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Tina Lifford
Tina Lifford
	Lifford in 2019
Born	Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, Author, Playwright
Years active	1983–present
Website	www.tinalifford.com

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Tina Lifford is an American actress and playwright.^[1] She is best known for her leading role as single mother Joan Mosley in the critically acclaimed but short-lived Fox comedy-drama series, South Central (1994), and her recurring role as Renee Trussell in the NBC drama series, Parenthood (2010–2015). She has starring roles in the feature films Grand Canyon (1991), Blood Work (2002), and Hostage (2005). In 2016, Lifford began starring as Violet Bordelon (Aunt Vi) in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Queen Sugar.

Life and career

Tina Lifford began her career in 1980s, appearing on television shows include Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, and Murder, She Wrote. From 1983 to 1988, she had the recurring role on Knots Landing. In film, she made her debut in The Ladies Club (1986).^[2] The following years, she had appeared in films include Nuts (1987), Colors (1988), Paris Trout (1991), Grand Canyon (1991), Letters from a Killer (1998), Panic (2000), Pay It Forward (2000), Joe Somebody (2001), Blood Work (2002), Hostage (2005), and Catch and Release (2006).

Lifford played the leading role as single mother Joan Mosley in the critically acclaimed but short-lived Fox comedy-drama series, South Central (1994).^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] In addition to her leading role on South Central, Lifford was regular cast member on the short-lived NBC drama, Crisis Center (1997).^[8] She had number of starring roles on the made-for-television movies, include The Ernest Green Story (1993), Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story (1996) playing Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mandela and de Klerk (1997) as Winnie Mandela, The Temptations (1998), and The Loretta Claiborne Story (2000) starring Kimberly Elise.^[2]

During her career, Lifford had guest-starring roles in over 50 shows, include Touched by an Angel, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Any Day Now, NYPD Blue, NCIS, ER, and Nip/Tuck. She also had the recurring roles on Family Law (1999–2001), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004–2005), Lincoln Heights (2007–2009), Parenthood (2010–2015) as Joy Bryant's mother, and Scandal (2015).

