Tonya Pinkins
- Highest Rated: Premium (2007)
- Lowest Rated: Aardvark (2018)
- Birthday: May 30, 1962
- Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Pinkins attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she studied theater, music, and dance. Leaving school, she moved to New York after landing a role in Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, then went on to appear in An Ounce Of Prevention, Just Say No, Caucasian Chalk Circle, and Little Shop of Horrors on the New York stage. Pinkins' portrayal of Sweet Anita in the Broadway musical Jelly's Last Jam earned her a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, and the Clarence Derwent Award. In the summer of 1994, during a hiatus from All My Children, she starred as Mistress Ford in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Pinkins, who is divorced, is the mother of four children.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
|
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12% | Aardvark | Abigail | — | 2018 |
| 22% | The Book of Henry | Principal Wilder | $4.3M | 2017 |
| 94% | Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened... | Actor | $0.2M | 2016 |
| 54% | Fading Gigolo | Othella | $3.2M | 2014 |
| 88% | Home | Esmin | — | 2013 |
| 71% | Newlyweeds | Patrice | — | 2013 |
| 93% | Enchanted | Phoebe Banks | $127.8M | 2007 |
| 54% | Romance & Cigarettes | Female Medic | $0.4M | 2007 |
| 89% | ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Actor | — | 2007 |
| 100% | Premium | Marva | — | 2007 |
| 70% | POV | Actor | — | 2006 |
| Against Their Will: Women in Prison (Caged Seduction: The Shocking True Story) | Sondra | — | 1994 | |
| 53% | Above the Rim | Mailika | — | 1994 |
| Strapped | Actor | — | 1993 | |
| 28% | See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Leslie | — | 1989 |
| 50% | Beat Street | Angela | — | 1984 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
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Bull
2016
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Judge Maynard |
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Madam Secretary
2014
|
Susan Thompson |
|
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| 95% |
Elementary
2012
|
Judge Marilyn Whitfield |
|
| 100% |
Random Acts of Flyness
2018
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Talking Dead
2011
|
Guest |
|
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| 78% |
Gotham
2014
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Ethel Peabody Ms. Ethel Peabody |
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| 81% |
Nurse Jackie
2009-2015
|
|
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| 56% |
Hostages
2013-2014
|
Beth Nix |
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In Performance at the White House
2010-2016
|
Performer |
|
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| 86% |
24
2001-2014
|
Alma Matobo Alma Motobo |
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Army Wives
2007-2014
|
Viola |
|
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| 84% |
The Closer
2005-2012
|
Dr. Donna Taft |
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POV
1988
|
Appearing |
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Cold Case
2003-2010
|
Dina Miller |
|
|
| 77% |
Sleeper Cell
2005-2006
|
Darwyn's Mother |
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The Guardian
2001-2004
|
Melinda Tralins |
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The Cosby Show
1984-1992
|
Iris |
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All My Children
1970-2013
|
Livia Frye |
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