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Tonya Pinkins

  • Actress
  • Director
  • Producer
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Tonya Pinkins
Paris must convince her grandfather to accept a real estate agent's briefcase with mounds of cash in exchange for his financially struggling jazz club.
Play trailer0:47
Paris Blues in Harlem (2018)
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Tonya Pinkins has won or been nominated for nearly every award there is in the American theater. She is a Fulbright Specialist. As a producer, writer and director she conceived "Truth and Reconciliation of Womyn; Narrative Stories and Songs for the Soul in ten minutes or less." The women involved in this project span the globe in age, culture and ethnicity.
BornMay 30, 1962
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BornMay 30, 1962
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  • Awards
    • 14 wins & 10 nominations

Photos53

Isaach De Bankolé and Tonya Pinkins in 24 (2001)
Tonya Pinkins in Gotham (2014)
Tonya Pinkins in Gotham (2014)
Tonya Pinkins in Gotham (2014)
BD Wong, Tonya Pinkins, and Brian McManamon in Gotham (2014)
Isaach De Bankolé and Tonya Pinkins in 24 (2001)
Tonya Pinkins and Sally Pressman in Army Wives (2007)
Tonya Pinkins
James Alexander Sneak Peek Photography
photo by James Alexander
Directing RED PILL MOVIE 2020
Tonya Pinkins

Known for

Susan Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, and Amy Adams in Enchanted (2007)
Enchanted
7.1
  • Phoebe Banks
  • 2007
Gotham (2014)
Gotham
7.8
TV Series
  • Ethel Peabody
James Franco in 11.22.63 (2016)
11.22.63
8.1
TV Mini Series
  • Mia Mimi Corcoran
Colman Domingo and Lennie James in Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Fear the Walking Dead
6.8
TV Series
  • Martha

Credits

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Actress

  • The Elephant in the Room
    • Mama
    • Completed
    • TV Movie
    • 2016
  • Regression
    • Bryan's Mom
    • Post-production
    • Short
  • Angel City
    • In Production
  • Sam Centrella, Giorgio Panetta, and Reuben Barsky in The Life of Peter Gottlieb (2022)
    The Life of Peter Gottlieb
    • Dean Fendleman
    • 2022
  • Jimmy Smits, Richard Kind, Kevin Rankin, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and Amanda Warren in East New York (2022)
    East New York
    • Shirley Haywood
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Women of the Movement (2022)
    Women of the Movement
    • Alma Spearman
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • The Hunt for the Chicago Strangler (2021)
    The Hunt for the Chicago Strangler
    • Narrator
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Better Than My Last (2021)
    Better Than My Last
    • Mrs. Carter
    • TV Movie
    • 2021
  • A Simple Herstory (2021)
    A Simple Herstory
    • Roxanna 'Roxy' Hummel Claflin
    • Podcast Series
    • 2021
  • Amber Stevens West in Run the World (2021)
    Run the World
    • Gwen Greene
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Rubén Blades, Kathryn Erbe, Luba Mason, Adesola A. Osakalumi, Tonya Pinkins, and Jake O'Flaherty in Red Pill (2021)
    Red Pill
    • Cassandra
    • 2021
  • Black Lady Goddess (2020)
    Black Lady Goddess
    • Professor Davis
    • TV Movie
    • 2020
  • The Surrogate (2020)
    The Surrogate
    • Karen Weatherston-Harris
    • 2020
  • God Friended Me (2018)
    God Friended Me
    • Marsha
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Katherine LaNasa, Lucy Hale, Julia Chan, Ashleigh Murray, and Jonny Beauchamp in Katy Keene (2020)
    Katy Keene
    • Busker
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • The Two Princes (2019)
    The Two Princes
    • Upendo
    • Podcast Series
    • 2019
  • Téa Leoni in Madam Secretary (2014)
    Madam Secretary
    • Susan Thompson
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2019
  • Lena Olin and Bruce Dern in The Artist's Wife (2019)
    The Artist's Wife
    • Liza Caldwell
    • 2019

Director

  • Rubén Blades, Kathryn Erbe, Luba Mason, Adesola A. Osakalumi, Tonya Pinkins, and Jake O'Flaherty in Red Pill (2021)
    Red Pill
    • Director (directed by)
    • 2021
  • What Came After (2016)
    What Came After
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2016

Producer

  • Infidelity (2023)
    Infidelity
    • associate producer
    • 2023
  • Paris Blues in Harlem (2018)
    Paris Blues in Harlem
    • associate producer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • What Came After (2016)
    What Came After
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2016
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos19

2020 Demo Reel
Demo Reel 3:01
2020 Demo Reel
SCANDAL
Demo Reel 9:30
SCANDAL
Madame Secretary The Detour
Demo Reel 6:08
Madame Secretary The Detour
What Came After Trailer 60
Demo Reel 1:01
What Came After Trailer 60
What Came After Trailer 15
Demo Reel 0:16
What Came After Trailer 15
Tonya Pinkins Rap Roast (Diss) Challenge
Demo Reel 5:06
Tonya Pinkins Rap Roast (Diss) Challenge
Madam Secretary-The Dissent Memo
Demo Reel 6:45
Madam Secretary-The Dissent Memo
Nurse Jackie
Demo Reel 0:57
Nurse Jackie
GOTHAM
Demo Reel 2:52
GOTHAM
11/22/63
Demo Reel 3:13
11/22/63
11/22/63
Demo Reel 1:29
11/22/63
Mrs. Peabody- GOTHAM
Demo Reel 0:20
Mrs. Peabody- GOTHAM

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Official Website
  • Height
    • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
  • Born
    • May 30, 1962
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Spouses
      Eric Blair WinterJuly 2009 - 2014 (divorced)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared in "Wild Party" on Broadway. Musical.
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles

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  • Trivia
    She was awarded the 1992 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Actress in a Musical for "Jelly's Last Jam" on Broadway in New York City.
  • Nickname
    • Onixyapimantolama

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