
Acting
Born February 15, 1953 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lynn Whitfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Albany Road
2024

The Retirement Plan
2023

We Need a Little Christmas
2022

Vacation Friends
2021

Woman in Motion
2021

Tales from the Hood 3
2020

Solace
2018

Nappily Ever After
2018

Espionage Tonight
2017

Prayer Never Fails
2016

Lap Dance
2014

30 Days in Atlanta
2014

My Other Mother
2014

The Ugly Duckling
2014

The Last Letter
2013

The Dempsey Sisters
2013

And Then There Was You
2013

Act Like You Love Me
2013

King's Faith
2013

24 Hour Love
2013

Lonely Boy
2013

The Redemption of a Dog
2012

Somebody's Child
2012

Battlefield America
2012

All Things Fall Apart
2011

Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011

The Rebound
2009

PoliWood
2009

The Women
2008

Kings of the Evening
2008

The Cheetah Girls 2
2006

Confessions
2006

Madea's Family Reunion
2006

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004

The Cheetah Girls
2003

Head of State
2003

A Time for Dancing
2002

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999

Love Songs
1999

Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999

Deep in My Heart
1999

The Color of Courage
1999

Stepmom
1998

The Wedding
1998

Eve's Bayou
1997

The Planet of Junior Brown
1997

Gone Fishin'
1997

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996

In the Army Now
1994

Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994

State of Emergency
1994

Taking the Heat
1993

Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991

The Josephine Baker Story
1991

Zora is My Name!
1990

The Women of Brewster Place
1989

The George McKenna Story
1988

Jaws: The Revenge
1987

The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987

Dead Aim
1987

John Henry
1986

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986

Silverado
1985

The Slugger's Wife
1985

Doctor Detroit
1983

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982