Lynn Whitfield
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 15, 1953 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Biography
Lynn Whitfield (née Smith; born February 15, 1953) is an American actress. She began her acting career in television and theatre before progressing to supporting roles in film. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her breakout performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO biographical film The Josephine Baker Story (1991). In the 1990s, Whitfield played leading roles in a number of made-for-television movies and had several starring roles in theatrical films, including A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), Gone Fishin' (1997), Eve's Bayou (1997), Stepmom (1998), Head of State (2003), Madea's Family Reunion (2006), and The Women (2008). Whitfield also starred in a number of movies in the 2000s and 2010s. From 2016 to 2020, she starred as Lady Mae Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network dramatic series Greenleaf, for which she won critical acclaim and garnered two NAACP Image Awards and a Gracie Award. She later appeared in the films Nappily Ever After (2018), Vacation Friends (2021), and The Retirement Plan (2023). Whitfield has won a total of seven NAACP Image Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lynn Whitfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
Movie · as Dorothea Garibaldi
Strung
Movie · as Audra Jelani
Eyes of Wakanda
TV · as Older Noni (voice) · 1 ep
Albany Road
Movie · as Paula Henderson
St. Denis Medical
TV · as Barb · 1 ep
The Retirement Plan
Movie · as Drisdale
We Need a Little Christmas
Movie · as Irene
Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Woman in Motion
Movie · as Self
Vacation Friends
Movie · as Suzanne
Tales from the Hood 3
Movie · as Marie Benoît
The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Nappily Ever After
Movie · as Paulette Jones
Solace
Movie · as Irene
The Resident
TV · as Josephine Okeke · 1 ep
The Chi
TV · as Alicia · 12 eps
Espionage Tonight
Movie · as Sydney Greenstreet
Steve
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Prayer Never Fails
Movie · as Loral Brown
Greenleaf
TV · as Lady Mae Greenleaf · 60 eps
Fear Files
Movie · as Madam Mabry
The Ugly Duckling
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
My Other Mother
Movie · as Mary Jo
30 Days in Atlanta
Movie · as Clara
Lap Dance
Movie · as Momma Pearl
The Fright Night Files
Movie · as Madame Mabry
How to Get Away with Murder
TV · as Mary Walker · 3 eps
Chasing Life
TV · as Karen Callahan · 1 ep
King's Faith
Movie · as Vanessa
Lonely Boy
Movie · as Dr. Christine Nolan
24 Hour Love
Movie · as Cynthia
The Last Letter
Movie · as Lorraine
And Then There Was You
Movie · as Sophia Brent
The Dempsey Sisters
Movie · as Olivia Norman
Act Like You Love Me
Movie · as Harriett Lofton
Fatal Attraction
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
Somebody's Child
Movie · as Constance
The Redemption of a Dog
Movie · as Francine
Battlefield America
Movie · as Ms. Parker
All Things Fall Apart
Movie · as Bee
Mama, I Want to Sing!
Movie · as Lillian Winter
The Rebound
Movie · as Laura Reilly
PoliWood
Movie · as Self
FlashForward
TV · as Anastasia Markham · 1 ep
Kings of the Evening
Movie · as Gracie
The Women
Movie · as Glenda Hill
Madea's Family Reunion
Movie · as Victoria
The Cheetah Girls 2
Movie · as Dorothea Garibaldi
Confessions
Movie · as Dr. Page
Shark
TV · as Anita Astin · 1 ep
The Tyra Banks Show
TV · 1 ep
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Movie · as Barbara Becnel
The Cheetah Girls
Movie · as Dorothea Garibaldi
Head of State
Movie · as Debra Lassiter
A Time for Dancing
Movie · as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
Without a Trace
TV · as Paula Van Doren · 6 eps
A Girl Thing
TV · as Nia Morgan · 4 eps
Boston Public
TV · as Louanna Harper · 3 eps
Strong Medicine
TV · as Dr. Marshall · 1 ep
Deep in My Heart
Movie · as Corrine Burrell
The Color of Courage
Movie · as Minnie McGhee
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
Movie · as Lori Jackson
Love Songs
Movie · as Jean Simpson
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Movie · as Herself
The Wedding
Movie · as Corinne Coles
Stepmom
Movie · as Dr. P. Sweikert
Gone Fishin'
Movie · as Angie
Eve's Bayou
Movie · as Roz Batiste
The Planet of Junior Brown
Movie · as Mrs. Brown
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Movie · as Brandi
Sophie and the Moonhanger
Movie · as Sophie
Saturday Night Special
TV · 1 ep
Promised Land
TV · as Dr. Serena Hall · 1 ep
In the Army Now
Movie · as Sgt. Ladd
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
Movie · as Bobbie Mallory
State of Emergency
Movie · as Dehlia Johnson
The Cosby Mysteries
TV · 18 eps
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Dr. Serena Hall · 1 ep
Taking the Heat
Movie · as Carolyn Hunter
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Stompin' at the Savoy
Movie · as Esther
Martin
TV · as Ellen · 2 eps
The Josephine Baker Story
Movie · as Josephine Baker
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
Movie
Zora is My Name!
Movie
The Women of Brewster Place
Movie · as Ciel
Snoops
TV · as Denise Kendall · 2 eps
The Women of Brewster Place
TV · as Ciel · 2 eps
The George McKenna Story
Movie · as Bobbie Maxwell
HeartBeat
TV · as Dr. Cory Banks · 18 eps
Jaws: The Revenge
Movie · as Louisa
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Movie · as Self
Dead Aim
Movie · as Sheila Freeman
John Henry
Movie · as Pollie Ann
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Movie · as Johnnie Mae Gibson
Matlock
TV · as Angela Page · 2 eps
Silverado
Movie · as Rae
The Slugger's Wife
Movie · as Tina Alvarado
Tall Tales & Legends
TV · as Pollie Ann · 1 ep
Miami Vice
TV · as Odette Ribaud · 1 ep
Doctor Detroit
Movie · as Thelma Cleland
Trauma Center
TV · 1 ep
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Movie · as Woman in bath
Cagney & Lacey
TV · 2 eps
Matt Houston
TV · as Val · 1 ep
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Annie Callan · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Woman in the bath · 1 ep
Hill Street Blues
TV · as Jill Thomas · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep