Lynn Whitfield
Known for Acting · 109 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 (37)
Without a Trace
2002
as Paula Van Doren
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The Chi
2018
as Alicia
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
The Resident
2018
as Josephine Okeke
Miami Vice
1984
as Odette Ribaud
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Mary Walker
Strong Medicine
2000
as Dr. Marshall
Matlock
1986
as Angela Page
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Jill Thomas
Steve
2017
as Self
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Dr. Serena Hall
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Annie Callan
American Playhouse
1982
as Woman in the bath
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Boston Public
2000
as Louanna Harper
Greenleaf
2016
as Lady Mae Greenleaf
Martin
1992
as Ellen
Shark
2006
as Anita Astin
Fatal Attraction
2013
as Narrator (voice)
St. Denis Medical
2024
as Barb
Matt Houston
1982
as Val
FlashForward
2009
as Anastasia Markham
Chasing Life
2014
as Karen Callahan
Promised Land
1996
as Dr. Serena Hall
Eyes of Wakanda
2025
as Older Noni (voice)
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Pollie Ann
Trauma Center
1983
Snoops
1989
as Denise Kendall
HeartBeat
1988
as Dr. Cory Banks
A Girl Thing
2001
as Nia Morgan
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
Saturday Night Special
1996
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Ciel
Movies (72)
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
as Louisa
Strung
2026
as Audra Jelani
Vacation Friends
2021
as Suzanne
The Rebound
2009
as Laura Reilly
The Retirement Plan
2023
as Drisdale
Silverado
1985
as Rae
Stepmom
1998
as Dr. P. Sweikert
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
as Victoria
The Women
2008
as Glenda Hill
The Cheetah Girls
2003
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Lap Dance
2014
as Momma Pearl
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006
as Dorothea Garibaldi
All Things Fall Apart
2011
as Bee
In the Army Now
1994
as Sgt. Ladd
Head of State
2003
as Debra Lassiter
Deep in My Heart
1999
as Corrine Burrell
Confessions
2006
as Dr. Page
Nappily Ever After
2018
as Paulette Jones
Gone Fishin'
1997
as Angie
Love Songs
1999
as Jean Simpson
King's Faith
2013
as Vanessa
Eve's Bayou
1997
as Roz Batiste
Tales from the Hood 3
2020
as Marie Benoît
State of Emergency
1994
as Dehlia Johnson
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
as Esther
The George McKenna Story
1988
as Bobbie Maxwell
The Fright Night Files
2014
as Madame Mabry
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Ciel
Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011
as Lillian Winter
Solace
2018
as Irene
Doctor Detroit
1983
as Thelma Cleland
Zora is My Name!
1990
Battlefield America
2012
as Ms. Parker
The Slugger's Wife
1985
as Tina Alvarado
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
as Herself
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
as Josephine Baker
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994
as Bobbie Mallory
Act Like You Love Me
2013
as Harriett Lofton
And Then There Was You
2013
as Sophia Brent
The Color of Courage
1999
as Minnie McGhee
The Last Letter
2013
as Lorraine
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004
as Barbara Becnel
PoliWood
2009
as Self
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
as Brandi
Taking the Heat
1993
as Carolyn Hunter
A Time for Dancing
2002
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
Espionage Tonight
2017
as Sydney Greenstreet
The Wedding
1998
as Corinne Coles
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
as Mrs. Brown
Kings of the Evening
2008
as Gracie
Albany Road
2024
as Paula Henderson
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
as Johnnie Mae Gibson
Woman in Motion
2021
as Self
Somebody's Child
2012
as Constance
Lonely Boy
2013
as Dr. Christine Nolan
Prayer Never Fails
2016
as Loral Brown
30 Days in Atlanta
2014
as Clara
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999
as Lori Jackson
The Dempsey Sisters
2013
as Olivia Norman
The Redemption of a Dog
2012
as Francine
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
as Woman in bath
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991
We Need a Little Christmas
2022
as Irene
My Other Mother
2014
as Mary Jo
24 Hour Love
2013
as Cynthia
Dead Aim
1987
as Sheila Freeman
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996
as Sophie
John Henry
1986
as Pollie Ann
Fear Files
2015
as Madam Mabry
The Ugly Duckling
2014
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987
as Self
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 109 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Lynn Whitfield has appeared in 72 films and 37 TV shows.
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- Jaws: The Revenge (1987) — as Louisa
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- The Retirement Plan (2023) — as Drisdale
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