Tonye Patano

Acting

Born October 16, 1961, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tonye T. Patano (born October 16, 1961) is an American actress. She may be best known as "Heylia James" on the television series Weeds. She has appeared in television shows such as Law & Order, Sex and the City, Monk and Third Watch. Patano was in the original cast of the Broadway play, 45 Seconds from Broadway by Neil Simon. At age 35, she was diagnosed with diabetes, and she suffered a stroke in 2005.

Filmography

• 2023Eileen — Mrs. Stevens
• 2022Topside — Violet
• FBI: Most Wanted — Susan 'Mama B' Barnes
• 2020Pete Can't Play Basketball — Mary
• Power Book II: Ghost — Dean Ida Brooks
• Tommy — Mrs. Gates
• 2019A Vigilante — Counselor Beverly
• 2019Friendly Neighborhood Coven — Cordelia
• 2019The Savant — Sandra Chilton
• 2017Good Luck: In Farsi
• 2017Roxanne Roxanne — Ms. Denise
• SMILF — Aunt Valerie
• 2016How To Tell You're A Douchebag — Miss Lady
• 2016Jack of the Red Hearts — Miz
• Sneaky Pete — Libby Metzger
• 2015Time Out of Mind — Ms. Jackson
• Younger — Akilah
• 2014The David Dance — Mrs. P
• 2013Diving Normal — Anne
• The Americans — Viola Johnson
• The Blacklist — Judge Hurban
• 2012County — Liz
• Elementary — Dolores Murphy
• 2011The Great Fight — Sandra Chilton
• 2009Loving Leah — Emily
• 2009Stolen — Elsie Mauer
• 2009The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 — Regina, conductor
• Eli Stone — Judge Flora Simms
• 2007American Loser — Mrs. Shelby
• 2007The Savages — Ms. Robinson
• 2005Little Manhattan — Birdie
• Weeds — Heylia James
• 2004Imaginary Heroes — Big Mean Teacher
• 2004Messengers — Linda Mabry
• Hope & Faith — Receptionist
• Monk — Woman on Train
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Board Member #2
• Deadline — Nurse Alice
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Linda Maskin, Ann, Sally
• Now and Again
• 1999The Hurricane — Woman at Prison
• Third Watch — Danielle
• 1998A Price Above Rubies — Earring Woman
• Sex and the City — Ruby
• 1992Highway Heartbreaker — Carolyn
• Law & Order — Officer Feldman, Linda Maskin
• 1984The Jesse Owens Story — Laverne Owens