Lynn Whitfield
Acting
Born: February 15, 1953 (age 73) · Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Highest Rated
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
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Stepmom
1998
The Resident
2018
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
The Rebound
2009
Vacation Friends
2021
Silverado
1985
Nappily Ever After
2018
FlashForward
2009
Miami Vice
1984
The Cheetah Girls
2003
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006
Photos (2)
Movies (65)
The Retirement Plan
Drisdale
Strung
Audra Jelani
Stepmom
Dr. P. Sweikert
Vacation Friends
Suzanne
The Cheetah Girls
Dorothea Garibaldi
The Rebound
Laura Reilly
The Cheetah Girls 2
Dorothea Garibaldi
The Women
Glenda Hill
Jaws: The Revenge
Louisa
Madea's Family Reunion
Victoria
Eve's Bayou
Roz Batiste
Silverado
Rae
Gone Fishin'
Angie
Tales from the Hood 3
Marie Benoît
All Things Fall Apart
Bee
In the Army Now
Sgt. Ladd
Head of State
Debra Lassiter
Doctor Detroit
Thelma Cleland
The Slugger's Wife
Tina Alvarado
Lap Dance
Momma Pearl
The George McKenna Story
Bobbie Maxwell
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Brandi
And Then There Was You
Sophia Brent
A Time for Dancing
Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
Nappily Ever After
Paulette Jones
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Barbara Becnel
The Color of Courage
Minnie McGhee
We Need a Little Christmas
Irene
My Other Mother
Mary Jo
Act Like You Love Me
Harriett Lofton
The Josephine Baker Story
Josephine Baker
Solace
Irene
24 Hour Love
Cynthia
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Johnnie Mae Gibson
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
Bobbie Mallory
Mama, I Want to Sing!
Lillian Winter
King's Faith
Vanessa
Confessions
Dr. Page
The Women of Brewster Place
Ciel
Love Songs
Jean Simpson
Espionage Tonight
Sydney Greenstreet
Battlefield America
Ms. Parker
Stompin' at the Savoy
Esther
The Dempsey Sisters
Olivia Norman
Zora is My Name!
1990
The Last Letter
Lorraine
Fear Files
Madam Mabry
Somebody's Child
Constance
Taking the Heat
Carolyn Hunter
Kings of the Evening
Gracie
Deep in My Heart
Corrine Burrell
The Planet of Junior Brown
Mrs. Brown
The Wedding
Corinne Coles
Prayer Never Fails
Loral Brown
State of Emergency
Dehlia Johnson
The Redemption of a Dog
Francine
Albany Road
Paula Henderson
30 Days in Atlanta
Clara
John Henry
Pollie Ann
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Woman in bath
Dead Aim
Sheila Freeman
Sophie and the Moonhanger
Sophie
Lonely Boy
Dr. Christine Nolan
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
Lori Jackson
The Ugly Duckling
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (33)
Without a Trace
Paula Van Doren · 6 eps
Miami Vice
Odette Ribaud · 1 eps
The Resident
Josephine Okeke · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
Hill Street Blues
Jill Thomas · 2 eps
How to Get Away with Murder
Mary Walker · 3 eps
Touched by an Angel
Dr. Serena Hall · 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
Annie Callan · 1 eps
Strong Medicine
Dr. Marshall · 1 eps
Matlock
Angela Page · 2 eps
The Chi
Alicia · 12 eps
American Playhouse
Woman in the bath · 1 eps
American Playhouse
1 eps
The Tyra Banks Show
1 eps
Cagney & Lacey
2 eps
Boston Public
Louanna Harper · 3 eps
Martin
Ellen · 2 eps
Eyes of Wakanda
Older Noni (voice) · 1 eps
Greenleaf
Lady Mae Greenleaf · 60 eps
Shark
Anita Astin · 1 eps
Matt Houston
Val · 1 eps
St. Denis Medical
Barb · 1 eps
FlashForward
Anastasia Markham · 1 eps
Chasing Life
Karen Callahan · 1 eps
Fatal Attraction
Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
Promised Land
Dr. Serena Hall · 1 eps
Snoops
Denise Kendall · 2 eps
Trauma Center
1 eps
Tall Tales & Legends
Pollie Ann · 1 eps
The Cosby Mysteries
18 eps
The Women of Brewster Place
Ciel · 2 eps
HeartBeat
Dr. Cory Banks · 18 eps
A Girl Thing
Nia Morgan · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (9)
Sherri
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Steve
Self · 1 eps
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Self
Woman in Motion
Self
PoliWood
Self
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Herself
