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.
Without a Trace
2002 · TV
The Chi
2018 · TV
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV
Miami Vice
1984 · TV
The Resident
2018 · TV
How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · TV
Hill Street Blues
1981 · TV
Strong Medicine
2000 · TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV
Sherri
2022 · TV
Matlock
1986 · TV
Steve
2017 · TV
St. Elsewhere
1982 · TV
The Tyra Banks Show
2005 · TV
Tamron Hall
2019 · TV
Boston Public
2000 · TV
Touched by an Angel
1994 · TV
American Playhouse
1982 · TV
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · TV
Fatal Attraction
2013 · TV
Shark
2006 · TV
Martin
1992 · TV
Greenleaf
2016 · TV
Matt Houston
1982 · TV
St. Denis Medical
2024 · TV
FlashForward
2009 · TV
Chasing Life
2014 · TV
Jaws: The Revenge
1987 · Movie
Promised Land
1996 · TV
Eyes of Wakanda
2025 · TV
Snoops
1989 · TV
Tall Tales & Legends
1985 · TV
Strung
2026 · Movie
Trauma Center
1983 · TV
Stepmom
1998 · Movie
Vacation Friends
2021 · Movie
Silverado
1985 · Movie
HeartBeat
1988 · TV
The Rebound
2009 · Movie
Madea's Family Reunion
2006 · Movie
The Retirement Plan
2023 · Movie
A Girl Thing
2001 · TV
The Women of Brewster Place
1989 · TV
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
· Movie
The Women
2008 · Movie
Nappily Ever After
2018 · Movie
Lap Dance
2014 · Movie
The Cosby Mysteries
1994 · TV
The Cheetah Girls
2003 · Movie
Gone Fishin'
1997 · Movie
In the Army Now
1994 · Movie
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006 · Movie
Head of State
2003 · Movie
Doctor Detroit
1983 · Movie
Fear Files
2015 · Movie
Eve's Bayou
1997 · Movie
Deep in My Heart
1999 · Movie
Tales from the Hood 3
2020 · Movie
The Josephine Baker Story
1991 · Movie
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996 · Movie
The Women of Brewster Place
1989 · Movie
Love Songs
1999 · Movie
Confessions
2006 · Movie
All Things Fall Apart
2011 · Movie
The George McKenna Story
1988 · Movie
Solace
2018 · Movie
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992 · Movie
A Time for Dancing
2002 · Movie
Battlefield America
2012 · Movie
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004 · Movie
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997 · Movie
We Need a Little Christmas
2022 · Movie
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994 · Movie
Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011 · Movie
The Wedding
1998 · Movie
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999 · Movie
PoliWood
2009 · Movie
King's Faith
2013 · Movie
And Then There Was You
2013 · Movie
The Slugger's Wife
1985 · Movie
My Other Mother
2014 · Movie
The Color of Courage
1999 · Movie
Act Like You Love Me
2013 · Movie
Somebody's Child
2012 · Movie
Taking the Heat
1993 · Movie
State of Emergency
1994 · Movie
Kings of the Evening
2008 · Movie
Espionage Tonight
2017 · Movie
Woman in Motion
2021 · Movie
The Last Letter
2013 · Movie
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986 · Movie
Albany Road
2024 · Movie
Lonely Boy
2013 · Movie
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996 · Movie
Prayer Never Fails
2016 · Movie
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987 · Movie
Zora is My Name!
1990 · Movie
John Henry
1986 · Movie
The Redemption of a Dog
2012 · Movie
30 Days in Atlanta
2014 · Movie
The Ugly Duckling
2014 · Movie
Dead Aim
1987 · Movie
24 Hour Love
2013 · Movie
The Dempsey Sisters
2013 · Movie
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982 · Movie
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999 · Movie
