Tonya Pinkins
Biography
Tonya Pinkins was born in Chicago, Illinois. She has four children. Her father was a police officer and insurance salesman and her mother is a former postal worker. She has two brothers, Eric Swoope and Thomas Swoope and a sister Tamera Swoope from whom she is estranged. She was interested in the arts from a young age. In high school, she studied acting at the Goodman Theatre Young...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2025
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
As: Horror Film Expert
- 2024
The Life of Peter Gottlieb
As: Dean Fendleman
- 2022
East New York
As: Shirley Haywood
- 2022
Women of the Movement
As: Alma
- 2021
The Hunt for the Chicago Strangler
As: Narradora
- 2021
The Surrogate
As: Karen Weatherston-Harris
- 2021
Run the World
As: Gwen Greene
- 2021
Red Pill
As: Cassandra
- 2020
The School for Wives
As: Arnolphe
- 2020
The Artist's Wife
As: Liza Caldwell
- 2019
Wu-Tang: An American Saga
As: Burgess
- 2018
God Friended Me
As: Marsha
- 2018
Mr. Talented
As: Valerie Brown
- 2018
Random Acts of Flyness
As: Ripa The Reaper
- 2018
Aardvark
As: Abigail
- 2018
My Days of Mercy
As: Agatha
- 2017
The Book of Henry
As: Principal Wilder
- 2017
An Act of Terror
As: Mary Church Terrell
- 2016
Bull
As: Judge Maynard
- 2016
Collective: Unconscious
As: Ripa the Reaper
- 2016
Everybody Dies!
As: Ripa the Reaper
- 2016
11.22.63
As: Mia Mimi Corcoran
- 2015
Rasheeda Speaking
As: Jaclyn
- 2015
Fear the Walking Dead
As: Martha
- 2014
Gotham
As: Ethel Peabody
- 2014
Madam Secretary
As: Susan Thomas
- 2014
Madam Secretary
As: Susan Thompson
- 2014
The Strain
As: Francis
- 2013
Home
As: Esmin
- 2013
Hostages
As: Beth Nix
- 2013
Newlyweeds
As: Patrice
- 2012
Elementary
As: Judge Marilyn Whitfield
- 2012
Scandal
As: Sandra
- 2008
Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom
As: Mrs. Robinson
- 2007
Enchanted
As: Phoebe Banks
- 2007
Army Wives
As: Viola Crawford
- 2005
Criminal Minds
As: Det. Nora Bennett
- 2005
Romance & Cigarettes
As: Female Medic
- 2005
The Closer
As: Donna Taft
- 2003
Cold Case
As: Dina Miller
- 1994
Against Their Will
As: Sondra
- 1994
Above the Rim
As: Mailika
- 1990
Law & Order
As: Woman
- 1990
Law & Order
As: Angela Young
- 1989
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
As: Leslie
- 1986
Crime Story
As: Junkie Prostitute
- 1984
The Cosby Show
As: Iris