Lynn Whitfield
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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.
Known for
Credits
Strung (2026)
as Audra Jelani
Stepmom (1998)
as Dr. P. Sweikert
Silverado (1985)
as Rae
Vacation Friends (2021)
as Suzanne
Lap Dance (2014)
as Momma Pearl
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
as Louisa
Solace (2018)
as Irene
The Retirement Plan (2023)
as Drisdale
The Rebound (2009)
as Laura Reilly
Head of State (2003)
as Debra Lassiter
Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
as Victoria
The Women (2008)
as Glenda Hill
Confessions (2006)
as Dr. Page
The Cheetah Girls (2003)
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Eve's Bayou (1997)
as Roz Batiste
The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006)
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Fear Files (2015)
as Madam Mabry
The Fright Night Files (2014)
as Madame Mabry
Zora is My Name! (1990)
Actor
Love Songs (1999)
as Jean Simpson
In the Army Now (1994)
as Sgt. Ladd
Doctor Detroit (1983)
as Thelma Cleland
Nappily Ever After (2018)
as Paulette Jones
Stompin' at the Savoy (1992)
as Esther
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen (—)
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Gone Fishin' (1997)
as Angie
King's Faith (2013)
as Vanessa
Tales from the Hood 3 (2020)
as Marie Benoît
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)
as Brandi
30 Days in Atlanta (2014)
as Clara
All Things Fall Apart (2011)
as Bee
Deep in My Heart (1999)
as Corrine Burrell
The George McKenna Story (1988)
as Bobbie Maxwell
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (1994)
as Bobbie Mallory
We Need a Little Christmas (2022)
as Irene
And Then There Was You (2013)
as Sophia Brent
Mama, I Want to Sing! (2011)
as Lillian Winter
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
as Ciel
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker (1999)
as Herself
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)
as Barbara Becnel
The Planet of Junior Brown (1997)
as Mrs. Brown
A Time for Dancing (2002)
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
The Slugger's Wife (1985)
as Tina Alvarado
24 Hour Love (2013)
as Cynthia
Act Like You Love Me (2013)
as Harriett Lofton
PoliWood (2009)
as Self
The Josephine Baker Story (1991)
as Josephine Baker
Dead Aim (1987)
as Sheila Freeman
Woman in Motion (2021)
as Self
The Wedding (1998)
as Corinne Coles
Battlefield America (2012)
as Ms. Parker
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1982)
as Woman in bath
The Making of Jaws The Revenge (1987)
as Self
The Color of Courage (1999)
as Minnie McGhee
The Redemption of a Dog (2012)
as Francine
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story (1999)
as Lori Jackson
The Last Letter (2013)
as Lorraine
State of Emergency (1994)
as Dehlia Johnson
Prayer Never Fails (2016)
as Loral Brown
Albany Road (2024)
as Paula Henderson
My Other Mother (2014)
as Mary Jo
Espionage Tonight (2017)
as Sydney Greenstreet
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991)
Actor
Kings of the Evening (2008)
as Gracie
Lonely Boy (2013)
as Dr. Christine Nolan
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (1986)
as Johnnie Mae Gibson
The Dempsey Sisters (2013)
as Olivia Norman
Somebody's Child (2012)
as Constance
The Ugly Duckling (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Taking the Heat (1993)
as Carolyn Hunter
Sophie and the Moonhanger (1996)
as Sophie
John Henry (1986)
as Pollie Ann