Tonya Pinkins
Highest Rated: 100% Premium (2007)
Lowest Rated: 12% Aardvark (2018)
Birthday: May 30, 1962
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 55% | 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 |
| No Score Yet | Against Their Will: Women in Prison (Caged Seduction: The Shocking True Story) | Sondra | — | 1994 |
| 53% | Above the Rim | Mailika | — | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | Strapped | Actor | — | 1993 |
| 28% | See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Leslie | — | 1989 |
| 50% | Beat Street | Angela | — | 1984 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet |
Bull 2016 |
Judge Maynard |
2019 |
| No Score Yet |
Madam Secretary 2014 |
Susan Thompson |
2019 2017 2016 |
| 96% |
Elementary 2012-2019 |
Judge Marilyn Whitfield |
2018 |
| 100% |
Random Acts of Flyness 2018 |
2018 |
|
| No Score Yet |
Talking Dead 2011 |
Guest |
2018 |
| 78% |
Gotham 2014-2019 |
Ethel Peabody Ms. Ethel Peabody |
2016 2015 |
| 81% |
Nurse Jackie 2009-2015 |
2015 |
|
| 56% |
Hostages 2013-2014 |
Beth Nix |
2013 |
| No Score Yet |
In Performance at the White House 2010-2016 |
Performer |
2010 |
| 86% |
24 2001-2014 |
Alma Matobo Alma Motobo |
2009 |
| No Score Yet |
Army Wives 2007-2014 |
Viola |
2009 2008 |
| 84% |
The Closer 2005-2012 |
Dr. Donna Taft |
2008 |
| No Score Yet |
POV 1988 |
Appearing |
2007 |
| No Score Yet |
Cold Case 2003-2010 |
Dina Miller |
2006 |
| 77% |
Sleeper Cell 2005-2006 |
Darwyn's Mother |
2005 |
| No Score Yet |
The Guardian 2001-2004 |
Melinda Tralins |
2002 |
| No Score Yet |
The Cosby Show 1984-1992 |
Iris |
1990 1989 |
| No Score Yet |
All My Children 1970-2013 |
Livia Frye |
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