Lynn Whitfield
Born: 1953-02-15 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Eyes of Wakanda as Older Noni (voice)
2024
- St. Denis Medical as Barb
- Albany Road as Paula Henderson
2023
- The Retirement Plan as Drisdale
2022
- Sherri as Self - Guest
- We Need a Little Christmas as Irene
2021
- Vacation Friends as Suzanne
- Woman in Motion as Self
2020
- Tales from the Hood 3 as Marie Benoît
2019
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2018
- The Resident as Josephine Okeke
- The Chi as Alicia
- Solace as Irene
- Nappily Ever After as Paulette Jones
2017
- Espionage Tonight as Sydney Greenstreet
2016
- Greenleaf as Lady Mae Greenleaf
- Prayer Never Fails as Loral Brown
2014
- How to Get Away with Murder as Mary Walker
- Chasing Life as Karen Callahan
- Lap Dance as Momma Pearl
- My Other Mother as Mary Jo
- 30 Days in Atlanta as Clara
- The Ugly Duckling as Narrator (voice)
2013
- Fatal Attraction as Narrator (voice)
- Lonely Boy as Dr. Christine Nolan
- The Dempsey Sisters as Olivia Norman
- Act Like You Love Me as Harriett Lofton
- And Then There Was You as Sophia Brent
- King's Faith as Vanessa
- The Last Letter as Lorraine
- 24 Hour Love as Cynthia
2012
- Battlefield America as Ms. Parker
- Somebody's Child as Constance
- The Redemption of a Dog as Francine
2011
- All Things Fall Apart as Bee
- Mama, I Want to Sing! as Lillian Winter
2009
- FlashForward as Anastasia Markham
- The Rebound as Laura Reilly
- PoliWood as Self
2008
- The Women as Glenda Hill
- Kings of the Evening as Gracie
2006
- Shark as Anita Astin
- The Cheetah Girls 2 as Dorothea Garibaldi
- Confessions as Dr. Page
- Madea's Family Reunion as Victoria
2005
2004
- Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story as Barbara Becnel
2003
- The Cheetah Girls as Dorothea Garibaldi
- Head of State as Debra Lassiter
2002
- Without a Trace as Paula Van Doren
- A Time for Dancing as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
2001
- A Girl Thing as Nia Morgan
2000
- Strong Medicine as Dr. Marshall
- Boston Public as Louanna Harper
1999
- Love Songs as Jean Simpson
- Deep in My Heart as Corrine Burrell
- The Color of Courage as Minnie McGhee
- Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story as Lori Jackson
- Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker as Herself
1998
- Stepmom as Dr. P. Sweikert
- The Wedding as Corinne Coles
1997
- Gone Fishin' as Angie
- The Planet of Junior Brown as Mrs. Brown
- Eve's Bayou as Roz Batiste
1996
- Promised Land as Dr. Serena Hall
- A Thin Line Between Love and Hate as Brandi
- Saturday Night Special
- Sophie and the Moonhanger as Sophie
1994
- Touched by an Angel as Dr. Serena Hall
- In the Army Now as Sgt. Ladd
- State of Emergency as Dehlia Johnson
- The Cosby Mysteries
- Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story as Bobbie Mallory
1993
- Taking the Heat as Carolyn Hunter
1992
- Martin as Ellen
- Stompin' at the Savoy as Esther
1991
- The Josephine Baker Story as Josephine Baker
- A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1990
1989
- Snoops as Denise Kendall
- The Women of Brewster Place as Ciel
- The Women of Brewster Place as Ciel
1988
- The George McKenna Story as Bobbie Maxwell
- HeartBeat as Dr. Cory Banks
1987
- Jaws: The Revenge as Louisa
- Dead Aim as Sheila Freeman
- The Making of Jaws The Revenge as Self
1986
- Matlock as Angela Page
- John Henry as Pollie Ann
- Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI as Johnnie Mae Gibson
1985
- Silverado as Rae
- Tall Tales & Legends as Pollie Ann
- The Slugger's Wife as Tina Alvarado
1984
- Miami Vice as Odette Ribaud
1983
- Doctor Detroit as Thelma Cleland
- Trauma Center
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Annie Callan
- Matt Houston as Val
- Cagney & Lacey
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf as Woman in bath
1981
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee