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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lynn Whitfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Louisa
Jaws: The Revenge
Ciel
The Women of Brewster Place
Thelma Cleland
Doctor Detroit
Narrator (voice)
The Ugly Duckling
Laura Reilly
The Rebound
Rae
Silverado
Barbara Becnel
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Dorothea Garibaldi
The Cheetah Girls
Angie
Gone Fishin'
Debra Lassiter
Head of State
Sgt. Ladd
In the Army Now
Brandi
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Bobbie Maxwell
The George McKenna Story
Bobbie Mallory
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
Bee
All Things Fall Apart
Roz Batiste
Eve's Bayou
Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
A Time for Dancing
Zora is My Name!
Victoria
Madea's Family Reunion
Pollie Ann
John Henry
Lillian Winter
Mama, I Want to Sing!
Josephine Baker
The Josephine Baker Story
Corrine Burrell
Deep in My Heart
Gracie
Kings of the Evening
Vanessa
King's Faith
Drisdale
The Retirement Plan
Minnie McGhee
The Color of Courage
Dehlia Johnson
State of Emergency
Dr. Christine Nolan
Lonely Boy
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
Cynthia
24 Hour Love
Constance
Somebody's Child
Lori Jackson
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
Lorraine
The Last Letter
Self
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Sheila Freeman
Dead Aim
Francine
The Redemption of a Dog
Sophia Brent
And Then There Was You
Carolyn Hunter
Taking the Heat
Olivia Norman
The Dempsey Sisters
Corinne Coles
The Wedding
Harriett Lofton
Act Like You Love Me
Irene
We Need a Little Christmas
Mrs. Brown
The Planet of Junior Brown
Tina Alvarado
The Slugger's Wife
Mary Jo
My Other Mother
Paula Henderson
Albany Road
Loral Brown
Prayer Never Fails
Ms. Parker
Battlefield America
Sophie
Sophie and the Moonhanger
Woman in bath
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Dorothea Garibaldi
The Cheetah Girls 2
Sydney Greenstreet
Espionage Tonight
Paulette Jones
Nappily Ever After
Irene
Solace
Clara
30 Days in Atlanta
Johnnie Mae Gibson
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Glenda Hill
The Women
Momma Pearl
Lap Dance
Dr. Page
Confessions
Dr. P. Sweikert
Stepmom
Esther
Stompin' at the Savoy
Jean Simpson
Love Songs
Herself
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Marie Benoît
Tales from the Hood 3
Self
Woman in Motion
Suzanne
Vacation Friends
Self
PoliWood
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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
69
Gender
Female
Birthday
1953-02-15
Place of Birth
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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