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Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

Actress

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.

Born: February 15, 1953 (Age 71) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

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Lynn Whitfield  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.9
ActressGracie2008
Movie
7
ActressDr. P. Sweikert1998
Movie
4.8
ActressMomma Pearl2014
Movie
4.2
ActressTina Alvarado1985
Movie
6.1
ActressDr. Christine Nolan2013
Movie
6.6
ActressPaulette Jones2018
Movie
4.8
ActressIrene2018
Movie
3.2
ActressLouisa1987
Movie
4.9
ActressGlenda Hill2008
Movie
5.6
ActressDebra Lassiter2003
Movie
7.4
ActressRae1985
Movie
5.8
ActressBrandi1996
Movie
6.1
ActressVanessa2013
Movie
4.1
ActressLillian Winter2011
Movie
6
ActressMrs. Brown1997
Movie
2.4
ActressMs. Parker2012
Movie
5.5
ActressVictoria2006
Movie
5.9
ActressFrancine2012
Movie
2.6
ActressDr. Page2006
Movie
4.7
ActressAngie1997
Movie
5.6
ActressBee2011
Movie
7.3
ActressRoz Batiste1997
Movie
5.4
ActressSophia Brent2013
Movie
5.1
ActressOlivia Norman2013
Movie
5.3
ActressClara2014
Movie
6.1
ActressLaura Reilly2009
Movie
3.2
ActressCynthia2013
Movie
4.7
ActressLoral Brown2016
Movie
5.4
ActressThelma Cleland1983
Movie
5.1
ActressSgt. Ladd1994
Movie
3.8
ActressSydney Greenstreet2017
Movie
4
ActressLorraine2013
Movie
6
ActressLinda Derricks, the Dance Teacher2002
Movie
4.7
ActressSheila Freeman1987
Movie
8.5
ActressSelf2021
Movie
6.4
ActressSuzanne2021
Movie
5.9
ActressSelf2009
Movie
8.2
ActressWoman in bath1982
Movie
6.6
Actress1990
Movie
7.7
ActressHerself1999
Movie
5.3
ActressMarie Benoît2020
Movie
5.3
ActressDrisdale2023
Movie
5.1
ActressHarriett Lofton2013
Movie
7.2
ActressPollie Ann1986
Movie
7.8
ActressPaula Henderson
TV Show
7.6
ActressLady Mae Greenleaf
60 Episodes
2016-2020
TV Show
8
ActressDr. Cory Banks
18 Episodes
1988-1989
TV Show
4.4
Actress18 Episodes1994-1995
TV Show
6.8
ActressPollie Ann
1 Episode
1985-1988
TV Show
7.4
ActressLouanna Harper
3 Episodes
2000-2006
TV Show
6.9
Actress1 Episode2006-2008
TV Show
3.7
Actress1 Episode2005-2011
TV Show
5
Actress1 Episode1996-1996
TV Show
7.9
ActressNarrator (voice)
8 Episodes
2013
Limited Series
7.5
ActressCiel1989-1989
TV Show
4.3
ActressSelf - Guest
1 Episode
2019-2024
TV Show
8
ActressJosephine Okeke
1 Episode
2018-2023
TV Show
8
ActressMary Walker
3 Episodes
2014-2020
TV Show
7.2
ActressPaula Van Doren
6 Episodes
2002-2009
TV Show
7.5
Actress1 Episode1984-1989
TV Show
7.1
Actress2 Episodes1986-1995
TV Show
6.9
Actress2 Episodes1981-1988
TV Show
8
ActressJill Thomas
1 Episode
1981-1987
TV Show
6.3
ActressVal
1 Episode
1982-1985
TV Show
7.4
ActressAnastasia Markham
1 Episode
2009-2010
TV Show
6.5
Actress1 Episode1983-1983
TV Show
7.9
ActressKaren Callahan
1 Episode
2014-2015
TV Show
6.7
ActressDr. Serena Hall
1 Episode
1996-1999
TV Show
8
Actress2 Episodes1981-1987
TV Show
7.7
ActressEllen
2 Episodes
1992-1997
TV Show
6.9
ActressDr. Marshall
1 Episode
2000-2006
TV Show
6.3
ActressDr. Serena Hall
1 Episode
1994-2003
TV Show
ActressSelf - Nomine
1 Episode
1944
TV Show
7.2
ActressDenise Kendall
1 Episode
1989-1990
TV Show
6.7
ActressBarb
1 Episode
2024
Short Film
ActressNarrator (voice)2014
Movie
6
ActressDehlia Johnson1994
Movie
5.4
ActressCarolyn Hunter1993
Movie
6.4
ActressBarbara Becnel2004
Movie
6
ActressMary Jo2014
Movie
5.9
ActressNia Morgan2001
Movie
6.2
ActressBobbie Maxwell1986
Movie
6.5
ActressMinnie McGhee1998
Movie
6.6
ActressConstance2012
Movie
5.1
ActressLori Jackson1999
Movie
7.4
ActressSophie1996
Movie
6.9
Actress1991
Movie
6.5
ActressJohnnie Mae Gibson1986
Movie
5.1
ActressDorothea Garibaldi2003
Movie
6.2
ActressJean Simpson1999
Movie
5.3
ActressDorothea Garibaldi2006
Movie
7.3
ActressJosephine Baker1991
Movie
7.5
ActressSelf1987
Movie
6.8
ActressIrene2022
Movie
6.4
ActressCorrine Burrell1999
Movie
5.9
ActressCorinne Coles1998
Movie
5.9
ActressBobbie Mallory1994
Movie
7.1
ActressEsther1992
Movie
5.4
ProductionProducer, Thanks2013
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