Lynn Whitfield
68 movies · 31 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 15, 1953 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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.
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Known for
Lynn Whitfield: movies and TV shows
Acting (99)
- Upcoming The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
as Dorothea Garibaldi
- 2026 Strung
as Audra Jelani
- 2025
- 2024 Albany Road
as Paula Henderson
- 2024
- 2023 The Retirement Plan
as Drisdale
- 2022 We Need a Little Christmas
as Irene
- 2021 Vacation Friends
as Suzanne
- 2020 Tales from the Hood 3
as Marie Benoît
- 2018 Solace
as Irene
- 2018 Nappily Ever After
as Paulette Jones
- 2018
- 2018
- 2017 Espionage Tonight
as Sydney Greenstreet
- 2016
- 2016 Prayer Never Fails
as Loral Brown
- 2015 Fear Files
as Madam Mabry
- 2014 Lap Dance
as Momma Pearl
- 2014 30 Days in Atlanta
as Clara
- 2014 The Fright Night Files
as Madame Mabry
- 2014
- 2014 My Other Mother
as Mary Jo
- 2014
- 2014 The Ugly Duckling
as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 The Last Letter
as Lorraine
- 2013 The Dempsey Sisters
as Olivia Norman
- 2013 And Then There Was You
as Sophia Brent
- 2013 Act Like You Love Me
as Harriett Lofton
- 2013
- 2013 King's Faith
as Vanessa
- 2013 24 Hour Love
as Cynthia
- 2013 Lonely Boy
as Dr. Christine Nolan
- 2012 The Redemption of a Dog
as Francine
- 2012 Somebody's Child
as Constance
- 2012 Battlefield America
as Ms. Parker
- 2011 All Things Fall Apart
as Bee
- 2011 Mama, I Want to Sing!
as Lillian Winter
- 2009
- 2009 The Rebound
as Laura Reilly
- 2008 The Women
as Glenda Hill
- 2008 Kings of the Evening
as Gracie
- 2006
- 2006 The Cheetah Girls 2
as Dorothea Garibaldi
- 2006 Confessions
as Dr. Page
- 2006 Madea's Family Reunion
as Victoria
- 2004 Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
as Barbara Becnel
- 2003 The Cheetah Girls
as Dorothea Garibaldi
- 2003 Head of State
as Debra Lassiter
- 2002
- 2002 A Time for Dancing
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
- 2001
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999 Love Songs
as Jean Simpson
- 1999 Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
as Lori Jackson
- 1999 Deep in My Heart
as Corrine Burrell
- 1999 The Color of Courage
as Minnie McGhee
- 1998 Stepmom
as Dr. P. Sweikert
- 1998 The Wedding
as Corinne Coles
- 1997 Eve's Bayou
as Roz Batiste
- 1997 The Planet of Junior Brown
as Mrs. Brown
- 1997 Gone Fishin'
as Angie
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
as Brandi
- 1996 Sophie and the Moonhanger
as Sophie
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994 In the Army Now
as Sgt. Ladd
- 1994 Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
as Bobbie Mallory
- 1994 State of Emergency
as Dehlia Johnson
- 1993 Taking the Heat
as Carolyn Hunter
- 1992
- 1992 Stompin' at the Savoy
as Esther
- 1991
- 1991 The Josephine Baker Story
as Josephine Baker
- 1990
- 1989
- 1989 The Women of Brewster Place
as Ciel
- 1989
- 1988 The George McKenna Story
as Bobbie Maxwell
- 1988
- 1987 Jaws: The Revenge
as Louisa
- 1987 Dead Aim
as Sheila Freeman
- 1986 John Henry
as Pollie Ann
- 1986 Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as Johnnie Mae Gibson
- 1986
- 1985
- 1985 Silverado
as Rae
- 1985 The Slugger's Wife
as Tina Alvarado
- 1984
- 1983
- 1983 Doctor Detroit
as Thelma Cleland
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981
Behind the camera (1)
- 2013 And Then There Was You
Thanks, Producer
Talk shows and appearances (10)
- 2022 Sherri
2 episodes
- 2021
- 2019 The Tamron Hall Show
1 episode
- 2017 Steve
1 episode
- 2009
- 2005 The Tyra Banks Show
1 episode
- 1999
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1987
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode