Lynn Whitfield
Acting
1953-02-15 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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.
Filmography
TheatersStrung
2026 · Movie
Eyes of Wakanda
2025 · Series
Albany Road
2024 · Movie
St. Denis Medical
2024 · Series
The Retirement Plan
2023 · Movie
We Need a Little Christmas
2022 · Movie
Sherri
2022 · Series
Vacation Friends
2021 · Movie
Woman in Motion
2021 · Movie
Tales from the Hood 3
2020 · Movie
Tamron Hall
2019 · Series
Solace
2018 · Movie
Nappily Ever After
2018 · Movie
The Resident
2018 · Series
The Chi
2018 · Series
Espionage Tonight
2017 · Movie
Steve
2017 · Series
Greenleaf
2016 · Series
Prayer Never Fails
2016 · Movie
Fear Files
2015 · Movie
Lap Dance
2014 · Movie
30 Days in Atlanta
2014 · Movie
The Fright Night Files
2014 · Movie
How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · Series
My Other Mother
2014 · Movie
Chasing Life
2014 · Series
The Ugly Duckling
2014 · Movie
The Last Letter
2013 · Movie
The Dempsey Sisters
2013 · Movie
And Then There Was You
2013 · Movie
Act Like You Love Me
2013 · Movie
Fatal Attraction
2013 · Series
King's Faith
2013 · Movie
24 Hour Love
2013 · Movie
Lonely Boy
2013 · Movie
The Redemption of a Dog
2012 · Movie
Somebody's Child
2012 · Movie
Battlefield America
2012 · Movie
All Things Fall Apart
2011 · Movie
Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011 · Movie
FlashForward
2009 · Series
The Rebound
2009 · Movie
PoliWood
2009 · Movie
The Women
2008 · Movie
Kings of the Evening
2008 · Movie
Shark
2006 · Series
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006 · Movie
Confessions
2006 · Movie
Madea's Family Reunion
2006 · Movie
The Tyra Banks Show
2005 · Series
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004 · Movie
The Cheetah Girls
2003 · Movie
Head of State
2003 · Movie
Without a Trace
2002 · Series
A Time for Dancing
2002 · Movie
A Girl Thing
2001 · Series
Boston Public
2000 · Series
Strong Medicine
2000 · Series
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999 · Movie
Love Songs
1999 · Movie
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999 · Movie
Deep in My Heart
1999 · Movie
The Color of Courage
1999 · Movie
Stepmom
1998 · Movie
The Wedding
1998 · Movie
Eve's Bayou
1997 · Movie
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997 · Movie
Gone Fishin'
1997 · Movie
Promised Land
1996 · Series
Saturday Night Special
1996 · Series
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996 · Movie
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996 · Movie
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
The Cosby Mysteries
1994 · Series
In the Army Now
1994 · Movie
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994 · Movie
State of Emergency
1994 · Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
Taking the Heat
1993 · Movie
Martin
1992 · Series
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992 · Movie
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991 · Movie
The Josephine Baker Story
1991 · Movie
Zora is My Name!
1990 · Movie
Snoops
1989 · Series
The Women of Brewster Place
1989 · Series
The Women of Brewster Place
1989 · Movie
The George McKenna Story
1988 · Movie
HeartBeat
1988 · Series
Jaws: The Revenge
1987 · Movie
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987 · Movie
Dead Aim
1987 · Movie
John Henry
1986 · Movie
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986 · Movie
Matlock
1986 · Series
Tall Tales & Legends
1985 · Series
Silverado
1985 · Movie
The Slugger's Wife
1985 · Movie
Miami Vice
1984 · Series
Trauma Center
1983 · Series
Doctor Detroit
1983 · Movie
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Series
Matt Houston
1982 · Series
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Series
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
Movie