Cast
Lynn Whitfield
Acting
Cast
Lynn Whitfield
Known for
Acting
Born
1953-02-15
From
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lynn Whitfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Rebound
as Laura Reilly
Silverado
as Rae
Stepmom
as Dr. P. Sweikert
Jaws: The Revenge
as Louisa
Vacation Friends
as Suzanne
The Retirement Plan
as Drisdale
Madea's Family Reunion
as Victoria
The Wedding
as Corinne Coles
The Women
as Glenda Hill
Strung
as Audra
Head of State
as Debra Lassiter
The Cheetah Girls
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Eve's Bayou
as Roz Batiste
Gone Fishin'
as Angie
Confessions
as Dr. Page
Nappily Ever After
as Paulette Jones
The Cheetah Girls 2
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Solace
as Irene
Lap Dance
as Momma Pearl
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
as Brandi
In the Army Now
as Sgt. Ladd
All Things Fall Apart
as Bee
Battlefield America
as Ms. Parker
The George McKenna Story
as Bobbie Maxwell
Doctor Detroit
as Thelma Cleland
PoliWood
as Self
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
as Bobbie Mallory
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
as Self
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
as Barbara Becnel
The Slugger's Wife
as Tina Alvarado
The Women of Brewster Place
as Ciel
A Time for Dancing
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
Tales from the Hood 3
as Marie Benoît
Taking the Heat
as Carolyn Hunter
30 Days in Atlanta
as Clara
The Color of Courage
as Minnie McGhee
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
as Woman in bath
The Josephine Baker Story
as Josephine Baker
State of Emergency
as Dehlia Johnson
The Last Letter
as Lorraine
Deep in My Heart
as Corrine Burrell
And Then There Was You
as Sophia Brent
Espionage Tonight
as Sydney Greenstreet
Dead Aim
as Sheila Freeman
Lonely Boy
as Dr. Christine Nolan
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as Johnnie Mae Gibson
Mama, I Want to Sing!
as Lillian Winter
We Need a Little Christmas
as Irene
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
as Lori Jackson
Woman in Motion
as Self
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
as Herself
The Planet of Junior Brown
as Mrs. Brown
King's Faith
as Vanessa
Stompin' at the Savoy
as Esther
Act Like You Love Me
as Harriett Lofton
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
John Henry
as Pollie Ann
Albany Road
as Paula Henderson
Love Songs
as Jean Simpson
The Dempsey Sisters
as Olivia Norman
24 Hour Love
as Cynthia
Prayer Never Fails
as Loral Brown
Kings of the Evening
as Gracie
Sophie and the Moonhanger
as Sophie
The Redemption of a Dog
as Francine
The Fright Night Files
as Madame Mabry
Somebody's Child
as Constance
Zora is My Name!
My Other Mother
as Mary Jo
The Ugly Duckling
as Narrator (voice)