Tembi Locke

Tembekile "Tembi" Locke (born July 26, 1970) 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 and has appeared in such shows as The Mentalist, Castle and Bones.

Tembi Locke
Locke in 2013
Born
Tembekile Locke

(1970-07-26) July 26, 1970
Houston, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActress, activist
Years active1994–present
Children1

Life and Career

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 Carnivale Di Venez.[1] After returning to the United States, she graduated with an art history degree from Wesleyan University, in Connecticut. She speaks fluent Italian.[2]

After college, Locke moved to New York City, where she worked on the CBS serial drama As the World Turns, while attending school during the day and waiting tables at night. She studied at Circle in the Square with William Esper. Locke and her husband, an Italian chef, live and work in Los Angeles, California. Her husband died in 2012. She is a vegetarian, and urban homesteader, regularly growing produce on vacant lots in the city.[2] Locke is a gourmet cook, and also enjoys hiking, running and fishing.[1] She is involved in several social activism programs.[2]

Career

While in New York, Locke appeared in several off-Broadway productions, and landed a role on the long-running soap opera As The World Turns. 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.

While her body of work involves mainly episodic television as well as several made-for-TV movies, she has worked in more than 50 American television ad campaigns. 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 transracial romance with her Italian husband and her grief after his untimely death.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1994The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirValerie JohnsonEpisode: ″Grumpy Young Men″
1995Hangin' with Mr. CooperMindyEpisode: “One Is the Loneliest Number”
1995Me and the BoysSherylEpisode: “The Age of Reason”
1995Night StandFranEpisode: ″Athletes as Role Models”
1995-1996Beverly Hills, 90210Lisa DixonRecurring (Season 6)
1996MartinLinda LivingstonEpisode: “Kicked to the Curb”
1996In the FoldEns. Meg DundeeTV Movie
1996In the HouseShannaEpisodes: “One Love″, “This is a Test”
1996RingerNeelyFilm
1997Claude’s CribKayleneMain (Season 1)
1997SteelNormaFilm
1997HitzLisaEpisode: “Pilot”
1997The Wayans Bros.DonnaEpisode: “Pops’ Daughter”
1997-1998Michael HayesGinaEpisodes: “True Blue”, “Vaughn Mower”
1998The Jamie Foxx ShowMoniqueEpisode: “Guess Who’s Not Coming to Dinner?″
1999FriendsKarinEpisode: “The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel”
1999UnbowedCleolaFilm
1999-2000SlidersDr. Diana DavisMain (Season 5)
2000BullUnknownEpisodes: “One Night in Bangkok”, “In the Black”
2000The HughleysMyishaEpisode: “Darryl’s Victory Tour”
2001Blind MenUnknownTV Movie
2001-2002Raising DadVice Principal Liz TaylorRecurring (Season 1)
2002One on OneDr. TiddlehornEpisode: “Misery”
2002PrepUnknownTV Movie
2003Touched by an AngelAmandaEpisode: “And a Nightingale Sang”
2003Art of RevengeIsabel ‘Izzy’ BloomVideo
2003The DivisionNora Lowell AKA VickEpisode: “Misdirection”
2003EveCammieEpisode: “The Talk”
2004Like FamilyEthelRecurring (Season 1)
2004The Bernie Mac ShowMrs. DiggsEpisode: “Thanksgiving”
2004QuintupletsJillEpisode: “(Disdainfully) the Helbergs”
2005UnscriptedScammed/Acting StudentEpisodes “Episode #1.8”, “Episode #1.10”
2006CSI: NYEllen FieldingEpisode: “Charge of the Post”
2006WindfallAddie TownsendRecurring (Season 1)
2007The ½ Hour News HourUnknownEpisode: “Town Hall: Identity Politics”
2007Born in the USAUnknownTV Movie
2007Final ApproachJackie ReynoldsTV Movie
2007 Shooter Claire Hopkins TV series
2008Black WidowJill KeeganTV Movie
2008House of PayneLisaEpisode: “Compromising Positions”
2009The MentalistMarshal Christy KnoxEpisode: “Red Sauce”
2010Words UnspokenNurse MayesShort
2010BonesMarilyn StoddardEpisode: “The Predator in the Pool”
2010-2012EurekaGrace MonroeMain (Seasons 4-5)
2011Bucky Larson: Born to Be a StarGuinness WomanFilm
2012CastleBeth CabotEpisode: “Secret Santa”
2014Dumb and Dumber ToDr. WalcottFilm
2014NCISAlice Kent StaleyEpisode: “The Searchers”
2015Crazy Ex-GirlfriendDoctorEpisode: “My First Thanksgiving with Josh!”
2015-2016The MagiciansDr. Jennifer LondonEpisodes: “Unauthorized Magic”, “The World in the Walls”
201612 Deadly DaysUnknownMini Series
2017Private DickJudyMini Series
2017DoubtIris TaylorEpisode: “Finally”
2017Animal KingdomMonicaEpisodes: “Karma”, “Bleed for It”
2017The ClimbBabeTV Movie
2017S.W.A.T.Trisha WatsonEpisode: “Imposters”
2017-2018NCIS: Los AngelesLeigha WintersEpisodes: “Mountebank”, “Vendetta”
2018CollusionsReginaFilm
2018Into the DarkDr. Helen SaundersEpisode: “Flesh & Blood”
2019Proven InnocentVanessa DaleEpisodes: “A Minor Confession”, “Living and Dying in East Cleveland”
2019The Obituary of Tunde JohnsonYomi JohnsonFilm

References
  1. Earth 62
  2. Tembi Locke Advocacy
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