Lynn Whitfield

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.

Albany Road
2024
Paula Henderson
The Retirement Plan
2023
Drisdale
We Need a Little Christmas
2022
Irene
Woman in Motion
2021
Self
Vacation Friends
2021
Suzanne
Tales from the Hood 3
2020
Marie Benoît
Nappily Ever After
2018
Paulette Jones
Solace
2018
Irene
Espionage Tonight
2017
Sydney Greenstreet
Prayer Never Fails
2016
Loral Brown
The Ugly Duckling
2014
Narrator (voice)
My Other Mother
2014
Mary Jo
30 Days in Atlanta
2014
Clara
Lap Dance
2014
Momma Pearl
And Then There Was You
2013
Thanks
King's Faith
2013
Vanessa
Lonely Boy
2013
Dr. Christine Nolan
24 Hour Love
2013
Cynthia
The Last Letter
2013
Lorraine
The Dempsey Sisters
2013
Olivia Norman
Act Like You Love Me
2013
Harriett Lofton
Somebody's Child
2012
Constance
The Redemption of a Dog
2012
Francine
Battlefield America
2012
Ms. Parker
All Things Fall Apart
2011
Bee
Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011
Lillian Winter
The Rebound
2009
Laura Reilly
PoliWood
2009
Self
Kings of the Evening
2008
Gracie
The Women
2008
Glenda Hill
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
Victoria
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006
Dorothea Garibaldi
Confessions
2006
Dr. Page
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004
Barbara Becnel
The Cheetah Girls
2003
Dorothea Garibaldi
Head of State
2003
Debra Lassiter
A Time for Dancing
2002
Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
A Girl Thing
2001
Nia Morgan
Deep in My Heart
1999
Corrine Burrell
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999
Lori Jackson
Love Songs
1999
Jean Simpson
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
Herself
The Wedding
1998
Corinne Coles
Stepmom
1998
Dr. P. Sweikert
Gone Fishin'
1997
Angie
Eve's Bayou
1997
Roz Batiste
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
Mrs. Brown
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
Brandi
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996
Sophie
In the Army Now
1994
Sgt. Ladd
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994
Bobbie Mallory
State of Emergency
1994
Dehlia Johnson
Taking the Heat
1993
Carolyn Hunter
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
Esther
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
Josephine Baker
Zora is My Name!
1990
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
Ciel
The George McKenna Story
1988
Bobbie Maxwell
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
Louisa
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987
Self
Dead Aim
1987
Sheila Freeman
John Henry
1986
Pollie Ann
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
Johnnie Mae Gibson
Silverado
1985
Rae
The Slugger's Wife
1985
Tina Alvarado
Doctor Detroit
1983
Thelma Cleland
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
Woman in bath