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Tina Lifford

ACTOR · FROM EVANSTON, ILLINOIS

Tina Lifford

74 credits since 1979

SuspensefulWhodunitLoveHeartwarmingGritty

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In the pictureCSI: Crime Scene Investigation

ABOUT TINA

Tina Lifford emerged as an actress in 1994 as series lead in the critically acclaimed FOX comedy-drama South Central. In a career of more than twenty-five years, notable credits include Grand Canyon (1991), Mandela and De Klerk (1997), Blood Work (2002), Hostage (2005), Parenthood (2011-2015) and Scandal (2015). Her humanitarian work focuses on the importance of inner fitness.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

BirthplaceEvanston, Illinois

Known forActing

On Cineora56 of 74 titles

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

Series

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000–2015IMDb7.7

Scandal poster

Series

2012–2018IMDb7.7

Blood Work poster

Movie

2002IMDb6.4

Parenthood poster

Series

2010–2015IMDb8.3

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary poster

Movie

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary

2005IMDb4.2

Queen Sugar poster

Series

2016–2022IMDb7.8

A Gift to Remember poster

Movie

A Gift to Remember

2017IMDb6.6

Letters from a Killer poster

Movie

Letters from a Killer

1998IMDb5.4

Worry Dolls poster

Movie

2016IMDb4.3

Paris Trout poster

Movie

1991IMDb6.4

Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2 poster

Movie

Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2

2019IMDb6.2

Heaven Down Here poster

Movie

Heaven Down Here

2023IMDb7.0

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 56
Average IMDb: 6.8
Highest rated: The TemptationsIMDb 8.4
Working since: 1979

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

74 credits

The 2020s

4 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average

Not on Cineora

We Strangers

2025

as Willie Martin

Heaven Down Here poster

Movie

Heaven Down Here

2023IMDb7.0

as Clara

Lawmen: Bass Reeves poster

Series

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

2023IMDb7.3

as Moody O'Neil · 1 episode

A Holiday in Harlem poster

Movie

A Holiday in Harlem

2021IMDb5.5

as Mama Belle

The 2010s

9 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2 poster

Movie

Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2

2019IMDb6.2

as Mrs. Henley

The Rookie poster

Series

2018–IMDb8.0

as Warden Miller · 1 episode

A Gift to Remember poster

Movie

A Gift to Remember

2017IMDb6.6

as Mrs. Henley / Landlord

Queen Sugar poster

Series

2016–2022IMDb7.8

as Violet Bordelon · 88 episodes

Worry Dolls poster

Movie

2016IMDb4.3

as Della DeGracie

Minority Report poster

Series

Minority Report

2015IMDb5.9

as Lily Vega · 2 episodes

Scandal poster

Series

2012–2018IMDb7.7

as CIA Director Lowry · 6 episodes

Friends with Benefits poster

Series

Friends with Benefits

2011IMDb6.5

as Marsha · 1 episode

The 2000s

22 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average

Drop Dead Diva poster

Series

2009–2014IMDb7.5

as Judge Nora Lafford · 1 episode

In Plain Sight poster

Series

2008–2012IMDb7.4

as Denise McBride / Denise Morris · 1 episode

Mystery Woman: Redemption poster

Movie

Mystery Woman: Redemption

2006IMDb6.6

as Bonnie

Catch and Release poster

Movie

Catch and Release

2006IMDb5.9

as Eve

Heroes poster

Series

2006–2010IMDb7.5

as Paulette Hawkins · 1 episode

Criminal Minds poster

Series

2005–IMDb8.1

as Nora · 1 episode

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary poster

Movie

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary

2005IMDb4.2

as Grace Taylor

Hostage poster

Movie

2005IMDb6.5

as Laura Shoemaker

The 1990s

30 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average

Family Law poster

Series

1999–2002IMDb6.7

as Judge Alice Kingston · 8 episodes

The Temptations poster

Series

The Temptations

1998IMDb8.4

as Haze · 2 episodes

Martial Law poster

Series

1998–2000IMDb6.9

as Halle Winship · 1 episode

Letters from a Killer poster

Movie

Letters from a Killer

1998IMDb5.4

as Elizabeth

Not on Cineora

Cloned

1997

as Claire Barnes

Not on Cineora

Gun

1997

as Sally · 1 episode

The Practice poster

Series

1997–2004IMDb7.7

as Mrs. Johnson · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Mandela and de Klerk

1997

as Winnie Mandela

The 1980s

8 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average

The Fabulous Baker Boys poster

Movie

The Fabulous Baker Boys

1989IMDb6.9

as Background Voice (voice)

Colors poster

Movie

1988IMDb6.7

as Mrs. Craig

Nuts poster

Movie

1987IMDb6.7

as Lawyer #2

It's Garry Shandling's Show poster

Series

It's Garry Shandling's Show

1986–1990IMDb7.7

as Nurse Helen · 1 episode

The Ladies Club poster

Movie

The Ladies Club

1986IMDb5.4

as Patty

Murder, She Wrote poster

Series

Murder, She Wrote

1984–1996IMDb7.3

as Leora Cargill · 1 episode

Hunter poster

Series

1984–1991IMDb6.9

as Frankie Mason · 1 episode

T. J. Hooker poster

Series

1982–1986IMDb6.1

as Lorraine · 1 episode

The 1970s

1 title · IMDb 7.0 on average

Knots Landing poster

Series

1979–1993IMDb7.0

as Washroom Attendant · 1 episode

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Tina’s titles.

Kellie MartinER, Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder and 1 more

Hayden PanettiereHeroes and Joe Somebody

Julie BowenJoe Somebody and Amy's Orgasm

Dylan WalshNip/Tuck and Blood Work

Wilmer ValderramaNCIS and Minority Report

Robert KnepperHeroes and Hostage

Dennis HopperColors and Paris Trout

Donald SutherlandLawmen: Bass Reeves and Panic

Sam JaegerParenthood and Catch and Release

Glenn PlummerColors and Wedlock