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 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.
Media of
Lynn Whitfield
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Filmography of
Lynn Whitfield
Drisdale
... 2023
... 2022
Suzanne
... 2021
Self
... 2021
Marie Benoît
... 2020
Irene
... 2018
Paulette Jones
... 2018
Sydney Greenstreet
... 2017
Loral Brown
... 2016
Momma Pearl
... 2014
Clara
... 2014
Mary Jo
... 2014
Lorraine
... 2013
Olivia Norman
... 2013
Sophia Brent
... 2013
Harriett Lofton
... 2013
Vanessa
... 2013
Cynthia
... 2013
Dr. Christine Nolan
... 2013
Francine
... 2012
Constance
... 2012
Ms. Parker
... 2012
... 2011
Lillian Winter
... 2011
Laura Reilly
... 2009
Self
... 2009
Glenda Hill
... 2008
Gracie
... 2008
Dorothea Garibaldi
... 2006
Dr. Page
... 2006
Victoria
... 2006
Barbara Becnel
... 2004
Dorothea Garibaldi
... 2003
Debra Lassiter
... 2003
Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
... 2002
Nia Morgan
... 2001
... 1999
Jean Simpson
... 1999
Lori Jackson
... 1999
Corrine Burrell
... 1999
Minnie McGhee
... 1999
Dr. P. Sweikert
... 1998
Corinne Coles
... 1998
Roz Batiste
... 1997
Mrs. Brown
... 1997
Angie
... 1997
... 1996
Sophie
... 1996
Sgt. Ladd
... 1994
Bobbie Mallory
... 1994
Dehlia Johnson
... 1994
Carolyn Hunter
... 1993
Esther
... 1992
Josephine Baker
... 1991
... 1990
... 1989
Bobbie Maxwell
... 1988
Louisa
... 1987
... 1987
Sheila Freeman
... 1987
Pollie Ann
... 1986
Johnnie Mae Gibson
... 1986
Rae
... 1985
Tina Alvarado
... 1985
Thelma Cleland
... 1983
... 1982
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