In 2016, Lifford was cast in her first series regular role as of 1990s, in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Queen Sugar produced by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey. She plays the role of Violet Bordelon, the aunt to the Bordelon siblings Nova (Rutina Wesley), Ralph Angel (Kofi Siriboe) and Charley (Dawn-Lyen Gardner). Violet is a spunky woman involved in a long-term relationship with a younger man (played by Omar Dorsey).^[9] For her performance, Lifford received two NAACP Image Awards nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, as well as Black Reel Awards nomination.^[10]^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Why Me?	-	TV Movie
1986	The Ladies Club	Patty
1987	Jaws: The Revenge	Additional Voices
1987	Nuts	Lawyer #2
1988	Colors	Mrs. Craig
1988	Casual Sex?	Additional Voices
1989	The Fabulous Baker Boys	Background Voice
1990	Moe's World	-	TV Movie
1991	New Jack City	Recovering Addict
	Paris Trout	Mary Sayers
	Wedlock	Policewoman
	The Rape of Doctor Willis	Officer Rollins	TV Movie
	Grand Canyon	Deborah
1992	Bébé's Kids	Additional Voices
1993	The Ernest Green Story	Mrs. Green	TV Movie
	Doppelganger	Additional Voices
	Born Too Soon	Latanya	TV Movie
	Country Estates	Robyn Carver	TV Movie
1994	In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance	Jean	TV Movie
1995	Babe	Sheep (voice)
	Divas	Geraldine	TV Movie
	A Streetcar Named Desire	The Neighbor	TV Movie
1996	America's Dream	Sarah	TV Movie
	Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	TV Movie
	After Jimmy	Susan Johnson	TV Movie
	The Longest Season	Employment Counselor	Short
1997	Mandela and de Klerk	Winnie Mandela	TV Movie
1997	Cloned	Claire Barnes	TV Movie
1998	Letters from a Killer	Elizabeth
	Secrets	-	Short
	The Temptations	Haze	TV Movie
2000	Panic	Dr. Leavitt
	The '70s	Aunt Olavee	TV Movie
	Pay It Forward	Principal
2001	A Girl Thing	Sharon	TV Movie
	Amy's Orgasm	Irene Barris
	Joe Somebody	Cassandra Taylor
2002	Blood Work	Detective Jaye Winston
2005	Hostage	Laura Shoemaker
2005	Urban Legends: Bloody Mary	Grace Taylor	Video
2006	Catch and Release	Eve
2010	The Ties That Bind	Karen White	Short
2016	The Devil's Dolls	Della
2017	A Gift to Remember	Mrs. Henley	TV Movie
2019	Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2	Mrs. Henley	TV Movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Hill Street Blues	Stenographer	Episode: "Death by Kiki"
1983-88	Knots Landing	Tina	Recurring Cast: Season 5-9
1984	Cagney & Lacey	Precinct Officer	Episode: "The Bounty Hunter"
1984-85	T.J. Hooker	Lorraine/Nurse	Episode: "Hooker's Run" & "The Assassin"
1985	Murder, She Wrote	Leora Cargill	Episode: "Tough Guys Don't Die"
1986	Amen	Ruth	Episode: "Maitre D'eacon"
1987	Perfect Strangers	Mrs. Cooper	Episode: "Dog Gone Blues"
	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Nurse Helen	Episode: "Pete Has an Affair"
	Jake and the Fatman	-	Episode: "Fatal Attraction"
	Days of Our Lives	Dora/Nurse Audrey	Episode: "Episode #1.5424" & "Episode #1.5601"
	Frank's Place	Ray's Wife	Episode: "Season's Greetings"
1988	Simon & Simon	Elissa Byers	Episodes: "Love Song of Abigail Marsh" & "Shadows"
1989	Tour of Duty	Nurse Pritchard	Episode: "Doc Hock"
1990	Hunter	Frankie Mason	Episode: "Unacceptable Loss"
1991	True Colors	Ruth	Episode: "A Moment of Ruth"
	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Mrs. Hoover	Episode: "The Mother of All Battles"
	Beverly Hills, 90210	Felicity Ashe	Episode: "Ashes to Ashes"
1993	Love & War	Dee Dee Burnette	Episode: "Valentine's Day"
	Life Goes On	Admitting Nurse	Episode: "Five to Midnight
	L.A. Law	Faith Glassman	Episodes: "Pacific Rimshot" & "Safe Sex"
1994	South Central	Joan Mosely	Main Cast
1995	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Lee	Episodes: "Past Tense: Part I & Part II"
1995	Courthouse	Holly Baker	Episode: "Conflict of Interest"
1995-96	American Gothic	Loris Holt	Recurring Cast
1997	Crisis Center	Tess Robinson	Main Cast
1997	Gun	Sally	Episode: "All the President's Women"
1998	Touched by an Angel	Sis	Episode: "Doodlebugs"
	The Practice	Mrs. Johnson	Episode: "Trees in the Forest"
	Martial Law	Halle Winship	Episode: "How Sammo Got His Groove Back"
1998-2000	JAG	Juanita Ressler	Episodes: "JAG TV " & "Act of Terror"
1999–2001	Family Law	Judge Alice Kingston	Recurring Cast
2000	Any Day Now	Savannah Dakar	Episode: "Homegirl"
	The Wonderful World of Disney	Rita Claiborne	Episode: "The Loretta Claiborne Story"
	NYPD Blue	Lorraine Wiggins	Episode: "Brothers Under Arms"
	That's Life	-	Episode: "Pilot"
2001	Judging Amy	Ms. Arroyo	Episode: "Darkness for Light"
2001	Strong Medicine	Brenda Babson	Episode: "Bloodwork"
2003	For the People	-	Episode: "Power Play"
	Karen Sisco	Anya Devlin	Episode: "Blown Away"
	The Lyon's Den	Halle Berger	Episode: "Hubris"
2004	Threat Matrix	The Female Pathologist	Episode: "PPX"
2004–05	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Judge Witherspoon	Recurring Cast: Season 5, Guest: Season 6
2005	NCIS	Dr. Pamela Fox	Episode: "Witness"
2005	ER	Evelyn Pratt	Recurring Cast: Season 12
2006	Mystery Woman	Bonnie	Episode: "Sing Me a Murder" & "Redemption"
2006	Heroes	Paulette Hawkins	Episode: "Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap'"
2007–09	Lincoln Heights	Dorothy Hammond	Recurring Cast: Season 2-4
2008	In Plain Sight	Denise McBride / Denise Morris	Episode: "Iris Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
2008	Cold Case	Phoebe Curtis '08	Episode: "Triple Threat"
2009	Nip/Tuck	Warden DeMarco	Recurring Cast: Season 6
2010	Criminal Minds	Nora	Episode: "...A Thousand Words"
2010–15	Parenthood	Renee Trussell	Recurring Cast: Season 2 & 4; Guest: Season 1 & 3, 5-6
2011	The Protector	-	Episode: "Class"
2011	Friends with Benefits	Marsha	Episode: "The Benefit of Forgetting"
2012	Drop Dead Diva	Judge Nora Lafford	Episode: "Welcome Back"
2012	Single Ladies	Evelyn Lancaster	Recurring Cast: Season 2
2015	Minority Report	Lily Vega	Recurring Cast
2016	Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	Brenda Willis	Episode: "Denial"
2016–	Queen Sugar	Violet Bordelon	Main Cast
2015–17	Scandal	CIA Director Lowry	Recurring Cast: Season 4 & 6

