Acting · Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA · Born February 15, 1953
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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as Audra Jelani
TVEyes of Wakanda
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as Older Noni (voice)
MovieAlbany Road
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as Paula Henderson
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as Barb
MovieThe Retirement Plan
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as Drisdale
MovieWe Need a Little Christmas
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as Irene
TVSherri
2022
as Self - Guest
MovieVacation Friends
2021
as Suzanne
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2021
as Self
MovieTales from the Hood 3
2020
as Marie Benoît
TVTamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
MovieSolace
2018
as Irene
MovieNappily Ever After
2018
as Paulette Jones
TVThe Resident
2018
as Josephine Okeke
TVThe Chi
2018
as Alicia
MovieEspionage Tonight
2017
as Sydney Greenstreet
TVSteve
2017
as Self
TVGreenleaf
2016
as Lady Mae Greenleaf
MoviePrayer Never Fails
2016
as Loral Brown
MovieFear Files
2015
as Madam Mabry
MovieLap Dance
2014
as Momma Pearl
Movie30 Days in Atlanta
2014
as Clara
The Fright Night Files
2014
as Madame Mabry
TVHow to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Mary Walker
MovieMy Other Mother
2014
as Mary Jo
TVChasing Life
2014
as Karen Callahan
MovieThe Ugly Duckling
2014
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Last Letter
2013
as Lorraine
MovieThe Dempsey Sisters
2013
as Olivia Norman
MovieAnd Then There Was You
2013
as Sophia Brent
MovieAct Like You Love Me
2013
as Harriett Lofton
TVFatal Attraction
2013
as Narrator (voice)
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2013
as Vanessa
Movie24 Hour Love
2013
as Cynthia
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2013
as Dr. Christine Nolan
MovieThe Redemption of a Dog
2012
as Francine
MovieSomebody's Child
2012
as Constance
MovieBattlefield America
2012
as Ms. Parker
MovieAll Things Fall Apart
2011
as Bee
MovieMama, I Want to Sing!
2011
as Lillian Winter
TVFlashForward
2009
as Anastasia Markham
MovieThe Rebound
2009
as Laura Reilly
MoviePoliWood
2009
as Self
MovieThe Women
2008
as Glenda Hill
MovieKings of the Evening
2008
as Gracie
TVShark
2006
as Anita Astin
MovieThe Cheetah Girls 2
2006
as Dorothea Garibaldi
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2006
as Dr. Page
MovieMadea's Family Reunion
2006
as Victoria
TVThe Tyra Banks Show
2005
MovieRedemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004
as Barbara Becnel
MovieThe Cheetah Girls
2003
as Dorothea Garibaldi
MovieHead of State
2003
as Debra Lassiter
TVWithout a Trace
2002
as Paula Van Doren
MovieA Time for Dancing
2002
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
TVA Girl Thing
2001
as Nia Morgan
TVBoston Public
2000
as Louanna Harper
TVStrong Medicine
2000
as Dr. Marshall
MovieIntimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
as Herself
MovieLove Songs
1999
as Jean Simpson
MovieDangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999
as Lori Jackson
MovieDeep in My Heart
1999
as Corrine Burrell
MovieThe Color of Courage
1999
as Minnie McGhee
MovieStepmom
1998
as Dr. P. Sweikert
MovieThe Wedding
1998
as Corinne Coles
MovieEve's Bayou
1997
as Roz Batiste
MovieThe Planet of Junior Brown
1997
as Mrs. Brown
MovieGone Fishin'
1997
as Angie
TVPromised Land
1996
as Dr. Serena Hall
Saturday Night Special
1996
MovieA Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
as Brandi
MovieSophie and the Moonhanger
1996
as Sophie
TVThe Cosby Mysteries
1994
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Dr. Serena Hall
MovieIn the Army Now
1994
as Sgt. Ladd
MovieThicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994
as Bobbie Mallory
MovieState of Emergency
1994
as Dehlia Johnson
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieTaking the Heat
1993
as Carolyn Hunter
TVMartin
1992
as Ellen
MovieStompin' at the Savoy
1992
as Esther
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991
MovieThe Josephine Baker Story
1991
as Josephine Baker
MovieZora is My Name!
1990
TVSnoops
1989
as Denise Kendall
MovieThe Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Ciel
TVThe Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Ciel
MovieThe George McKenna Story
1988
as Bobbie Maxwell
TVHeartBeat
1988
as Dr. Cory Banks
MovieJaws: The Revenge
1987
as Louisa
MovieThe Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987
as Self
MovieDead Aim
1987
as Sheila Freeman
MovieJohn Henry
1986
as Pollie Ann
MovieJohnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
as Johnnie Mae Gibson
TVMatlock
1986
as Angela Page
TVTall Tales & Legends
1985
as Pollie Ann
MovieSilverado
1985
as Rae
MovieThe Slugger's Wife
1985
as Tina Alvarado
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Odette Ribaud
TVTrauma Center
1983
MovieDoctor Detroit
1983
as Thelma Cleland
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as Annie Callan
TVMatt Houston
1982
as Val
TVCagney & Lacey
1982
MovieFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
as Woman in bath
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Woman in the bath
TVHill Street Blues
1981
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MovieThe Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
as Dorothea Garibaldi
