Tembi Locke

Diana Davis in Sliders. Locke is also the author of the bestselling memoir, From Scratch, which she later adapted into a limited series, with her sister Attica Locke for Netflix.

• Name — Tembi Locke • Occupation — * Actress • writer • Years Active — 1994–present • Children — 1

Locke and her husband, Rosario "Saro" Gullo, a Sicilian chef, lived and worked in Los Angeles, California. He died in 2012 from cancer. She married her partner Robert in 2020 whom she met in 2016.

While in New York, Locke 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 EURKA (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. • Illustration — Locke in 2019 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 later adapted with her sister into a limited series, starring Zoe Saldaña. The series was produced by Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine, 3 Arts, Cinestar. It was released by Netflix on October 22, 2022.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 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” • 1995–96 — Beverly Hills, 90210 — Lisa Dixon — Recurring cast (season 6) • 1996 — Night Stand with Dick Dietrick — Fran — Episode: ″Athletes as Role Models” • 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” • 2001–02 — Raising Dad — Vice Principal Liz Taylor — Recurring cast • 2002 — One on One — Dr. Tiddlehorn — Episode: “Misery” • 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” • 2008 — 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” • 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 • 2020–23 — Never Have I Ever — Elise Torres — Recurring cast (season 1), guest (1 episode each, seasons 2, 4) • 2022 — From Scratch — Co-creator, writer and executive producer • Before I Let Go — Writer, showrunner and executive producer

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1999 — Fleet Command — Lieutenant Commander Jane Colter, USN Intelligence Officer

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