About

Known credits:
74
Birthday:
1953-02-15
Place of birth:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Website:
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Lynn Whitfield

Overview

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 an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special and a NAACP Image Award for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO movie The Josephine Baker Story (1991). She also won NAACP Image awards for her work in Touched by an Angel (1998), The Planet of Junior Brown (2000) and Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004).

Her film work includes performances in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), Eve's Bayou (1997), Stepmom (1998), Head of State (2003), The Cheetah Girls (2003), The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006), Madea's Family Reunion (2006), The Women (2008), Nappily Ever After (2018), and Vacation Friends (2021).

From 2016 to 2020, she starred as Lady Mae Greenleaf on OWN's dramatic series Greenleaf, for which she won critical acclaim and garnered two NAACP Image Awards and a Gracie Award. She has won a total of seven NAACP Image Awards.

Known for

Acting
2024 Albany Road Actor Paula Henderson N/A
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2023 The Retirement Plan Actor Drisdale 60
Fair
2022 We Need a Little Christmas Actor Irene 59
Average
2021 Vacation Friends Actor Suzanne 66
Fair
2021 Woman in Motion Actor Self 59
Average
2020 Tales from the Hood 3 Actor Marie Benoît 58
Average
2018 Solace Actor Irene 59
Average
2018 Nappily Ever After Actor Paulette Jones 66
Fair
2017 Espionage Tonight Actor Sydney Greenstreet 59
Average
2016 Greenleaf Actor Lady Mae Greenleaf 71
Good
2016 Prayer Never Fails Actor Loral Brown 58
Average
2014 Lap Dance Actor Momma Pearl 57
Average
2014 30 Days in Atlanta Actor Clara N/A
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2014 My Other Mother Actor Mary Jo 59
Average
2014 The Ugly Duckling Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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2013 The Last Letter Actor Lorraine 59
Average
2013 The Dempsey Sisters Actor Olivia Norman 59
Average
2013 And Then There Was You Actor Sophia Brent 59
Average
2013 Act Like You Love Me Actor Harriett Lofton 59
Average
2013 King's Faith Actor Vanessa 59
Average
2013 24 Hour Love Actor Cynthia 59
Average
2013 Lonely Boy Actor Dr. Christine Nolan 58
Average
2012 The Redemption of a Dog Actor Francine 59
Average
2012 Somebody's Child Actor Constance 58
Average
2012 Battlefield America Actor Ms. Parker 58
Average
2011 All Things Fall Apart Actor Bee 58
Average
2011 Mama, I Want to Sing! Actor Lillian Winter 59
Average
2009 The Rebound Actor Laura Reilly 62
Fair
2009 PoliWood Actor Self 59
Average
2008 The Women Actor Glenda Hill 55
Average
2008 Kings of the Evening Actor Gracie N/A
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2006 The Cheetah Girls 2 Actor Dorothea Garibaldi 60
Fair
2006 Confessions Actor Dr. Page N/A
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2006 Madea's Family Reunion Actor Victoria 60
Fair
2004 Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story Actor Barbara Becnel 59
Average
2003 The Cheetah Girls Actor Dorothea Garibaldi 59
Average
2003 Head of State Actor Debra Lassiter 57
Average
2002 A Time for Dancing Actor Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher 60
Fair
2001 A Girl Thing Actor Nia Morgan 58
Average
1999 Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker Actor Herself N/A
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1999 Love Songs Actor Jean Simpson 59
Average
1999 Dangerous Evidence Actor Lori Jackson N/A
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1999 Deep in My Heart Actor Corrine Burrell 58
Average
1999 The Color of Courage Actor Minnie McGhee 59
Average
1998 Stepmom Actor Dr. P. Sweikert 68
Fair
1998 The Wedding Actor Corinne Coles 59
Average
1997 Eve's Bayou Actor Roz Batiste 60
Fair
1997 The Planet of Junior Brown Actor Mrs. Brown 58
Average
1997 Gone Fishin' Actor Angie 56
Average
1996 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate Actor Brandi 58
Average
1996 Sophie and the Moonhanger Actor Sophie 59
Average
1994 In the Army Now Actor Sgt. Ladd 56
Average
1994 Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story Actor Bobbie Mallory 58
Average
1994 State of Emergency Actor Dehlia Johnson 58
Average
1994 The Cosby Mysteries Actor 68
Fair
1993 Taking the Heat Actor Carolyn Hunter 58
Average
1992 Stompin' at the Savoy Actor Esther N/A
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1991 A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story Actor 58
Average
1991 The Josephine Baker Story Actor Josephine Baker 59
Average
1990 Zora is My Name! Actor N/A
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1989 The Women of Brewster Place Actor Ciel 59
Average
1988 The George McKenna Story Actor Bobbie Maxwell 59
Average
1988 HeartBeat Actor Dr. Cory Banks 68
Fair
1987 Jaws: The Revenge Actor Louisa 46
Bad
1987 The Making of Jaws The Revenge Actor Self 59
Average
1987 Dead Aim Actor Sheila Freeman 58
Average
1986 John Henry Actor Pollie Ann N/A
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1986 Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI Actor Johnnie Mae Gibson 59
Average
1985 Silverado Actor Rae 65
Fair
1985 The Slugger's Wife Actor Tina Alvarado 58
Average
1983 Doctor Detroit Actor Thelma Cleland 58
Average
1982 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf Actor Woman in bath 59
Average

Production
2013 And Then There Was You Production Producer 59
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Crew
2013 And Then There Was You Crew Thanks 59
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