Tonya Pinkins: movies and TV shows
Tonya Pinkins has 59 credits in the archive: 27 films and 32 TV series, from 1970 to 2025. Highest rated: Criminal Minds (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1970 – 2025 · busiest year: 2016 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide | Horror Film Expert | Film | — | 63 |
| 2024 | The Life of Peter Gottlieb | Dean Fendleman | Film | — | 62 |
| 2022 | East New York | Shirley Haywood | TV | 7.1 | 60 |
| 2022 | Women of the Movement | Alma | TV | 6.5 | 60 |
| 2021 | Run the World | Gwen Greene | TV | 6.8 | 59 |
| 2021 | Red Pill | Cassandra | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2021 | The Surrogate | Karen Weatherston-Harris | Film | 4.1 | 59 |
| 2021 | The Hunt for the Chicago Strangler | Narradora | TV | 3.0 | 59 |
| 2020 | The Artist's Wife | Liza Caldwell | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 2020 | The School for Wives | Arnolphe | Film | 2.0 | 58 |
| 2019 | Wu-Tang: An American Saga | Burgess | TV | 8.2 | 57 |
| 2018 | God Friended Me | Marsha | TV | 7.7 | 56 |
| 2018 | Random Acts of Flyness | Ripa The Reaper | TV | 4.2 | 56 |
| 2018 | My Days of Mercy | Agatha | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 2018 | Aardvark | Abigail | Film | 4.7 | 56 |
| 2018 | Mr. Talented | Valerie Brown | Film | — | 56 |
| 2017 | The Book of Henry | Principal Wilder | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 2017 | An Act of Terror | Mary Church Terrell | Film | — | 55 |
| 2016 | Bull | Judge Maynard | TV | 7.1 | 54 |
| 2016 | 11.22.63 | Mia Mimi Corcoran | TV | 7.8 | 54 |
| 2016 | Collective: Unconscious | Ripa the Reaper | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 2016 | Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened... | Self | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 2016 | Everybody Dies! | Ripa the Reaper | Film | 5.0 | 54 |
| 2015 | Fear the Walking Dead | Martha | TV | 7.6 | 53 |
| 2015 | Rasheeda Speaking | Jaclyn | Film | — | 53 |
| 2014 | Gotham | Ethel Peabody | TV | 7.6 | 52 |
| 2014 | The Strain | Francis | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Susan Thomas | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Susan Thompson | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2013 | Hostages | Beth Nix | TV | 5.9 | 51 |
| 2013 | Home | Esmin | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 2013 | Newlyweeds | Patrice | Film | 4.2 | 51 |
| 2012 | Elementary | Judge Marilyn Whitfield | TV | 7.6 | 50 |
| 2012 | Scandal | Sandra | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie | Charlane | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 2008 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | Mrs. Robinson | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 2007 | Army Wives | Viola Crawford | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 2007 | Enchanted | Phoebe Banks | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Det. Nora Bennett | TV | 8.3 | 43 |
| 2005 | The Closer | Donna Taft | TV | 7.9 | 43 |
| 2005 | Romance & Cigarettes | Female Medic | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 2005 | Black in the 80s | TV | — | 43 | |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Dina Miller | TV | 7.8 | 41 |
| 2001 | 24 | Alama Matobo | TV | 7.8 | 39 |
| 2001 | The Guardian | Melinda Tralins | TV | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1995 | University Hospital | TV | 8.0 | 33 | |
| 1994 | Above the Rim | Mailika | Film | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1994 | Against Their Will | Sondra | Film | 5.8 | 32 |
| 1992 | Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway | Self | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Woman | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Angela Young | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1989 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Leslie | Film | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1986 | Crime Story | Junkie Prostitute | TV | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Iris | TV | 7.0 | 22 |
| 1981 | American Dream | Film | 9.0 | 19 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 9 |
| 1970 | All My Children | TV | 6.4 | 8 | |
| Angel City | Mam | Film | — | — | |
| Tango | Vivian | Film | — | — |