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Recipient	Outcome
1996	CableACE Awards	CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series	"America's Dream"	Nominated
2018	NAACP Image Award	NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	"Queen Sugar"	Nominated
2019	Black Reel Awards	Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series	"Queen Sugar"	Nominated
2020	NAACP Image Award	NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	"Queen Sugar"	Nominated

References

^ Childs, Joy (February 7, 2011). "Tina Lifford shares her circle". Los Angeles Sentinel. Archived from the original on September 21, 1016. Retrieved February 16, 2016. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; September 21, 2016 suggested (help)
^ ^a ^b "Tina Lifford Biography ((?)-)". Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ Rosenberg, Howard (April 4, 1994). "Fox Looks Inside 'South Central'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ "'South Central' Dares To Be Realistic". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ "South Central - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ Scott, Tony. "South Central". Variety. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ Armour, TJ (April 3, 2014). "Actress Tina Lifford changing lives with The Inner Fitness Project". Rolling Out. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ "Crisis Center". TVGuide.com. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ Denise Petski (February 16, 2016). "Tina Lifford, Dondré Whitfield, Timon Kyle Durrett & Nicholas L. Ashe Join OWN's 'Queen Sugar'". Deadline. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
^ "Tina Lifford". IMDb.
^ "NAACP's Image Awards List of Winners: Lizzo, 'Just Mercy,' 'black-ish-". February 23, 2020.

External links

Tina Lifford at IMDb

[1] Childs, Joy (February 7, 2011). "Tina Lifford shares her circle". Los Angeles Sentinel. Archived from the original on September 21, 1016. Retrieved February 16, 2016. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; September 21, 2016 suggested (help)

[ref-2] "Tina Lifford Biography ((?)-)". Retrieved January 25, 2016.

[3] Rosenberg, Howard (April 4, 1994). "Fox Looks Inside 'South Central'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

[4] "'South Central' Dares To Be Realistic". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

[5] "South Central - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

[6] Scott, Tony. "South Central". Variety. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

[7] Armour, TJ (April 3, 2014). "Actress Tina Lifford changing lives with The Inner Fitness Project". Rolling Out. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

[8] "Crisis Center". TVGuide.com. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

[9] Denise Petski (February 16, 2016). "Tina Lifford, Dondré Whitfield, Timon Kyle Durrett & Nicholas L. Ashe Join OWN's 'Queen Sugar'". Deadline. Retrieved February 16, 2016.

[10] "Tina Lifford". IMDb.

[11] "NAACP's Image Awards List of Winners: Lizzo, 'Just Mercy,' 'black-ish-". February 23, 2020.

