
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.
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Acting (68 movies)

Jaws: The Revenge
1987

The Women of Brewster Place
1989

Doctor Detroit
1983

The Ugly Duckling
2014

The Rebound
2009

Silverado
1985

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004

The Cheetah Girls
2003

Gone Fishin'
1997

Head of State
2003

In the Army Now
1994

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996

The George McKenna Story
1988

Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994

All Things Fall Apart
2011

Eve's Bayou
1997

A Time for Dancing
2002

Zora is My Name!
1990

Madea's Family Reunion
2006

John Henry
1986

Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011

The Josephine Baker Story
1991

Deep in My Heart
1999

Kings of the Evening
2008

King's Faith
2013

The Retirement Plan
2023

The Color of Courage
1999

State of Emergency
1994

Lonely Boy
2013

24 Hour Love
2013

Somebody's Child
2012

Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999

The Last Letter
2013

The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987

The Redemption of a Dog
2012

Dead Aim
1987

And Then There Was You
2013

Taking the Heat
1993

The Dempsey Sisters
2013

The Wedding
1998

Act Like You Love Me
2013

We Need a Little Christmas
2022

The Planet of Junior Brown
1997

The Slugger's Wife
1985

My Other Mother
2014

Albany Road
2024

Prayer Never Fails
2016

Battlefield America
2012

Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982

The Cheetah Girls 2
2006

Espionage Tonight
2017

Nappily Ever After
2018

Solace
2018

30 Days in Atlanta
2014

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986

The Women
2008

A Girl Thing
2001

Lap Dance
2014

Confessions
2006

Stepmom
1998

Stompin' at the Savoy
1992

Love Songs
1999

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999

Tales from the Hood 3
2020

Woman in Motion
2021

Vacation Friends
2021

PoliWood
2009
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| And Then There Was You | 2013 | Producer |