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Lynn Whitfield

Known For: Acting
Born: February 15, 1953
Place of Birth: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

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 dra…

Filmography

Strung

2026 · Audra Jelani

Eyes of Wakanda

2025 · Older Noni (voice)

Albany Road

2024 · Paula Henderson

St. Denis Medical

2024 · Barb

The Retirement Plan

2023 · Drisdale

We Need a Little Christmas

2022 · Irene

Sherri

2022 · Self - Guest

Vacation Friends

2021 · Suzanne

Woman in Motion

2021 · Self

Tales from the Hood 3

2020 · Marie Benoît

Tamron Hall

2019 · Self - Guest

Solace

2018 · Irene

Nappily Ever After

2018 · Paulette Jones

The Resident

2018 · Josephine Okeke

The Chi

2018 · Alicia

Espionage Tonight

2017 · Sydney Greenstreet

Steve

2017 · Self

Greenleaf

2016 · Lady Mae Greenleaf

Prayer Never Fails

2016 · Loral Brown

Lap Dance

2014 · Momma Pearl

30 Days in Atlanta

2014 · Clara

The Fright Night Files

The Fright Night Files

2014 · Madame Mabry

How to Get Away with Murder

2014 · Mary Walker

My Other Mother

2014 · Mary Jo

Chasing Life

2014 · Karen Callahan

The Ugly Duckling

2014 · Narrator (voice)

The Last Letter

2013 · Lorraine

The Dempsey Sisters

2013 · Olivia Norman

And Then There Was You

2013 · Sophia Brent, Thanks, Producer

Act Like You Love Me

2013 · Harriett Lofton

Fatal Attraction

2013 · Narrator (voice)

King's Faith

2013 · Vanessa

24 Hour Love

2013 · Cynthia

Lonely Boy

2013 · Dr. Christine Nolan

The Redemption of a Dog

2012 · Francine

Somebody's Child

2012 · Constance

Battlefield America

2012 · Ms. Parker

All Things Fall Apart

2011 · Bee

Mama, I Want to Sing!

2011 · Lillian Winter

FlashForward

2009 · Anastasia Markham

The Rebound

2009 · Laura Reilly

PoliWood

2009 · Self

The Women

2008 · Glenda Hill

Kings of the Evening

2008 · Gracie

Shark

2006 · Anita Astin

The Cheetah Girls 2

2006 · Dorothea Garibaldi

Confessions

2006 · Dr. Page

Madea's Family Reunion

2006 · Victoria

The Tyra Banks Show

2005

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

2004 · Barbara Becnel

The Cheetah Girls

2003 · Dorothea Garibaldi

Head of State

2003 · Debra Lassiter

Without a Trace

2002 · Paula Van Doren

A Time for Dancing

2002 · Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher

A Girl Thing

2001 · Nia Morgan

Boston Public

2000 · Louanna Harper

Strong Medicine

2000 · Dr. Marshall

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

1999 · Herself

Love Songs

1999 · Jean Simpson

Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

1999 · Lori Jackson

Deep in My Heart

1999 · Corrine Burrell

The Color of Courage

1999 · Minnie McGhee

Stepmom

1998 · Dr. P. Sweikert

The Wedding

1998 · Corinne Coles

Eve's Bayou

1997 · Roz Batiste

The Planet of Junior Brown

1997 · Mrs. Brown

Gone Fishin'

1997 · Angie

Promised Land

1996 · Dr. Serena Hall

Saturday Night Special

Saturday Night Special

1996

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

1996 · Brandi

Sophie and the Moonhanger

1996 · Sophie

The Cosby Mysteries

1994

Touched by an Angel

1994 · Dr. Serena Hall

In the Army Now

1994 · Sgt. Ladd

Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story

1994 · Bobbie Mallory

State of Emergency

1994 · Dehlia Johnson

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Self - Guest

Taking the Heat

1993 · Carolyn Hunter

Martin

1992 · Ellen

Stompin' at the Savoy

1992 · Esther

A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

1991

The Josephine Baker Story

1991 · Josephine Baker

Zora is My Name!

1990

Snoops

1989 · Denise Kendall

The Women of Brewster Place

1989 · Ciel

The Women of Brewster Place

1989 · Ciel

The George McKenna Story

1988 · Bobbie Maxwell

HeartBeat

1988 · Dr. Cory Banks

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

Matlock

1986 · Angela Page

Tall Tales & Legends

1985 · Pollie Ann

Silverado

1985 · Rae

The Slugger's Wife

1985 · Tina Alvarado

Miami Vice

1984 · Odette Ribaud

Trauma Center

1983

Doctor Detroit

1983 · Thelma Cleland

St. Elsewhere

1982 · Annie Callan

Matt Houston

1982 · Val

Cagney & Lacey

1982

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

1982 · Woman in bath

American Playhouse

1982 · Woman in the bath

Hill Street Blues

1981 · , Jill Thomas

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee

The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen

— · Dorothea Garibaldi

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