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