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