Lynn Whitfield
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1953-02-15 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Lynn Whitfield
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.
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Acting
(2024)
Albany Road
as Paula Henderson
(2023)
The Retirement Plan
as Drisdale
(2022)
We Need a Little Christmas
as Irene
(2021)
Vacation Friends
as Suzanne
(2021)
Woman in Motion
as Self
(2020)
Tales from the Hood 3
as Marie Benoît
(2018)
Nappily Ever After
as Paulette Jones
(2018)
Solace
as Irene
(2017)
Espionage Tonight
as Sydney Greenstreet
(2016)
Prayer Never Fails
as Loral Brown
(2014)
Lap Dance
as Momma Pearl
(2014)
My Other Mother
as Mary Jo
(2014)
30 Days in Atlanta
as Clara
(2014)
The Ugly Duckling
as Narrator (voice)
(2013)
Lonely Boy
as Dr. Christine Nolan
(2013)
And Then There Was You
as Sophia Brent
(2013)
Act Like You Love Me
as Harriett Lofton
(2013)
King's Faith
as Vanessa
(2013)
The Last Letter
as Lorraine
(2013)
The Dempsey Sisters
as Olivia Norman
(2013)
24 Hour Love
as Cynthia
(2012)
Battlefield America
as Ms. Parker
(2012)
Somebody's Child
as Constance
(2012)
The Redemption of a Dog
as Francine
(2011)
All Things Fall Apart
as Bee
(2011)
Mama, I Want to Sing!
as Lillian Winter
(2009)
The Rebound
as Laura Reilly
(2009)
PoliWood
as Self
(2008)
The Women
as Glenda Hill
(2008)
Kings of the Evening
as Gracie
(2006)
Madea's Family Reunion
as Victoria
(2006)
The Cheetah Girls 2
as Dorothea Garibaldi
(2006)
Confessions
as Dr. Page
(2004)
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
as Barbara Becnel
(2003)
The Cheetah Girls
as Dorothea Garibaldi
(2003)
Head of State
as Debra Lassiter
(2002)
A Time for Dancing
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
(2001)
A Girl Thing
as Nia Morgan
(1999)
Deep in My Heart
as Corrine Burrell
(1999)
Love Songs
as Jean Simpson
(1999)
The Color of Courage
as Minnie McGhee
(1999)
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
as Lori Jackson
(1999)
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
as Herself
(1998)
Stepmom
as Dr. P. Sweikert
(1998)
The Wedding
as Corinne Coles
(1997)
Eve's Bayou
as Roz Batiste
(1997)
Gone Fishin'
as Angie
(1997)
The Planet of Junior Brown
as Mrs. Brown
(1996)
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
as Brandi
(1996)
Sophie and the Moonhanger
as Sophie
(1994)
In the Army Now
as Sgt. Ladd
(1994)
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
as Bobbie Mallory
(1994)
State of Emergency
as Dehlia Johnson
(1993)
Taking the Heat
as Carolyn Hunter
(1992)
Stompin' at the Savoy
as Esther
(1991)
The Josephine Baker Story
as Josephine Baker
(1991)
(1990)
(1989)
The Women of Brewster Place
as Ciel
(1988)
The George McKenna Story
as Bobbie Maxwell
(1987)
Jaws: The Revenge
as Louisa
(1987)
Dead Aim
as Sheila Freeman
(1987)
(1986)
John Henry
as Pollie Ann
(1986)
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as Johnnie Mae Gibson
(1985)
Silverado
as Rae
(1985)
The Slugger's Wife
as Tina Alvarado
(1983)
Doctor Detroit
as Thelma Cleland
(1982)
Crew
(2013)
And Then There Was You
Thanks, Producer