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Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

Actor · Born 1953-02-15 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

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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 a…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. How to Get Away with Murder (2014) — Mary Walker
  2. Stepmom (1998) — Dr. P. Sweikert
  3. The Resident (2018) — Josephine Okeke
  4. Jaws: The Revenge (1987) — Louisa
  5. The Rebound (2009) — Laura Reilly
  6. Vacation Friends (2021) — Suzanne
  7. Silverado (1985) — Rae
  8. Nappily Ever After (2018) — Paulette Jones
  9. FlashForward (2009) — Anastasia Markham
  10. Miami Vice (1984) — Odette Ribaud
  11. The Cheetah Girls (2003) — Dorothea Garibaldi
  12. The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006) — Dorothea Garibaldi
  13. The Women (2008) — Glenda Hill
  14. The Retirement Plan (2023) — Drisdale
  15. Head of State (2003) — Debra Lassiter
  16. Without a Trace (2002) — Paula Van Doren
  17. In the Army Now (1994) — Sgt. Ladd
  18. Madea's Family Reunion (2006) — Victoria
  19. The Chi (2018) — Alicia
  20. Touched by an Angel (1994) — Dr. Serena Hall
  21. Eyes of Wakanda (2025) — Older Noni (voice)
  22. Gone Fishin' (1997) — Angie
  23. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
  24. Eve's Bayou (1997) — Roz Batiste
  25. Martin (1992) — Ellen
  26. Matlock (1986) — Angela Page
  27. Hill Street Blues (1981)
  28. Greenleaf (2016) — Lady Mae Greenleaf
  29. Shark (2006) — Anita Astin
  30. A Time for Dancing (2002) — Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
  31. A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) — Brandi
  32. St. Elsewhere (1982) — Annie Callan
  33. Lap Dance (2014) — Momma Pearl
  34. Doctor Detroit (1983) — Thelma Cleland
  35. Cagney & Lacey (1982)
  36. Strung (2026) — Audra Jelani
  37. All Things Fall Apart (2011) — Bee
  38. Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004) — Barbara Becnel
  39. Chasing Life (2014) — Karen Callahan
  40. Tales from the Hood 3 (2020) — Marie Benoît