
Lynn Whitfield
Acting
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.

Strung

Albany Road
Paula Henderson

The Retirement Plan
Drisdale

We Need a Little Christmas
Irene

Vacation Friends
Suzanne

Woman in Motion
Self

Tales from the Hood 3
Marie Benoît

Solace
Irene

Nappily Ever After
Paulette Jones

Espionage Tonight
Sydney Greenstreet

Prayer Never Fails
Loral Brown

Lap Dance
Momma Pearl

30 Days in Atlanta
Clara
The Fright Night Files
Madame Mabry

My Other Mother
Mary Jo

The Ugly Duckling
Narrator (voice)

The Last Letter
Lorraine

The Dempsey Sisters
Olivia Norman

And Then There Was You
Sophia Brent

Act Like You Love Me
Harriett Lofton

King's Faith
Vanessa

24 Hour Love
Cynthia

Lonely Boy
Dr. Christine Nolan

The Redemption of a Dog
Francine

Somebody's Child
Constance

Battlefield America
Ms. Parker

All Things Fall Apart
Bee

Mama, I Want to Sing!
Lillian Winter

The Rebound
Laura Reilly

PoliWood
Self

The Women
Glenda Hill

Kings of the Evening
Gracie

The Cheetah Girls 2
Dorothea Garibaldi

Confessions
Dr. Page

Madea's Family Reunion
Victoria

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Barbara Becnel

The Cheetah Girls
Dorothea Garibaldi

Head of State
Debra Lassiter

A Time for Dancing
Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Herself

Love Songs
Jean Simpson

Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
Lori Jackson

Deep in My Heart
Corrine Burrell

The Color of Courage
Minnie McGhee

Stepmom
Dr. P. Sweikert

The Wedding
Corinne Coles

Eve's Bayou
Roz Batiste

The Planet of Junior Brown
Mrs. Brown

Gone Fishin'
Angie

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Brandi
Sophie and the Moonhanger
Sophie

In the Army Now
Sgt. Ladd

Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
Bobbie Mallory

State of Emergency
Dehlia Johnson

Taking the Heat
Carolyn Hunter

Stompin' at the Savoy
Esther
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

The Josephine Baker Story
Josephine Baker

Zora is My Name!

The Women of Brewster Place
Ciel

The George McKenna Story
Bobbie Maxwell

Jaws: The Revenge
Louisa

The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Self

Dead Aim
Sheila Freeman

John Henry
Pollie Ann

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Johnnie Mae Gibson

Silverado
Rae

The Slugger's Wife
Tina Alvarado

Doctor Detroit
Thelma Cleland

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







