Lynn Whitfield
Age: N/A | From: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 49
TV Involvements: 12
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
How to Get Away with Murder
(2014) Mary Walker
Hill Street Blues
(1981) Jill Thomas
The Resident
(2018) Josephine Okeke
Matt Houston
(1982) Val
Without a Trace
(2002) Paula Van Doren
FlashForward
(2009) Anastasia Markham
Chasing Life
(2014) Karen Callahan
Greenleaf
(2016) Lady Mae GreenleafActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Drisdale | |
| 2022 | Irene | |
| 2021 | Suzanne | |
| Self | ||
| 2020 | Marie Benoît | |
| 2019 | Self - Guest | |
| 2018 | Irene | |
| Paulette Jones | ||
| Josephine Okeke | ||
| 2017 | Sydney Greenstreet | |
| 2016 | Lady Mae Greenleaf | |
| Loral Brown | ||
| 2014 | Momma Pearl | |
| Clara | ||
| Mary Walker | ||
| Mary Jo | ||
| Karen Callahan | ||
| 2013 | Lorraine | |
| Olivia Norman | ||
| Sophia Brent | ||
| Harriett Lofton | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Vanessa | ||
| Cynthia | ||
| Dr. Christine Nolan | ||
| 2012 | Francine | |
| Constance | ||
| Ms. Parker | ||
| 2011 | Bee | |
| Lillian Winter | ||
| 2009 | Anastasia Markham | |
| Laura Reilly | ||
| Self | ||
| 2008 | Glenda Hill | |
| Gracie | ||
| 2006 | N/A | |
| Dorothea Garibaldi | ||
| Dr. Page | ||
| Victoria | ||
| 2005 | N/A | |
| 2004 | Barbara Becnel | |
| 2003 | Dorothea Garibaldi | |
| Debra Lassiter | ||
| 2002 | Paula Van Doren | |
| Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher | ||
| 2001 | Nia Morgan | |
| 2000 | Louanna Harper | |
| 1999 | Herself | |
| Jean Simpson | ||
| Lori Jackson | ||
| Corrine Burrell | ||
| Minnie McGhee | ||
| 1998 | Dr. P. Sweikert | |
| Corinne Coles | ||
| 1997 | Roz Batiste | |
| Mrs. Brown | ||
| Angie | ||
| 1996 | Dr. Serena Hall | |
| N/A | ||
| Brandi | ||
| Sophie | ||
| 1994 | Sgt. Ladd | |
| Bobbie Mallory | ||
| Dehlia Johnson | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1993 | Carolyn Hunter | |
| 1992 | N/A | |
| Esther | ||
| 1991 | N/A | |
| Josephine Baker | ||
| 1990 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1989 | Ciel | |
| 1988 | Bobbie Maxwell | |
| Dr. Cory Banks | ||
| 1987 | Louisa | |
| Self | ||
| Sheila Freeman | ||
| 1986 | Pollie Ann | |
| Johnnie Mae Gibson | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1985 | Pollie Ann | |
| Rae | ||
| Tina Alvarado | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| 1983 | N/A | |
| Thelma Cleland | ||
| 1982 | Val | |
| N/A | ||
| Woman in bath | ||
| 1981 | N/A | |
| Jill Thomas | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Thanks | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |