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Tonye Patano

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Tonye Patano
In the early 1980s, the most feared battle MC in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenage girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At the age of 14, Lolita "Roxanne Shanté" Gooden was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the streets of the Queensbridge Projects in NYC.
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Tonye Patano was born on 16 October 1961. She is an actress and producer, known for Weeds (2005), The Company Men (2010) and The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009).
BornOctober 16, 1961
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BornOctober 16, 1961
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      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Known for

    Mary-Louise Parker in Weeds (2005)
    Weeds
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Heylia James
    Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Affleck, Maria Bello, and Chris Cooper in The Company Men (2010)
    The Company Men
    6.7
    • Robertson
    • 2010
    John Travolta and Denzel Washington in The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
    The Taking of Pelham 123
    6.4
    • Regina (Conductor)
    • 2009
    Denzel Washington in The Hurricane (1999)
    The Hurricane
    7.6
    • Woman at Prison
    • 1999

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    • Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa in Summer Breeze (2025)
      Summer Breeze
      Podcast Series
      • Amani Jenkins
      • 2025
    • FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
      FBI: Most Wanted
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Susan 'Mama B' Barnes
      • 2021–2024
    • The Blacklist (2013)
      The Blacklist
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Judge Hurban
      • Judy Sickler
      • 2016–2023
    • Tony Goldwyn, Maura Tierney, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, Mehcad Brooks, and Odelya Halevi in Law & Order (1990)
      Law & Order
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Trial Judge Linda Maskin
      • Feldman
      • 2004–2023
    • Eileen (2023)
      Eileen
      5.9
      • Mrs. Stevens
      • 2023
    • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
      Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Trial Judge Linda Maskin
      • Sally
      • Ann
      • 2000–2022
    • Michael Rainey Jr. in Power Book II: Ghost (2020)
      Power Book II: Ghost
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Dean Ida Brooks
      • 2020
    • Zhaila Farmer and Celine Held in Topside (2020)
      Topside
      6.0
      • Violet
      • 2020
    • Pete Can't Play Basketball (2020)
      Pete Can't Play Basketball
      6.0
      Short
      • Mary
      • 2020
    • Edie Falco in Tommy (2020)
      Tommy
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Gates
      • 2020
    • Helpsters (2019)
      Helpsters
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Bowling Betty
      • 2019
    • Eric Roberts, Robert Loggia, Martin Kove, Joyce DeWitt, Julie McCullough, and Frank Giglio in The Savant (2019)
      The Savant
      5.5
      • Sandra Chilton
      • 2019
    • Téa Leoni in Madam Secretary (2014)
      Madam Secretary
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Verline Grant
      • 2019
    • Frankie Shaw in SMILF (2017)
      SMILF
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Aunt Valerie
      • 2019
    • Friendly Neighborhood Coven (2019)
      Friendly Neighborhood Coven
      Short
      • Cordelia
      • 2019

    Producer



    • Bennie's (2016)
      Bennie's
      TV Series
      • associate producer
      • 2016

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    • Born
      • October 16, 1961
    • Other works
      (March 7 to April 5, 2003) She played Erm in Kia Corthron's play, "Slide Glide, The Slippery Slope," in a Humana Festival production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with Cheryl Freeman (Elo); Shona Tucker (Retta); Dyron Holmes (Sear); Bobbi Lynne Scott (Rosie) and Lizan Mitchell (Dell) in the cast. Valerie Curtis-Newton was director.

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      She was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 35, and in 2005 she suffered a stroke.

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