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Lynn Whitfield

Actor

Lynn Whitfield

Born February 15, 1953 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA68 films

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).

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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.

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Essential films

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Nappily Ever After poster7.2Nappily Ever After2018Vacation Friends poster7.0Vacation Friends2021Silverado poster6.9Silverado1985The Rebound poster6.5The Rebound2009The Cheetah Girls 2 poster6.3The Cheetah Girls 22006The Cheetah Girls poster6.0The Cheetah Girls2003Madea's Family Reunion poster6.4Madea's Family Reunion2006The Retirement Plan poster5.8The Retirement Plan2023

Filmography

68 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Cheetah Girls: Next GenDorothea Garibaldi
  2. 2026StrungAudra Jelani
  3. 2024Albany RoadPaula Henderson
  4. 2023The Retirement PlanDrisdale
  5. 2022We Need a Little ChristmasIrene
  6. 2021Vacation FriendsSuzanne
  7. 2020Tales from the Hood 3Marie Benoît
  8. 2018SolaceIrene
  9. 2018Nappily Ever AfterPaulette Jones
  10. 2017Espionage TonightSydney Greenstreet
  11. 2016Prayer Never FailsLoral Brown
  12. 2015Fear FilesMadam Mabry
  13. 2014Lap DanceMomma Pearl
  14. 201430 Days in AtlantaClara
  15. 2014The Fright Night FilesMadame Mabry
  16. 2014My Other MotherMary Jo
  17. 2014The Ugly DucklingNarrator (voice)
  18. 2013The Last LetterLorraine
  19. 2013The Dempsey SistersOlivia Norman
  20. 2013And Then There Was YouSophia Brent
  21. 2013Act Like You Love MeHarriett Lofton
  22. 2013King's FaithVanessa
  23. 201324 Hour LoveCynthia
  24. 2013Lonely BoyDr. Christine Nolan
  25. 2012The Redemption of a DogFrancine
  26. 2012Somebody's ChildConstance
  27. 2012Battlefield AmericaMs. Parker
  28. 2011All Things Fall ApartBee
  29. 2011Mama, I Want to Sing!Lillian Winter
  30. 2009The ReboundLaura Reilly
  31. 2008The WomenGlenda Hill
  32. 2008Kings of the EveningGracie
  33. 2006The Cheetah Girls 2Dorothea Garibaldi
  34. 2006ConfessionsDr. Page
  35. 2006Madea's Family ReunionVictoria
  36. 2004Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams StoryBarbara Becnel
  37. 2003The Cheetah GirlsDorothea Garibaldi
  38. 2003Head of StateDebra Lassiter
  39. 2002A Time for DancingLinda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
  40. 1999Love SongsJean Simpson
  41. 1999Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson StoryLori Jackson
  42. 1999Deep in My HeartCorrine Burrell
  43. 1999The Color of CourageMinnie McGhee
  44. 1998StepmomDr. P. Sweikert
  45. 1998The WeddingCorinne Coles
  46. 1997Eve's BayouRoz Batiste
  47. 1997The Planet of Junior BrownMrs. Brown
  48. 1997Gone Fishin'Angie
  49. 1996A Thin Line Between Love and HateBrandi
  50. 1996Sophie and the MoonhangerSophie
  51. 1994In the Army NowSgt. Ladd
  52. 1994Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden StoryBobbie Mallory
  53. 1994State of EmergencyDehlia Johnson
  54. 1993Taking the HeatCarolyn Hunter
  55. 1992Stompin' at the SavoyEsther
  56. 1991A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
  57. 1991The Josephine Baker StoryJosephine Baker
  58. 1990Zora is My Name!
  59. 1989The Women of Brewster PlaceCiel
  60. 1988The George McKenna StoryBobbie Maxwell
  61. 1987Jaws: The RevengeLouisa
  62. 1987Dead AimSheila Freeman
  63. 1986John HenryPollie Ann
  64. 1986Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBIJohnnie Mae Gibson
  65. 1985SilveradoRae
  66. 1985The Slugger's WifeTina Alvarado
  67. 1983Doctor DetroitThelma Cleland
  68. 1982For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is EnufWoman in bath