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 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.
Known For
Actor
as (voice)
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