Tonya Pinkins

Tonya Pinkins

Person

Tonya Pinkins

Actor 1962-05-30 Chicago, Illinois, USA

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 later returned to c...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY

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Enchanted

Enchanted

2007 · Phoebe Banks

Fear the Walking Dead

Fear the Walking Dead

2015 · Martha

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

2005 · Det. Nora Bennett

Gotham

Gotham

2014 · Ethel Peabody

The Strain

The Strain

2014 · Francis

Elementary

Elementary

2012 · Judge Marilyn Whitfield

24

2001 · Alama Matobo

11.22.63

11.22.63

2016 · Mia Mimi Corcoran

The Book of Henry

The Book of Henry

2017 · Principal Wilder

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

1989 · Leslie

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 · Woman

Scandal

Scandal

2012 · Sandra

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show

1984 · Iris

Cold Case

Cold Case

2003 · Dina Miller

Bull

Bull

2016 · Judge Maynard

The Closer

The Closer

2005 · Donna Taft

Madam Secretary

Madam Secretary

2014 · Susan Thomas

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

2019 · Burgess