Tina Lifford

Actor Evanston, Illinois 1979–2025 (46 year career)

6.4 avg rating

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.

Known For

Film

Pay It Forward

Principal

Film

Babe

Sheep (voice)

Film

Hostage

Laura Shoemaker

Film

Blood Work

Detective Jaye Winston

Film

New Jack City

Recovering Addict

Film

Colors

Mrs. Craig

Film

The Fabulous Baker Boys

Background Voice (voice)

Film

Catch and Release

Eve

Filmography

Acting (76)

Movies (41)

We Strangers

as Willie Martin

Heaven Down Here

as Clara

A Holiday in Harlem

as Mama Belle

Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort

2020

as Self

Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2

2019

as Mrs. Henley

5.4

A Gift to Remember

2017

as Mrs. Henley / Landlord

6.1

Worry Dolls

2016

as Della DeGracie

5.3

Mystery Woman: Redemption

as Bonnie

Catch and Release

as Eve

Hostage

as Laura Shoemaker

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary

2005

as Grace Taylor

4.9

Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder

2005

as Bonnie

5.4

Blood Work

2002

as Detective Jaye Winston

Joe Somebody

as Cassandra Taylor

Amy's Orgasm

as Irene Barris

Pay It Forward

as Principal

Panic

as Dr. Leavitt

The Loretta Claiborne Story

as Rita Claiborne

The '70s

as Aunt Olavee

Letters from a Killer

as Elizabeth

Cloned

as Claire Barnes

Mandela and de Klerk

as Winnie Mandela

After Jimmy

as Susan Johnson

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

1996

as Jackie Joyner-Kersee

America's Dream

1996

as Sarah (segment "Long Black Song")

Babe

as Sheep (voice)

Divas

as Geraldine

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

as Jean

Born Too Soon

as Latanya

The Ernest Green Story

1993

as Mrs. Green

6.9

Bebe's Kids

1992

as Additional Voices (voice)

6.0

The Rape of Doctor Willis

as Rollins

New Jack City

as Recovering Addict

Grand Canyon

as Deborah

Wedlock

as Policewoman

Paris Trout

as Mary Sayers

Moe's World

The Fabulous Baker Boys

1989

as Background Voice (voice)

Colors

as Mrs. Craig

Nuts

as Lawyer #2

The Ladies Club

as Patty

Television (35)

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

as Moody O'Neil

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

The Rookie

as Warden Miller

Queen Sugar

as Violet Bordelon

Minority Report

as Lily Vega

Scandal

as CIA Director Lowry

7.2

Friends with Benefits

as Marsha

Parenthood

as Renee Trussell

Drop Dead Diva

as Judge Nora Lafford

7.7

In Plain Sight

2008

as Denise McBride / Denise Morris

Heroes

as Paulette Hawkins

Criminal Minds

as Nora

NCIS

as Pamela Fox

Nip/Tuck

as Warden DeMarco

Threat Matrix

as The female pathologist

6.0

For the People

2002

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Judge Witherspoon

Strong Medicine

as Brenda Babson

Family Law

as Judge Alice Kingston

Martial Law

as Halle Winship

The Temptations

as Haze

The Practice

as Mrs. Johnson

JAG

as Juanita Ressler

as Evelyn Pratt

Touched by an Angel

as Sis

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Lee

Love & War

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Felicity Ashe

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

1990

as Mrs. Hoover

7.9

It's Garry Shandling's Show

as Nurse Helen

Murder, She Wrote

as Leora Cargill

Hunter

as Frankie Mason

T. J. Hooker

as Lorraine

Knots Landing

as Washroom Attendant

6.8