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Tonya Pinkins

Tonya Pinkins

Actor May 30 (age 63) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1970–2025 (55 year career)
6.6 avg rating

Biography

Tonya Pinkins was born in Chicago, Illinois. She has four children. Her father was a police officer and insurance salesman and her mother is a former postal worker. She has two brothers, Eric Swoope and Thomas Swoope and a sister Tamera Swoope from whom she is estranged. She was interested in the arts from a young age. In high school, she studied acting at the Goodman Theatre Young People's Program. Aged 18, she briefly attended college and decided to pursue an acting career instead. She …

Known For

Enchanted
Film

Enchanted

Phoebe Banks
The Book of Henry
Film

The Book of Henry

Principal Wilder
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Film

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

Leslie
My Days of Mercy
Film

My Days of Mercy

Agatha
Above the Rim
Film

Above the Rim

Mailika
Romance & Cigarettes
Film

Romance & Cigarettes

Female Medic
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
Film

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...

Self
Criminal Minds
Film

Criminal Minds

Det. Nora Bennett

Filmography

Acting (55)

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