Lynn Whitfield
Lynn Whitfield
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 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.
Known For
Actor
as Paula Henderson
as Barb
as Drisdale
as Irene
as Suzanne
as Self
as Marie Benoît
as Self - Guest
as Irene
as Paulette Jones
as Josephine Okeke
as Sydney Greenstreet
as Loral Brown
as Lady Mae Greenleaf
as Momma Pearl
as Clara
as Mary Jo
as Narrator (voice)
as Mary Walker
as Karen Callahan
as Lorraine
as Olivia Norman
as Sophia Brent
as Harriett Lofton
as Vanessa
as Cynthia
as Dr. Christine Nolan
as Narrator (voice)
as Francine
as Constance
as Ms. Parker
as Bee
as Lillian Winter
as Laura Reilly
as Self
as Anastasia Markham
as Glenda Hill
as Gracie
as Dorothea Garibaldi
as Dr. Page
as Victoria
as Barbara Becnel
as Dorothea Garibaldi
as Debra Lassiter
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
as Paula Van Doren
as Nia Morgan
as Louanna Harper
as Dr. Marshall
as Herself
as Jean Simpson
as Lori Jackson
as Corrine Burrell
as Minnie McGhee
as Dr. P. Sweikert
as Corinne Coles
as Roz Batiste
as Mrs. Brown
as Angie
as Brandi
as Sophie
as Dr. Serena Hall
as Sgt. Ladd
as Bobbie Mallory
as Dehlia Johnson
as Dr. Serena Hall
as Carolyn Hunter
as Esther
as Ellen
as Josephine Baker
as Ciel
as Denise Kendall
as Bobbie Maxwell
as Dr. Cory Banks
as Louisa
as Self
as Sheila Freeman
as Pollie Ann
as Johnnie Mae Gibson
as Rae
as Tina Alvarado
as Pollie Ann
as Thelma Cleland
as Val
as Jill Thomas
as Self - Nomine
Crew
as Thanks
Producer
as Producer