Lynn Whitfield


    Starbirth:
    February 15, 1953
Birthplace:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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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 an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special and a NAACP Image Award for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO movie The Josephine Baker Story (1991). She also won NAACP Image awards for her work in Touched by an Angel (1998), The Planet of Junior Brown (2000) and Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004). Her film work includes performances in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), Eve's Bayou (1997), Stepmom (1998), Head of State (2003), The Cheetah Girls (2003), The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006), Madea's Family Reunion (2006), The Women (2008), Nappily Ever After (2018), and Vacation Friends (2021). From 2016 to 2020, she starred as Lady Mae Greenleaf on OWN's dramatic series Greenleaf, for which she won critical acclaim and garnered two NAACP Image Awards and a Gracie Award. She has won a total of seven NAACP Image Awards.


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Albany Road Paula 2024
The Retirement Plan Drisdale 2023
We Need a Little Christmas Irene 2022
Vacation Friends Suzanne 2021
Woman in Motion Self 2021
Tales from the Hood 3 Marie Benoît 2020
Solace Irene 2018
Nappily Ever After Paulette Jones 2018
Espionage Tonight Sydney Greenstreet 2017
Prayer Never Fails Loral Brown 2016
Lap Dance Momma Pearl 2014
30 Days in Atlanta Clara 2014
My Other Mother Mary Jo 2014
The Last Letter Lorraine 2013
The Dempsey Sisters Olivia Norman 2013
And Then There Was You Sophia Brent 2013
Act Like You Love Me Harriett Lofton 2013
King's Faith Vanessa 2013
24 Hour Love Cynthia 2013
Lonely Boy Dr. Christine Nolan 2013
The Redemption of a Dog Francine 2012
Somebody's Child Constance 2012
Battlefield America Ms. Parker 2012
All Things Fall Apart Bee 2011
Mama, I Want to Sing! Lillian Winter 2011
The Rebound Laura Reilly 2009
PoliWood Self 2009
The Women Glenda Hill 2008
Kings of the Evening Gracie 2008
The Cheetah Girls 2 Dorothea Garibaldi 2006
Confessions Dr. Page 2006
Madea's Family Reunion Victoria 2006
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story Barbara Becnel 2004
The Cheetah Girls Dorothea Garibaldi 2003
Head of State Debra Lassiter 2003
A Time for Dancing Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher 2002
A Girl Thing Nia Morgan 2001
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker Herself 1999
Love Songs Jean Simpson 1999
Dangerous Evidence Lori Jackson 1999
Deep in My Heart Corrine Burrell 1999
The Color of Courage Minnie McGhee 1999
Stepmom Dr. P. Sweikert 1998
The Wedding Corinne Coles 1998
Eve's Bayou Roz Batiste 1997
The Planet of Junior Brown Mrs. Brown 1997
Gone Fishin' Angie 1997
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate Brandi 1996
Sophie and the Moonhanger Sophie 1996
In the Army Now Sgt. Ladd 1994
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story Bobbie Mallory 1994
State of Emergency Dehlia Johnson 1994
Taking the Heat Carolyn Hunter 1993
Stompin' at the Savoy Esther 1992
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story 1991
The Josephine Baker Story Josephine Baker 1991
Zora is My Name! 1990
The Women of Brewster Place Ciel 1989
The George McKenna Story Bobbie Maxwell 1988
Jaws: The Revenge Louisa 1987
The Making of Jaws The Revenge Self 1987
Dead Aim Sheila Freeman 1987
John Henry Pollie Ann 1986
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI Johnnie Mae Gibson 1986
Silverado Rae 1985
The Slugger's Wife Tina Alvarado 1985
Doctor Detroit Thelma Cleland 1983
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf Woman in bath 1982
The Ugly Duckling Narrator (voice)
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Without a Trace Paula Van Doren <mt>
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How to Get Away with Murder Mary Walker <mt>
Chasing Life Karen Callahan <mt>
HeartBeat Dr. Cory Banks <mt>
Greenleaf Lady Mae Greenleaf <mt>
Promised Land Dr. Serena Hall <mt>
The Resident Josephine Okeke <mt>
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