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