Tembi Locke | |
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 Locke in 2019 | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouses | Saro Gullo (m. 1995;died 2012)Robert (m. 2020) |
| Children | 1 |
Tembi Locke is an American actress who has appeared in television shows and film. She is best known as Dr. Grace Monroe on Syfy's series Eureka and as Dr. Diana Davis in Sliders . Locke is also the author of the bestselling memoir, From Scratch, which was later adapted into a limited series by Netflix. [1]
Born to civil rights activist parents, she attended Alief Hastings High School in Houston. After high school, Locke lived for a time in Italy on a foreign exchange program. While there, she appeared several times on Italian television, including the Carnevale Di Venezia.[ citation needed ] After returning to the United States, she graduated with an art history degree from Wesleyan University, in Connecticut.[ citation needed ]
Locke and her husband, Rosario "Saro" Gullo, a Sicilian chef, lived and worked in Los Angeles, California. He died in 2012 from cancer. [2] She married her partner Robert in 2020 whom she met in 2016. [3]
While in New York, Locke appeared in several off-Broadway productions,[ dubious – discuss ] and landed a role on the long-running soap opera As The World Turns.[ citation needed ] Afterward, she moved to Los Angeles. Her prime-time television career began by playing one of Will Smith's love interests on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air .
Locke has appeared in numerous television dramas, comedies, and films over the course of her career. She played Dr. Grace Monroe, a biotech specialist, on seasons four and five of Syfy's series EUReKA (2010–2012). She also starred as Dr. Diana Davis on season five of the Fox/Syfy show Sliders (1999–2000).
Locke's television work includes shows such as Castle , Bones , The Mentalist , Windfall , CSI: NY , and Beverly Hills, 90210 . Her comedic turns include Friends , The Jamie Foxx Show , House of Payne , Like Family , and Raising Dad , among others. She has appeared in a number of movies made for television, including Black Widow, Final Approach and Born in the USA. In 2014, Locke appeared as Dr. Walcott in Dumb and Dumber To .
As of October 2018, her most recent work is in the second installment of Hulu original "Into the Dark" series. She plays the therapist in the episode Flesh & Blood.
Locke's memoir, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily and Finding Home (published April 30, 2019), is about her romance with her Italian husband and her grief after his untimely death. From Scratch was later adapted by producer Reese Witherspoon and writer Marguerite MacIntyre into a limited series starring Zoe Saldana for Hello Sunshine, 3 Arts, Cinestar and Netflix. [4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | Ringer | Neely | |
| 1997 | Steel | Norma | |
| 1999 | Unbowed | Cleola | |
| 2003 | Art of Revenge | Isabel ‘Izzy’ Bloom | Video |
| 2010 | Words Unspoken | Nurse Euphoria Mayes | Short |
| 2011 | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | Guinness Woman | |
| 2014 | Dumb and Dumber To | Dr. Katie Walcott | |
| 2018 | Collusions | Regina Thomason | |
| 2019 | The Obituary of Tunde Johnson | Yomi Johnson |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1994 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Valerie Johnson | Episode: ″Grumpy Young Men″ |
| 1995 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Mindy | Episode: “One Is the Loneliest Number” |
| Me and the Boys | Sheryl | Episode: “The Age of Reason” | |
| Night Stand | Fran | Episode: ″Athletes as Role Models” | |
| 1995–96 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Lisa Dixon | Recurring cast (season 6) |
| 1996 | Martin | Linda Livingston | Episode: “Kicked to the Curb” |
| Star Command | Ens. Meg Dundee | TV movie | |
| In the House | Shanna | Episodes: “One Love″ & “This is a Test” | |
| 1997 | Claude's Crib | Kaylene | Main cast |
| Hitz | Lisa | Episode: “Pilot” | |
| The Wayans Bros. | Donna | Episode: “Pops’ Daughter” | |
| 1997–98 | Michael Hayes | Gina | Episodes: “True Blue” & “Vaughn Mower” |
| 1998 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Monique | Episode: “Guess Who’s Not Coming to Dinner?″ |
| 1999 | Friends | Karin | Episode: “The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel” |
| 1999–00 | Sliders | Dr. Diana Davis | Main cast (season 5) |
| 2000 | Bull | - | Episodes: “One Night in Bangkok” & “In the Black” |
| The Hughleys | Myisha | Episode: “Darryl’s Victory Tour” | |
| 2001 | Blind Men | - | TV movie |
| 2001–02 | Raising Dad | Vice Principal Liz Taylor | Recurring cast |
| 2002 | One on One | Dr. Tiddlehorn | Episode: “Misery” |
| Prep | - | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Touched by an Angel | Amanda | Episode: “And a Nightingale Sang” |
| The Division | Nora Lowell AKA Vick | Episode: “Misdirection” | |
| Eve | Cammie | Episode: “The Talk” | |
| 2004 | Like Family | Ethel | Recurring cast |
| The Bernie Mac Show | Mrs. Melanie Diggs | Episode: “Thanksgiving” | |
| Quintuplets | Jill | Episode: “(Disdainfully) the Helbergs” | |
| 2005 | Unscripted | Olivia Ross | Episodes “Episode #1.8” & “Episode #1.10” |
| 2006 | CSI: NY | Ellen Fielding | Episode: “Charge of the Post” |
| Windfall | Addie Townsend | Recurring cast | |
| 2007 | The ½ Hour News Hour | - | Episode: “Town Hall: Identity Politics” |
| Born in the USA | - | TV movie | |
| Final Approach | Jackie Reynolds | TV movie | |
| 2008 | Black Widow | Jill Keegan | TV movie |
| House of Payne | Lisa | Episode: “Compromising Positions” | |
| 2009 | The Mentalist | Marshal Christy Knox | Episode: “Red Sauce” |
| 2010 | Bones | Marilyn Stoddard | Episode: “The Predator in the Pool” |
| 2010–12 | Eureka | Dr. Grace Monroe | Main cast (seasons 4–5) |
| 2012 | Castle | Beth Cabot | Episode: “Secret Santa” |
| 2014 | NCIS | Alice Kent Staley | Episode: “The Searchers” |
| 2015 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Doctor Tembi Blaine | Episode: “My First Thanksgiving with Josh!” |
| 2015–16 | The Magicians | Dr. Jennifer London | Episode: “Unauthorized Magic” & “The World in the Walls” |
| 2016 | 12 Deadly Days | Ms Whitmore | Episode: “Singers Slaying” |
| 2017 | Private Dick | Judy | Episode: “Pilot” |
| Doubt | Iris Taylor | Episode: “Finally” | |
| The Climb | Babe | TV movie | |
| Animal Kingdom | Monica | Recurring cast (season 2) | |
| S.W.A.T. | Trisha Watson | Episode: “Imposters” | |
| 2017–18 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Leigha Winters | Episodes: “Mountebank” & “Vendetta” |
| 2018 | Into the Dark | Dr. Helen Saunders | Episode: “Flesh & Blood” |
| 2019 | Proven Innocent | Vanessa Dale | Recurring cast |
| 2020, 2021, 2023 | Never Have I Ever | Elise Torres | Recurring cast (season 1), guest (1 episode each, seasons 2, 4) |
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