Tembi Locke
Tembi Locke was an American actress that made many episodic television appearances throughout her career. Born to civil rights activist parents in Houston, Texas on July 26, 1970, Locke cited watching "Planet of the Apes" (1968) while her father taught her how to deactivate an FBI wiretap on the phone as an inspiration for her start in acting. After studying abroad in Italy, where she became fluent in Italian and appeared in some Italian television programs, she graduated from Wesleyan University with an art history degree and acted in a number of off-Broadway plays. Locke landed her big break when she appeared in an episode of "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (NBC, 1990-96) in 1994. She followed it up with a recurring role on "Beverly Hills, 90210" (Fox, 1990-2000) during the 1995-96 season. Locke then booked her first major Hollywood feature film role as Norma in the Shaq-led superhero film "Steel" (1997). After appearing in an episode of "Friends" (NBC, 1994-2004) in 1999, Locke secured a main cast role as Dr. Diana Davis on the final season of the sci-fi TV series "Sliders" (Fox/Sci Fi Channel, 1995-2000). She continued to make a number of episodic appearances on numerous TV shows like "The Bernie Mac Show" (Fox, 2001-06) and "Bones" (Fox, 2005-2017) until she starred in the final two seasons of cult hit SyFy series Eureka (2006-2012) as Grace Monroe. She appeared in "Dumb and Dumber To" (2014) alongside Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. Locke, a vegetarian and chef, was involved in many advocacy groups like OpUSA and created webseries "The Kitchen Widow" (2015) in order to educate viewers about cooking and topics like grief following the death of her husband from cancer.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Collusions | Regina (Character) | - | 2021 |
95% |
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The Obituary of Tunde Johnson | Yomi Johnson (Character) | - | 2019 |
30% |
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Dumb and Dumber To | Dr. Walcott (Character) | $86.2M | 2014 |
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Black Widow | Jill Keegan (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Art of Revenge | Isabel "Izzy" Bloom (Character) | - | 2003 |
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Unbowed | Cleola (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Star Command | Ens. Meg Dundee (Character) | - | 1996 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2024 |
86% | 86% | From Scratch | Executive Producer | 2022 |
91% | 74% | The Magicians | Dr. London (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home & Family | Guest | 2019 |
26% | 64% | Proven Innocent | Vanessa Dale (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 63% | NCIS: Los Angeles | Leigha Winters (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
55% | 76% | Doubt | Jury Iris Taylor (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Shooter | Claire Hopkins (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 83% | NCIS | Alice Kent Staley (Guest Star) | 2014 |
82% | 87% | Castle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
90% | 83% | Bones | Marilyn Stoddard (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 90% | The Mentalist | Marshal Christy Knox (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: New York | Ellen Fielding (Guest Star) | 2006 |
20% | No Score Yet | Like Family | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eve | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One on One | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hughleys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
78% | 93% | Friends | Karin (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Sliders | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jamie Foxx Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
88% | No Score Yet | Michael Hayes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997-1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wayans Bros. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the House | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Martin | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
44% | No Score Yet | Me and the Boys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |