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Lynn Whitfield

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1953-02-15 (71 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 95

Movies 70

TV Shows 25

self 5

Lynn Whitfield

Biography

Filmography

all 95

Movies 70

TV Shows 25

self 5

Voice 2

The Retirement Plan (2023)

We Need a Little Christmas (2022)

Vacation Friends (2021)

Woman in Motion (2021)

Tales from the Hood 3 (2020)

Tamron Hall (2019)

Solace (2018)

Nappily Ever After (2018)

The Resident (2018)

Espionage Tonight (2017)

Greenleaf (2016)

Prayer Never Fails (2016)

Curveball (2015)

Lap Dance (2014)

30 Days in Atlanta (2014)

How to Get Away with Murder (2014)

My Other Mother (2014)

Chasing Life (2014)

The Trace (2014)

The Last Letter (2013)

The Dempsey Sisters (2013)

And Then There Was You (2013)

Act Like You Love Me (2013)

Fatal Attraction (2013)

King's Faith (2013)

24 Hour Love (2013)

Lonely Boy (2013)

The Redemption of a Dog (2012)

Somebody's Child (2012)

Battlefield America (2012)

All Things Fall Apart (2011)

Mama, I Want to Sing! (2011)

FlashForward (2009)

The Rebound (2009)

PoliWood (2009)

The Women (2008)

Kings of the Evening (2008)

Shark (2006)

The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006)

Confessions (2006)

Madea's Family Reunion (2006)

The Tyra Banks Show (2005)

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)

The Cheetah Girls (2003)

Head of State (2003)

Without a Trace (2002)

A Time for Dancing (2002)

A Girl Thing (2001)

Boston Public (2000)

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker (1999)

Love Songs (1999)

Dangerous Evidence (1999)

Deep in My Heart (1999)

The Color of Courage (1999)

Stepmom (1998)

The Wedding (1998)

Eve's Bayou (1997)

The Planet of Junior Brown (1997)

Gone Fishin' (1997)

Promised Land (1996)

Saturday Night Special (1996)

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)

Sophie and the Moonhanger (1996)

In the Army Now (1994)

Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (1994)

State of Emergency (1994)

The Cosby Mysteries (1994)

Taking the Heat (1993)

Martin (1992)

Stompin' at the Savoy (1992)

A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991)

The Josephine Baker Story (1991)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1953-02-15 (71 years old)

Birth Place
Baton Rouge, United States of America

Relationships
Vantile Whitfield (1974-01-01 - 1978-01-01), Brian Gibson (1990-01-01 - 1992-01-01)

Citizenships
United States of America

Awards
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie