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Tina Lifford

Acting

Born May 1, 1966 · Evanston, Illinois

Biography

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.

Filmography50+ titles

The Rookie

2018as Warden Miller

Criminal Minds

2005as Nora

The Temptations

1998as Haze

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

1996as Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993as Lee

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

1990as Mrs. Hoover

ER

1994as Evelyn Pratt

Heaven Down Here

2023as Clara

Queen Sugar

2016as Violet Bordelon

Drop Dead Diva

2009as Judge Nora Lafford

The Practice

1997as Mrs. Johnson

NCIS

2003as Pamela Fox

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Judge Witherspoon

Parenthood

2010as Renee Trussell

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Leora Cargill

Heroes

2006as Paulette Hawkins

Pay It Forward

2000as Principal

Strong Medicine

2000as Brenda Babson

JAG

1995as Juanita Ressler

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990as Felicity Ashe

Scandal

2012as CIA Director Lowry

Nip/Tuck

2003as Warden DeMarco

Touched by an Angel

1994as Sis

In Plain Sight

2008as Denise McBride / Denise Morris

It's Garry Shandling's Show.

1986as Nurse Helen

Hunter

1984as Frankie Mason

Mandela and de Klerk

1997as Winnie Mandela

Knots Landing

1979as Floor manager

Mystery Woman: Redemption

2006as Bonnie

New Jack City

1991as Recovering Addict

Friends with Benefits

2011as Marsha

Colors

1988as Mrs. Craig

T. J. Hooker

1982as Nurse

Hostage

2005as Laura Shoemaker

Love & War

Babe

1995as Sheep (voice)

Nuts

1987as Lawyer #2

Blood Work

2002as Detective Jaye Winston

Panic

2000as Dr. Leavitt

We Strangers

2025as Willie Martin

A Gift to Remember

2017as Mrs. Henley / Landlord

Bebe's Kids

1992as Additional Voices (voice)

Minority Report

2015as Lily Vega

Catch and Release

2006as Eve

Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder

2005as Bonnie

Wedlock

1991as Policewoman

Joe Somebody

2001as Cassandra Taylor

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

1994as Jean

Paris Trout

1991as Mary Sayers

Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2

2019as Mrs. Henley