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 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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Movies (72)
Strung
2026 · Audra Jelani
Albany Road
2024 · Paula Henderson
Plan de Retiro
2023 · Drisdale
Necesitamos una Pequeña Navidad
2022 · Irene
Amigos de las vacaciones
2021 · Suzanne
Woman in Motion
2021 · Self
Historias del Barrio Negro 3
2020 · Marie Benoît
Solace
2018 · Irene
El rizado camino a la felicidad
2018 · Paulette Jones
Espionage Tonight
2017 · Sydney Greenstreet
Prayer Never Fails
2016 · Loral Brown
Fear Files
2015 · Madam Mabry
Lap Dance
2014 · Momma Pearl
30 Days in Atlanta
2014 · Clara
The Fright Night Files
2014 · Madame Mabry
My Other Mother
2014 · Mary Jo
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
La Fe de King
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
Amante accidental
2009 · Laura Reilly
PoliWood
2009 · Self
Todo sobre las mujeres
2008 · Glenda Hill
Kings of the Evening
2008 · Gracie
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006 · Dorothea Garibaldi
Confessions
2006 · Dr. Page
Madea's Family Reunion
2006 · Victoria
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004 · Barbara Becnel
The Cheetah Girls
2003 · Dorothea Garibaldi
De Incompetente a Presidente
2003 · Debra Lassiter
A Time for Dancing
2002 · Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
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
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996 · Brandi
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996 · Sophie
In the Army Now
1994 · Sgt. Ladd
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994 · Bobbie Mallory
State of Emergency
1994 · Dehlia Johnson
Taking the Heat
1993 · Carolyn Hunter
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992 · Esther
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991
The Josephine Baker Story
1991 · Josephine Baker
Zora is My Name!
1990
The Women of Brewster Place
1989 · Ciel
The George McKenna Story
1988 · Bobbie Maxwell
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
Silverado
1985 · Rae
The Slugger's Wife
1985 · Tina Alvarado
Doctor Detroit
1983 · Thelma Cleland
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982 · Woman in bath
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
· Dorothea Garibaldi
TV shows (37)
Los ojos de Wakanda
2025 · Older Noni (voice)
St. Denis Medical
2024 · Barb
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
The Tamron Hall Show
2019 · Self - Guest
The Resident
2018 · Josephine Okeke
The Chi
2018 · Alicia
Steve
2017 · Self
Greenleaf
2016 · Lady Mae Greenleaf
Lecciones del Crimen
2014 · Mary Walker
Chasing Life
2014 · Karen Callahan
Fatal Attraction
2013 · Narrator (voice)
FlashForward
2009 · Anastasia Markham
Shark
2006 · Anita Astin
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Sin rastro
2002 · Paula Van Doren
A Girl Thing
2001 · Nia Morgan
Boston Public
2000 · Louanna Harper
Strong Medicine
2000 · Dr. Marshall
Promised Land
1996 · Dr. Serena Hall
Saturday Night Special
1996
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Dr. Serena Hall
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Martin
1992 · Ellen
Snoops
1989 · Denise Kendall
The Women of Brewster Place
1989 · Ciel
HeartBeat
1988 · Dr. Cory Banks
Matlock
1986 · Angela Page
Tall Tales & Legends
1985 · Pollie Ann
Miami Vice
1984 · Odette Ribaud
Trauma Center
1983
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Annie Callan
Matt Houston
1982 · Val
Cagney & Lacey
1982
American Playhouse
1982 · Woman in the bath
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Jill Thomas
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee