Lynn Whitfield
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
- 2025 · Eyes of Wakanda as Older Noni (voice)
- 2024 · Albany Road as Paula Henderson
- 2024 · St. Denis Medical as Barb
- 2023 · The Retirement Plan as Drisdale
- 2022 · We Need a Little Christmas as Irene
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Vacation Friends as Suzanne
- 2021 · Woman in Motion as Self
- 2020 · Tales from the Hood 3 as Marie Benoît
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2018 · Solace as Irene
- 2018 · Nappily Ever After as Paulette Jones
- 2018 · The Resident as Josephine Okeke
- 2018 · The Chi as Alicia
- 2017 · Espionage Tonight as Sydney Greenstreet
- 2016 · Greenleaf as Lady Mae Greenleaf
- 2016 · Prayer Never Fails as Loral Brown
- 2014 · Lap Dance as Momma Pearl
- 2014 · 30 Days in Atlanta as Clara
- 2014 · How to Get Away with Murder as Mary Walker
- 2014 · My Other Mother as Mary Jo
- 2014 · Chasing Life as Karen Callahan
- 2014 · The Ugly Duckling as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · The Last Letter as Lorraine
- 2013 · The Dempsey Sisters as Olivia Norman
- 2013 · And Then There Was You as Sophia Brent
- 2013 · Act Like You Love Me as Harriett Lofton
- 2013 · Fatal Attraction as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · King's Faith as Vanessa
- 2013 · 24 Hour Love as Cynthia
- 2013 · Lonely Boy as Dr. Christine Nolan
- 2012 · The Redemption of a Dog as Francine
- 2012 · Somebody's Child as Constance
- 2012 · Battlefield America as Ms. Parker
- 2011 · All Things Fall Apart as Bee
- 2011 · Mama, I Want to Sing! as Lillian Winter
- 2009 · FlashForward as Anastasia Markham
- 2009 · The Rebound as Laura Reilly
- 2009 · PoliWood as Self
- 2008 · The Women as Glenda Hill
- 2008 · Kings of the Evening as Gracie
- 2006 · Shark as
- 2006 · The Cheetah Girls 2 as Dorothea Garibaldi
- 2006 · Confessions as Dr. Page
- 2006 · Madea's Family Reunion as Victoria
- 2005 · The Tyra Banks Show as
- 2004 · Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story as Barbara Becnel
- 2003 · Head of State as Debra Lassiter
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Paula Van Doren
- 2002 · A Time for Dancing as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
- 2001 · A Girl Thing as Nia Morgan
- 2000 · Boston Public as Louanna Harper
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Dr. Marshall
- 1999 · The Color of Courage as Minnie McGhee
- 1998 · Stepmom as Dr. P. Sweikert
- 1997 · Gone Fishin' as Angie
- 1996 · Promised Land as Dr. Serena Hall
- 1996 · A Thin Line Between Love and Hate as Brandi
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Dr. Serena Hall
- 1994 · State of Emergency as Dehlia Johnson
- 1992 · Martin as Ellen
- 1991 · A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story as
- 1991 · The Josephine Baker Story as Josephine Baker
- 1989 · Snoops as Denise Kendall
- 1989 · The Women of Brewster Place as Ciel
- 1988 · The George McKenna Story as Bobbie Maxwell
- 1987 · Jaws: The Revenge as Louisa
- 1987 · The Making of Jaws The Revenge as Self
- 1986 · John Henry as Pollie Ann
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1985 · Tall Tales & Legends as Pollie Ann
- 1985 · Silverado as Rae
- 1984 · Miami Vice as
- 1983 · Trauma Center as
- 1983 · Doctor Detroit as Thelma Cleland
- 1982 · Matt Houston as Val
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as Jill Thomas
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Help as
- 2003 · The Cheetah Girls as Dorothea Garibaldi
- 1999 · Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker as Herself
- 1999 · Love Songs as Jean Simpson
- 1999 · Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story as Lori Jackson
- 1999 · Deep in My Heart as Corrine Burrell
- 1998 · The Wedding as Corinne Coles
- 1997 · Eve's Bayou as Roz Batiste
- 1997 · The Planet of Junior Brown as Mrs. Brown
- 1996 · Saturday Night Special as
- 1996 · Sophie and the Moonhanger as Sophie
- 1994 · The Cosby Mysteries as
- 1994 · In the Army Now as Sgt. Ladd
- 1994 · Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story as Bobbie Mallory
- 1993 · Taking the Heat as Carolyn Hunter
- 1992 · Stompin' at the Savoy as Esther
- 1990 · Zora is My Name! as
- 1988 · HeartBeat as Dr. Cory Banks
- 1987 · Dead Aim as Sheila Freeman
- 1986 · Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI as Johnnie Mae Gibson
- 1985 · The Slugger's Wife as Tina Alvarado
- 1982 · For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf as Woman in bath