Lynn Whitfield
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 15, 1953
- Birthplace
- 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
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen TBA
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Strung 2026
as Audra Jelani
Albany Road 2024
as Paula Henderson
The Retirement Plan 2023
as Drisdale
We Need a Little Christmas 2022
as Irene
Vacation Friends 2021
as Suzanne
Woman in Motion 2021
as Self
Tales from the Hood 3 2020
as Marie Benoît
Solace 2018
as Irene
Nappily Ever After 2018
as Paulette Jones
Espionage Tonight 2017
as Sydney Greenstreet
Prayer Never Fails 2016
as Loral Brown
Fear Files 2015
as Madam Mabry
Lap Dance 2014
as Momma Pearl
30 Days in Atlanta 2014
as Clara
- The Fright Night Files
The Fright Night Files 2014
as Madame Mabry
My Other Mother 2014
as Mary Jo
The Ugly Duckling 2014
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Letter 2013
as Lorraine
The Dempsey Sisters 2013
as Olivia Norman
And Then There Was You 2013
as Sophia Brent, Thanks, Producer
Act Like You Love Me 2013
as Harriett Lofton
King's Faith 2013
as Vanessa
24 Hour Love 2013
as Cynthia
Lonely Boy 2013
as Dr. Christine Nolan
The Redemption of a Dog 2012
as Francine
Somebody's Child 2012
as Constance
Battlefield America 2012
as Ms. Parker
All Things Fall Apart 2011
as Bee
Mama, I Want to Sing! 2011
as Lillian Winter
The Rebound 2009
as Laura Reilly
PoliWood 2009
as Self
The Women 2008
as Glenda Hill
Kings of the Evening 2008
as Gracie
The Cheetah Girls 2 2006
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Confessions 2006
as Dr. Page
Madea's Family Reunion 2006
as Victoria
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story 2004
as Barbara Becnel
The Cheetah Girls 2003
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Head of State 2003
as Debra Lassiter
A Time for Dancing 2002
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker 1999
as Herself
Love Songs 1999
as Jean Simpson
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story 1999
as Lori Jackson
Deep in My Heart 1999
as Corrine Burrell
The Color of Courage 1999
as Minnie McGhee
Stepmom 1998
as Dr. P. Sweikert
The Wedding 1998
as Corinne Coles
Eve's Bayou 1997
as Roz Batiste
The Planet of Junior Brown 1997
as Mrs. Brown
Gone Fishin' 1997
as Angie
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate 1996
as Brandi
Sophie and the Moonhanger 1996
as Sophie
In the Army Now 1994
as Sgt. Ladd
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story 1994
as Bobbie Mallory
State of Emergency 1994
as Dehlia Johnson
Taking the Heat 1993
as Carolyn Hunter
Stompin' at the Savoy 1992
as Esther
- A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story 1991
Actor
The Josephine Baker Story 1991
as Josephine Baker
Zora is My Name! 1990
Actor
The Women of Brewster Place 1989
as Ciel
The George McKenna Story 1988
as Bobbie Maxwell
Jaws: The Revenge 1987
as Louisa
The Making of Jaws The Revenge 1987
as Self
Dead Aim 1987
as Sheila Freeman
John Henry 1986
as Pollie Ann
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI 1986
as Johnnie Mae Gibson
Silverado 1985
as Rae
The Slugger's Wife 1985
as Tina Alvarado
Doctor Detroit 1983
as Thelma Cleland
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf 1982
as Woman in bath
Credits from TMDB.