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), Eves Bayou (1997), Stepmom (1998), Head of State (2003), Madeas 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.

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Poster movie The Cheetah Girls

The Cheetah Girls

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Poster movie In the Army Now

In the Army Now

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Poster movie The George McKenna Story

The George McKenna Story

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Poster movie The Last Letter

The Last Letter

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Poster movie Albany Road

Albany Road

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Movies unavailable from Lynn Whitfield

Jaws: The Revenge

Louisa

Movie 1987

The Women of Brewster Place

Ciel

Movie 1989

Doctor Detroit

Thelma Cleland

Movie 1983

The Ugly Duckling

Narrator (voice)

Movie 2014

The Rebound

Laura Reilly

Movie 2009

Silverado

Rae

Movie 1985

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Barbara Becnel

Movie 2004

Gone Fishin'

Angie

Movie 1997

Head of State

Debra Lassiter

Movie 2003

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

Brandi

Movie 1996

Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story

Bobbie Mallory

Movie 1994

All Things Fall Apart

Bee

Movie 2011

Eve's Bayou

Roz Batiste

Movie 1997

A Time for Dancing

Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher

Movie 2002

Zora is My Name!

Movie 1990

Madea's Family Reunion

Victoria

Movie 2006

John Henry

Pollie Ann

Movie 1986

Mama, I Want to Sing!

Lillian Winter

Movie 2011

The Josephine Baker Story

Josephine Baker

Movie 1991

Deep in My Heart

Corrine Burrell

Movie 1999

Kings of the Evening

Gracie

Movie 2008

King's Faith

Vanessa

Movie 2013

The Retirement Plan

Drisdale

Movie 2023

The Color of Courage

Minnie McGhee

Movie 1999

State of Emergency

Dehlia Johnson

Movie 1994

Lonely Boy

Dr. Christine Nolan

Movie 2013

A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

Movie 1991

24 Hour Love

Cynthia

Movie 2013

Somebody's Child

Constance

Movie 2012

Dangerous Evidence

Lori Jackson

Movie 1999

The Making of Jaws The Revenge

Self

Movie 1987

Dead Aim

Sheila Freeman

Movie 1987

The Redemption of a Dog

Francine

Movie 2012

And Then There Was You

Sophia Brent

Movie 2013

Taking the Heat

Carolyn Hunter

Movie 1993

The Dempsey Sisters

Olivia Norman

Movie 2013

The Wedding

Corinne Coles

Movie 1998

Act Like You Love Me

Harriett Lofton

Movie 2013

We Need a Little Christmas

Irene

Movie 2022

The Planet of Junior Brown

Mrs. Brown

Movie 1997

The Slugger's Wife

Tina Alvarado

Movie 1985

My Other Mother

Mary Jo

Movie 2014

Prayer Never Fails

Loral Brown

Movie 2016

Battlefield America

Ms. Parker

Movie 2012

Sophie and the Moonhanger

Sophie

Movie 1996

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

Woman in bath

Movie 1982

The Cheetah Girls 2

Dorothea Garibaldi

Movie 2006

Espionage Tonight

Sydney Greenstreet

Movie 2017

Nappily Ever After

Paulette Jones

Movie 2018

Solace

Irene

Movie 2018

30 Days in Atlanta

Clara

Movie 2014

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

Johnnie Mae Gibson

Movie 1986

The Women

Glenda Hill

Movie 2008

A Girl Thing

Nia Morgan

Movie 2001

Lap Dance

Momma Pearl

Movie 2014

Confessions

Dr. Page

Movie 2006

Stepmom

Dr. P. Sweikert

Movie 1998

Stompin' at the Savoy

Esther

Movie 1992

Love Songs

Jean Simpson

Movie 1999

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

Herself

Movie 1999

Tales from the Hood 3

Marie Benoît

Movie 2020

Woman in Motion

Self

Movie 2021

Vacation Friends

Suzanne

Movie 2021

PoliWood

Self

Movie 2009

Tv series unavailable from Lynn Whitfield

Boston Public

Louanna Harper

Tv 2000

Martin

Ellen

Tv 1992

Shark

Tv 2006

Matlock

Tv 1986

Miami Vice

Tv 1984

The Tyra Banks Show

Tv 2005

Tamron Hall

Self - Guest

Tv 2019

Hill Street Blues

Tv 1981

Without a Trace

Paula Van Doren

Tv 2002

Cagney & Lacey

Tv 1982

Saturday Night Special

Tv 1996

The Cosby Mysteries

Tv 1994

FlashForward

Anastasia Markham

Tv 2009

Trauma Center

Tv 1983

HeartBeat

Dr. Cory Banks

Tv 1988

How to Get Away with Murder

Mary Walker

Tv 2014

Chasing Life

Karen Callahan

Tv 2014

Greenleaf

Lady Mae Greenleaf

Tv 2016

Hill Street Blues

Jill Thomas

Tv 1981

Matt Houston

Val

Tv 1982

Promised Land

Dr. Serena Hall

Tv 1996

Fatal Attraction

Narrator (voice)

Tv 2013

Tall Tales & Legends

Pollie Ann

Tv 1985

The Resident

Josephine Okeke

Tv 2018

Strong Medicine

Dr. Marshall

Tv 2000

Touched by an Angel

Dr. Serena Hall

Tv 1994

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nomine

Tv 1944

Snoops

Denise Kendall

Tv 1989

St. Denis Medical

Barb

Tv 2024

The Chi

Alicia

Tv 2018