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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

103

Gender

Female

Birthday

1953-02-15 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As

Lynn Whitfield

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.

Known For

Acting

Jaws: The Revenge

1987

Jaws: The Revenge

as

Louisa

Doctor Detroit

1983

Doctor Detroit

as

Thelma Cleland

The Ugly Duckling

2014

The Ugly Duckling

as

Narrator (voice)

The Rebound

2009

The Rebound

as

Laura Reilly

Silverado

1985

Silverado

as

Rae

The Cheetah Girls

2003

The Cheetah Girls

as

Dorothea Garibaldi

Gone Fishin'

1997

Gone Fishin'

as

Angie

Head of State

2003

Head of State

as

Debra Lassiter

In the Army Now

1994

In the Army Now

as

Sgt. Ladd

The George McKenna Story

1988

The George McKenna Story

as

Bobbie Maxwell

Eve's Bayou

1997

Eve's Bayou

as

Roz Batiste

A Time for Dancing

2002

A Time for Dancing

as

Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher

John Henry

1986

John Henry

as

Pollie Ann

Mama, I Want to Sing!

2011

Mama, I Want to Sing!

as

Lillian Winter

The Josephine Baker Story

1991

The Josephine Baker Story

as

Josephine Baker

Deep in My Heart

1999

Deep in My Heart

as

Corrine Burrell

King's Faith

2013

King's Faith

as

Vanessa

The Retirement Plan

2023

The Retirement Plan

as

Drisdale

The Color of Courage

1999

The Color of Courage

as

Minnie McGhee

State of Emergency

1994

State of Emergency

as

Dehlia Johnson

Lonely Boy

2013

Lonely Boy

as

Dr. Christine Nolan

24 Hour Love

2013

24 Hour Love

as

Cynthia

Somebody's Child

2012

Somebody's Child

as

Constance

The Last Letter

2013

The Last Letter

as

Lorraine

Dead Aim

1987

Dead Aim

as

Sheila Freeman

And Then There Was You

2013

And Then There Was You

as

Sophia Brent

Taking the Heat

1993

Taking the Heat

as

Carolyn Hunter

The Dempsey Sisters

2013

The Dempsey Sisters

as

Olivia Norman

The Wedding

1998

The Wedding

as

Corinne Coles

Act Like You Love Me

2013

Act Like You Love Me

as

Harriett Lofton

The Slugger's Wife

1985

The Slugger's Wife

as

Tina Alvarado

My Other Mother

2014

My Other Mother

as

Mary Jo

Albany Road

2024

Albany Road

as

Paula Henderson

Prayer Never Fails

2016

Prayer Never Fails

as

Loral Brown

Battlefield America

2012

Battlefield America

as

Ms. Parker

The Cheetah Girls 2

2006

The Cheetah Girls 2

as

Dorothea Garibaldi

Espionage Tonight

2017

Espionage Tonight

as

Sydney Greenstreet

Nappily Ever After

2018

Nappily Ever After

as

Paulette Jones

Solace

2018

Solace

as

Irene

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

1986

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

as

Johnnie Mae Gibson

The Women

2008

The Women

as

Glenda Hill

A Girl Thing

2001

A Girl Thing

as

Nia Morgan

Lap Dance

2014

Lap Dance

as

Momma Pearl

Confessions

2006

Confessions

as

Dr. Page

Stepmom

1998

Stepmom

as

Dr. P. Sweikert

Love Songs

1999

Love Songs

as

Jean Simpson

Tales from the Hood 3

2020

Tales from the Hood 3

as

Marie Benoît

Woman in Motion

2021

Woman in Motion

as

Self

Vacation Friends

2021

Vacation Friends

as

Suzanne

PoliWood

2009

PoliWood

as

Self

Boston Public

Boston Public

as

Louanna Harper

Martin

Martin

as

Ellen

Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall

as

Self - Guest

Without a Trace

Without a Trace

as

Paula Van Doren

FlashForward

FlashForward

as

Anastasia Markham

HeartBeat

HeartBeat

as

Dr. Cory Banks

Chasing Life

Chasing Life

as

Karen Callahan

Greenleaf

Greenleaf

as

Lady Mae Greenleaf

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues

as

Jill Thomas

Promised Land

Promised Land

as

Dr. Serena Hall

Fatal Attraction

Fatal Attraction

as

Narrator (voice)

The Resident

The Resident

as

Josephine Okeke

Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine

as

Dr. Marshall

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

as

Dr. Serena Hall

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Nominee

Snoops

Snoops

as

Denise Kendall

The Chi

The Chi

as

Alicia

Sherri

Sherri

as

Self - Guest

Production

Crew

Directing