Lynn Whitfield
Known for Acting · 106 credits
- Born
- 1953-02-15 (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
TV Shows (36)
Without a Trace
2002
as Paula Van Doren
The Resident
2018
as Josephine Okeke
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Miami Vice
1984
as Odette Ribaud
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Jill Thomas
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Mary Walker
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Dr. Serena Hall
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Strong Medicine
2000
as Dr. Marshall
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Annie Callan
The Chi
2018
as Alicia
Matlock
1986
as Angela Page
Shark
2006
as Anita Astin
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Boston Public
2000
as Louanna Harper
Martin
1992
as Ellen
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Greenleaf
2016
as Lady Mae Greenleaf
Matt Houston
1982
as Val
FlashForward
2009
as Anastasia Markham
Fatal Attraction
2013
as Narrator (voice)
St. Denis Medical
2024
as Barb
Chasing Life
2014
as Karen Callahan
Steve
2017
as Self
Promised Land
1996
as Dr. Serena Hall
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Pollie Ann
Snoops
1989
as Denise Kendall
Eyes of Wakanda
2025
as Older Noni (voice)
Trauma Center
1983
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
HeartBeat
1988
as Dr. Cory Banks
Saturday Night Special
1996
A Girl Thing
2001
as Nia Morgan
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Ciel
Movies (70)
The Rebound
2009
as Laura Reilly
Silverado
1985
as Rae
Stepmom
1998
as Dr. P. Sweikert
Vacation Friends
2021
as Suzanne
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
as Louisa
The Women
2008
as Glenda Hill
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
as Victoria
Strung
2026
as Audra
The Retirement Plan
2023
as Drisdale
Head of State
2003
as Debra Lassiter
The Cheetah Girls
2003
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Gone Fishin'
1997
as Angie
Eve's Bayou
1997
as Roz Batiste
Nappily Ever After
2018
as Paulette Jones
In the Army Now
1994
as Sgt. Ladd
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
as Brandi
PoliWood
2009
as Self
Lap Dance
2014
as Momma Pearl
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Ciel
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994
as Bobbie Mallory
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004
as Barbara Becnel
Confessions
2006
as Dr. Page
The George McKenna Story
1988
as Bobbie Maxwell
All Things Fall Apart
2011
as Bee
The Slugger's Wife
1985
as Tina Alvarado
The Wedding
1998
as Corinne Coles
Doctor Detroit
1983
as Thelma Cleland
The Last Letter
2013
as Lorraine
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987
as Self
Tales from the Hood 3
2020
as Marie Benoît
Deep in My Heart
1999
as Corrine Burrell
The Color of Courage
1999
as Minnie McGhee
Espionage Tonight
2017
as Sydney Greenstreet
State of Emergency
1994
as Dehlia Johnson
Taking the Heat
1993
as Carolyn Hunter
Battlefield America
2012
as Ms. Parker
And Then There Was You
2013
as Sophia Brent
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
as Josephine Baker
Solace
2018
as Irene
A Time for Dancing
2002
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
We Need a Little Christmas
2022
as Irene
Lonely Boy
2013
as Dr. Christine Nolan
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999
as Lori Jackson
Dead Aim
1987
as Sheila Freeman
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
as Johnnie Mae Gibson
Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011
as Lillian Winter
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
as Mrs. Brown
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
as Woman in bath
Woman in Motion
2021
as Self
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
as Herself
Act Like You Love Me
2013
as Harriett Lofton
Albany Road
2024
as Paula Henderson
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996
as Sophie
Zora is My Name!
1990
24 Hour Love
2013
as Cynthia
30 Days in Atlanta
2014
as Clara
Prayer Never Fails
2016
as Loral Brown
Somebody's Child
2012
as Constance
John Henry
1986
as Pollie Ann
The Dempsey Sisters
2013
as Olivia Norman
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
as Esther
Love Songs
1999
as Jean Simpson
King's Faith
2013
as Vanessa
Kings of the Evening
2008
as Gracie
My Other Mother
2014
as Mary Jo
The Redemption of a Dog
2012
as Francine
The Fright Night Files
2014
as Madame Mabry
The Ugly Duckling
2014
as Narrator (voice)
About 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 theatr… With 106 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Lynn Whitfield has appeared in 70 films and 36 TV shows.
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- The Rebound (2009) — as Laura Reilly
- Silverado (1985) — as Rae
- Stepmom (1998) — as Dr. P. Sweikert
- Vacation Friends (2021) — as Suzanne
- Jaws: The Revenge (1987) — as Louisa
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