Tonya Pinkins

Tonya Pinkins

Acting

Birthday

1962/05/30 (62 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also know as

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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 People's Program. Aged 18, she briefly attended college and decided to pursue an acting career instead. She ...Read more

Acting
Romance & Cigarettes
6.0

(2005) Romance & Cigarettes

as Female Medic

An Act of Terror
0.0

(2017) An Act of Terror

as Mary Church Terrell

Home
6.6

(2013) Home

as Esmin

Newlyweeds
4.3

(2013) Newlyweeds

as Patrice

See No Evil, Hear No Evil
6.7

(1989) See No Evil, Hear No Evil

as Leslie

Against Their Will: Women in Prison
7.0

(1994) Against Their Will: Women in Prison

as Sondra

The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
0.0

(2025) The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide

as Horror Film Expert

American Dream
0.0

(1981) American Dream

as ---

Aardvark
5.0

(2018) Aardvark

as Abigail

The Book of Henry
7.5

(2017) The Book of Henry

as Principal Wilder

The Life of Peter Gottlieb
0.0

(2024) The Life of Peter Gottlieb

as Dean Fendleman

Mr. Talented
0.0

(2018) Mr. Talented

as Valerie Brown

Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
8.0

(1992) Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway

as Herself

Above the Rim
6.9

(1994) Above the Rim

as Mailika

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
7.5

(2016) Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...

as Self

The Surrogate
4.9

(2021) The Surrogate

as Karen Weatherston-Harris

My Days of Mercy
7.3

(2018) My Days of Mercy

as Agatha

Collective: Unconscious
6.2

(2016) Collective: Unconscious

as Ripa the Reaper

Enchanted
6.8

(2007) Enchanted

as Phoebe Banks

The Artist's Wife
5.6

(2020) The Artist's Wife

as Liza Caldwell

Rasheeda Speaking
0.0

(2015) Rasheeda Speaking

as Jaclyn

The School for Wives
2.0

(2020) The School for Wives

as Arnolphe

Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom
6.2

(2008) Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom

as Mrs. Robinson

Everybody Dies!
5.0

(2016) Everybody Dies!

as Ripa the Reaper

Red Pill
6.0

(2021) Red Pill

as Cassandra

Law & Order
7.4

(1990) Law & Order

as Woman

The Closer
7.9

(2005) The Closer

as Donna Taft

The Guardian
6.9

(2001) The Guardian

as ---

The Cosby Show
7.0

(1984) The Cosby Show

as Iris

Cold Case
7.8

(2003) Cold Case

as Dina Miller

24
7.8

(2001) 24

as ---

Criminal Minds
8.3

(2005) Criminal Minds

as Det. Nora Bennett

Army Wives
7.4

(2007) Army Wives

as ---

Women of the Movement
6.5

(2022) Women of the Movement

as Alma

University Hospital
0.0

(1995) University Hospital

as ---

0.0

(2005) Black in the 80s

as ---

All My Children
6.4

(1970) All My Children

as ---

Run the World
6.9

(2021) Run the World

as Gwen Greene

11.22.63
7.8

(2016) 11.22.63

as Mia Mimi Corcoran

Hostages
6.0

(2013) Hostages

as Beth Nix

Gotham
7.6

(2014) Gotham

as Ethel Peabody

Random Acts of Flyness
4.6

(2018) Random Acts of Flyness

as Ripa The Reaper

Wu-Tang: An American Saga
8.2

(2019) Wu-Tang: An American Saga

as Burgess

The Hunt for the Chicago Strangler
3.0

(2021) The Hunt for the Chicago Strangler

as Narradora

Scandal
7.1

(2012) Scandal

as Sandra

Crime Story
7.9

(1986) Crime Story

as Junkie Prostitute

East New York
7.5

(2022) East New York

as Shirley Haywood

Fear the Walking Dead
7.7

(2015) Fear the Walking Dead

as Martha

Bull
7.0

(2016) Bull

as Judge Maynard

Law & Order
7.4

(1990) Law & Order

as Angela Young

God Friended Me
7.8

(2018) God Friended Me

as Marsha

Elementary
7.6

(2012) Elementary

as Judge Marilyn Whitfield

The Strain
7.5

(2014) The Strain

as Francis

Army Wives
7.4

(2007) Army Wives

as Viola Crawford

Great Performances
5.4

(1971) Great Performances

as Self