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 Tina Lifford began her career in 1980s, appearing on television shows include ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'', ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]'', and ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''. From 1983 to 1988, she had the recurring role on ''[[Knots Landing]]''. In film, she made her debut in ''[[The Ladies Club]]'' (1986).<ref name=ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/99/Tina-Lifford.html|title=Tina Lifford Biography ((?)-)|access-date= January 25, 2016}}</ref> The following years, she had appeared in films include ''[[Nuts (1987 film)|Nuts]]'' (1987), ''[[Colors (film)|Colors]]'' (1988), ''[[Paris Trout]]'' (1991), ''[[Grand Canyon (1991 film)|Grand Canyon]]'' (1991), ''[[Letters from a Killer]]'' (1998), ''[[Panic (2000 film)|Panic]]'' (2000), ''[[Pay It Forward (film)|Pay It Forward]]'' (2000), ''[[Joe Somebody]]'' (2001), ''[[Blood Work (film)|Blood Work]]'' (2002), ''[[Hostage (2005 film)|Hostage]]'' (2005), and ''[[Catch and Release (2006 film)|Catch and Release]]'' (2006).
-Lifford played the leading role as single mother Joan Mosley in the critically acclaimed but short-lived Fox comedy-drama series, ''[[South Central (TV series)|South Central]]'' (1994).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-04/entertainment/ca-42165_1_south-central|title=Fox Looks Inside 'South Central'|work=latimes|first=Howard|last=Rosenberg|date=April 4, 1994|access-date= January 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-04-04/features/9404040031_1_joan-mosley-south-central-tasha-scott|title='South Central' Dares To Be Realistic|work=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|access-date=January 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ew.com/article/1994/04/01/south-central|title=South Central - EW.com|work=Entertainment Weekly's EW.com|access-date= January 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/south-central-3-1200436858/|title=South Central|first=Tony |last=Scott|work=Variety|access-date= January 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rollingout.com/2014/04/03/tina-lifford/|first=TJ|last=Armour|title=Actress Tina Lifford changing lives with The Inner Fitness Project|work=Rolling Out|date=April 3, 2014|access-date= January 25, 2016}}</ref> In addition to her leading role on ''[[South Central (TV series)|South Central]]'', Lifford was regular cast member on the short-lived NBC drama, ''[[Crisis Center]]'' (1997).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/crisis-center/cast/200730|title=Crisis Center|work=TVGuide.com|access-date= January 25, 2016}}</ref> She had number of starring roles on the made-for-television movies, include ''[[The Ernest Green Story]]'' (1993), ''Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story'' (1996) playing [[Jackie Joyner-Kersee]], ''[[Mandela and de Klerk]]'' (1997) as [[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela|Winnie Mandela]], ''[[The Temptations (miniseries)|The Temptations]]'' (1998), and ''[[Loretta Claiborne|The Loretta Claiborne Story]]'' (2000) starring [[Kimberly Elise]].<ref name=ref/>
+Lifford played the leading role as single mother Joan Mosley in the critically acclaimed but short-lived Fox comedy-drama series, ''[[South Central (TV series)|South Central]]'' (1994).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-04/entertainment/ca-42165_1_south-central|title=Fox Looks Inside 'South Central'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Howard|last=Rosenberg|date=April 4, 1994|access-date= January 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-04-04/features/9404040031_1_joan-mosley-south-central-tasha-scott|title='South Central' Dares To Be Realistic|work=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|access-date=January 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ew.com/article/1994/04/01/south-central|title=South Central - EW.com|work=Entertainment Weekly's EW.com|access-date= January 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/south-central-3-1200436858/|title=South Central|first=Tony |last=Scott|work=Variety|access-date= January 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rollingout.com/2014/04/03/tina-lifford/|first=TJ|last=Armour|title=Actress Tina Lifford changing lives with The Inner Fitness Project|work=Rolling Out|date=April 3, 2014|access-date= January 25, 2016}}</ref> In addition to her leading role on ''[[South Central (TV series)|South Central]]'', Lifford was regular cast member on the short-lived NBC drama, ''[[Crisis Center]]'' (1997).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/crisis-center/cast/200730|title=Crisis Center|work=TVGuide.com|access-date= January 25, 2016}}</ref> She had number of starring roles on the made-for-television movies, include ''[[The Ernest Green Story]]'' (1993), ''Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story'' (1996) playing [[Jackie Joyner-Kersee]], ''[[Mandela and de Klerk]]'' (1997) as [[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela|Winnie Mandela]], ''[[The Temptations (miniseries)|The Temptations]]'' (1998), and ''[[Loretta Claiborne|The Loretta Claiborne Story]]'' (2000) starring [[Kimberly Elise]].<ref name=ref/>
 During her career, Lifford had guest-starring roles in over 50 shows, include ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', ''[[Any Day Now (TV series)|Any Day Now]]'', ''[[NYPD Blue]]'', ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', and ''[[Nip/Tuck]]''. She also had the recurring roles on ''[[Family Law (American TV series)|Family Law]]'' (1999–2001), ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' (2004–2005), ''[[Lincoln Heights (TV series)|Lincoln Heights]]'' (2007–2009), ''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]'' (2010–2015) as [[Joy Bryant]]'s mother, and ''[[Scandal (TV series)|Scandal]]'' (2015).