Jenkins | 1995 |
| Against Their Will | Sondra | 1994 |
| Above the Rim | Mailika | 1994 |
| Strapped | A.T.F. Officer | 1993 |
| The 46th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 1992 |
| Law & Order | Woman / Angela Young | 1990 |
| See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Leslie | 1989 |
| Rage of Angels: The Story Continues | Sharon | 1986 |
| Crime Story | Junkie Prostitute | 1986 |
| Hotshot | 1986 | |
| The Cosby Show | Iris | 1984 |
| Beat Street | Angela | 1984 |
| American Dream | 1981 | |
| Working in the Theatre | Self | 1976 |
| Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
| Guiding Light | Alanon Woman 2 | 1952 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Red Pill | 2021 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Infidelity | 2023 |
| Paris Blues in Harlem | 2018 |
