Lynn Whitfield
Known for: Acting
Born: February 15, 1953
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
72 movies · 37 TV shows, newest first
7.6
Strung
2026
6.2
Eyes of Wakanda
2025
4.6
Albany Road
2024
6.7
St. Denis Medical
2024
5.8
The Retirement Plan
2023
6.2
We Need a Little Christmas
2022
2.6
Sherri
2022
7.0
Vacation Friends
2021
6.8
Woman in Motion
2021
5.2
Tales from the Hood 3
2020
4.5
Tamron Hall
2019
4.7
Solace
2018
7.2
Nappily Ever After
2018
8.4
The Resident
2018
7.8
The Chi
2018
3.3
Espionage Tonight
2017
6.0
Steve
2017
7.1
Greenleaf
2016
3.4
Prayer Never Fails
2016
1.0
Fear Files
2015
4.2
Lap Dance
2014
5.0
30 Days in Atlanta
20144.0
The Fright Night Files
2014
7.8
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
8.5
My Other Mother
2014
7.2
Chasing Life
2014
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The Ugly Duckling
2014
3.5
The Last Letter
2013
7.0
The Dempsey Sisters
2013
5.3
And Then There Was You
2013
5.4
Act Like You Love Me
2013
7.2
Fatal Attraction
2013
7.0
King's Faith
2013
4.9
24 Hour Love
2013
4.6
Lonely Boy
2013
5.5
The Redemption of a Dog
2012
5.3
Somebody's Child
2012
4.5
Battlefield America
2012
5.8
All Things Fall Apart
2011
6.7
Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011
7.0
FlashForward
2009
6.5
The Rebound
2009
6.5
PoliWood
2009
5.2
The Women
2008
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Kings of the Evening
2008
6.7
Shark
2006
6.3
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006
1.7
Confessions
2006
6.3
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
5.0
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
6.0
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004
6.1
The Cheetah Girls
2003
5.6
Head of State
2003
7.2
Without a Trace
2002
6.7
A Time for Dancing
2002
5.3
A Girl Thing
2001
7.7
Boston Public
2000
7.4
Strong Medicine
2000
4.7
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
8.7
Love Songs
1999
8.0
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999
6.8
Deep in My Heart
1999
6.0
The Color of Courage
1999
7.2
Stepmom
1998
8.3
The Wedding
1998
6.5
Eve's Bayou
1997
4.5
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
4.9
Gone Fishin'
1997
6.5
Promised Land
19967.5
Saturday Night Special
1996
5.7
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
8.5
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996
6.0
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
5.1
In the Army Now
1994
6.1
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994
5.7
State of Emergency
1994
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
5.0
Taking the Heat
1993
7.5
Martin
1992
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Stompin' at the Savoy
19925.3
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991
6.0
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
10.0
Zora is My Name!
1990
6.3
Snoops
1989
6.8
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
6.0
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
6.3
The George McKenna Story
1988
3.8
HeartBeat
1988
4.1
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
6.0
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987
4.8
Dead Aim
1987
10.0
John Henry
1986
6.5
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
6.0
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
6.9
Silverado
1985
3.7
The Slugger's Wife
1985
7.4
Miami Vice
1984
7.0
Trauma Center
1983
5.1
Doctor Detroit
1983
5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
6.3
Matt Houston
1982
6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
8.5
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
NR
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
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