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Lynn Whitfield‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1953-02-15

Popularity

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Lynn Whitfield

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Lynn Whitfield

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1953-02-15

Popularity

star14.1

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 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.

Movie Credits

Jaws: The Revenge

Jaws: The Revenge‌
star4.1
calendar 1987

The Women of Brewster Place

The Women of Brewster Place‌
star6.9
calendar 1989

Doctor Detroit

Doctor Detroit‌
star5.1
calendar 1983

The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

The Rebound

The Rebound‌
star6.5
calendar 2009

Silverado

Silverado‌
star7.0
calendar 1985

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story‌
star6.0
calendar 2004

The Cheetah Girls

The Cheetah Girls‌
star6.0
calendar 2003

Gone Fishin'

Gone Fishin'‌
star4.8
calendar 1997

Head of State

Head of State‌
star5.6
calendar 2003

In the Army Now

In the Army Now‌
star5.0
calendar 1994

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate‌
star5.7
calendar 1996

The George McKenna Story

The George McKenna Story‌
star6.2
calendar 1988

Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story

Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story‌
star5.5
calendar 1994

All Things Fall Apart

All Things Fall Apart‌
star5.8
calendar 2011

Eve's Bayou

Eve's Bayou‌
star6.4
calendar 1997

A Time for Dancing

A Time for Dancing‌
star6.7
calendar 2002

Zora is My Name!

Zora is My Name!‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Madea's Family Reunion

Madea's Family Reunion‌
star6.3
calendar 2006

John Henry

John Henry‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Mama, I Want to Sing!

Mama, I Want to Sing!‌
star7.3
calendar 2011

The Josephine Baker Story

The Josephine Baker Story‌
star6.3
calendar 1991

Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart‌
star6.0
calendar 1999

Kings of the Evening

Kings of the Evening‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

King's Faith

King's Faith‌
star6.6
calendar 2013

The Retirement Plan

The Retirement Plan‌
star6.3
calendar 2023

The Color of Courage

The Color of Courage‌
star5.5
calendar 1999

State of Emergency

State of Emergency‌
star4.0
calendar 1994

Lonely Boy

Lonely Boy‌
star4.0
calendar 2013

A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story‌
star5.1
calendar 1991

24 Hour Love

24 Hour Love‌
star4.8
calendar 2013

Somebody's Child

Somebody's Child‌
star6.2
calendar 2012

Dangerous Evidence

Dangerous Evidence‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

The Last Letter

The Last Letter‌
star4.1
calendar 2013

The Making of Jaws The Revenge

The Making of Jaws The Revenge‌
star6.0
calendar 1987

The Redemption of a Dog

The Redemption of a Dog‌
star5.5
calendar 2012

Dead Aim

Dead Aim‌
star4.3
calendar 1987

And Then There Was You

And Then There Was You‌
star6.1
calendar 2013

Taking the Heat

Taking the Heat‌
star4.8
calendar 1993

The Dempsey Sisters

The Dempsey Sisters‌
star7.2
calendar 2013

The Wedding

The Wedding‌
star8.3
calendar 1998

Act Like You Love Me

Act Like You Love Me‌
star5.5
calendar 2013

We Need a Little Christmas

We Need a Little Christmas‌
star6.5
calendar 2022

The Planet of Junior Brown

The Planet of Junior Brown‌
star4.2
calendar 1997

The Slugger's Wife

The Slugger's Wife‌
star4.0
calendar 1985

My Other Mother

My Other Mother‌
star8.5
calendar 2014

Albany Road

Albany Road‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Prayer Never Fails

Prayer Never Fails‌
star3.7
calendar 2016

Battlefield America

Battlefield America‌
star4.4
calendar 2012

Sophie and the Moonhanger

Sophie and the Moonhanger‌
star7.0
calendar 1996

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

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf‌
star10.0
calendar 1982

The Cheetah Girls 2

The Cheetah Girls 2‌
star6.3
calendar 2006

Espionage Tonight

Espionage Tonight‌
star4.0
calendar 2017

Nappily Ever After

Nappily Ever After‌
star7.2
calendar 2018

Solace

Solace‌
star5.0
calendar 2018

30 Days in Atlanta

30 Days in Atlanta‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI‌
star5.0
calendar 1986

The Women

The Women‌
star5.0
calendar 2008

A Girl Thing

A Girl Thing‌
star4.2
calendar 2001

Lap Dance

Lap Dance‌
star4.4
calendar 2014

Confessions

Confessions‌
star3.0
calendar 2006

Stepmom

Stepmom‌
star7.1
calendar 1998

Stompin' at the Savoy

Stompin' at the Savoy‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Love Songs

Love Songs‌
star8.0
calendar 1999

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker‌
star2.0
calendar 1999

Tales from the Hood 3

Tales from the Hood 3‌
star5.3
calendar 2020

Woman in Motion

Woman in Motion‌
star6.8
calendar 2021

Vacation Friends

Vacation Friends‌
star7.1
calendar 2021

PoliWood

PoliWood‌
star6.5
calendar 2009

Tv Credits

Boston Public

Boston Public‌
star7.7
calendar 2000

Martin

Martin‌
star7.8
calendar 1992

Shark

Shark‌
star6.8
calendar 2006

Matlock

Matlock‌
star7.2
calendar 1986

Miami Vice

Miami Vice‌
star7.5
calendar 1984

The Tyra Banks Show

The Tyra Banks Show‌
star4.3
calendar 2005

Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall‌
star5.1
calendar 2019

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues‌
star7.6
calendar 1981

Without a Trace

Without a Trace‌
star7.3
calendar 2002

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey‌
star6.9
calendar 1982

Saturday Night Special

Saturday Night Special‌
star5.0
calendar 1996

The Cosby Mysteries

The Cosby Mysteries‌
star5.3
calendar 1994

FlashForward

FlashForward‌
star7.0
calendar 2009

Trauma Center

Trauma Center‌
star5.0
calendar 1983

HeartBeat

HeartBeat‌
star3.0
calendar 1988

How to Get Away with Murder

How to Get Away with Murder‌
star7.9
calendar 2014

Chasing Life

Chasing Life‌
star7.5
calendar 2014

Greenleaf

Greenleaf‌
star7.2
calendar 2016

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues‌
star7.6
calendar 1981

Matt Houston

Matt Houston‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

Promised Land

Promised Land‌
star6.6
calendar 1996

Fatal Attraction

Fatal Attraction‌
star6.9
calendar 2013

Tall Tales & Legends

Tall Tales & Legends‌
star5.2
calendar 1985

The Resident

The Resident‌
star8.4
calendar 2018

Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine‌
star7.1
calendar 2000

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel‌
star7.2
calendar 1994

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards‌
star6.8
calendar 1944

Snoops

Snoops‌
star5.0
calendar 1989