Tembi Locke

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.

Life and career 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.

Career 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.

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 Saldaña for Hello Sunshine, 3 Arts, Cinestar and Netflix.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 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

Television 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 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 2020–23 Never Have I Ever Elise Torres Recurring cast (season 1), guest (1 episode each, seasons 2, 4)

Video games Year Title Role Notes 1999 Fleet Command Lieutenant Commander Jane Colter, USN Intelligence Officer