Lynn Whitfield
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Series
Miami Vice
Odette Ribaud
1984
Series
How to Get Away with Murder
Mary Walker
2014
Series
The Resident
Josephine Okeke
2018
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Without a Trace
Paula Van Doren
2002
Series
The Chi
Alicia
2018
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Hill Street Blues
1981
Series
Hill Street Blues
Jill Thomas
1981
Series
American Playhouse
Woman in the bath
1982
Series
American Playhouse
1982
Series
Touched by an Angel
Dr. Serena Hall
1994
Series
Strong Medicine
Dr. Marshall
2000
Series
Matlock
Angela Page
1986
Series
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019
Series
St. Elsewhere
Annie Callan
1982
Series
Steve
Self
2017
Series
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Series
Martin
Ellen
1992
Series
Boston Public
Louanna Harper
2000
Series
St. Denis Medical
Barb
2024
Series
Fatal Attraction
Narrator (voice)
2013
Series
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Series
Greenleaf
Lady Mae Greenleaf
2016
Series
Eyes of Wakanda
Older Noni (voice)
2025
Series
Chasing Life
Karen Callahan
2014
Series
Shark
Anita Astin
2006
Series
FlashForward
Anastasia Markham
2009
Series
Matt Houston
Val
1982
Series
Promised Land
Dr. Serena Hall
1996
Film
Vacation Friends
Suzanne
2021
Film
The Rebound
Laura Reilly
2009
Film
Silverado
Rae
1985
Film
Stepmom
Dr. P. Sweikert
1998
Film
Jaws: The Revenge
Louisa
1987
Film
Strung
Audra Jelani
2026
Series
The Women of Brewster Place
Ciel
1989
Series
Trauma Center
1983
Series
Tall Tales & Legends
Pollie Ann
1985
Film
Nappily Ever After
Paulette Jones
2018
Series
HeartBeat
Dr. Cory Banks
1988
Series
Snoops
Denise Kendall
1989
Film
The Women
Glenda Hill
2008
Film
The Cheetah Girls
Dorothea Garibaldi
2003
Film
Madea's Family Reunion
Victoria
2006
Series
A Girl Thing
Nia Morgan
2001
Film
The Retirement Plan
Drisdale
2023
Film
Head of State
Debra Lassiter
2003
Film
Eve's Bayou
Roz Batiste
1997
Film
Gone Fishin'
Angie
1997
Series
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
Film
The Cheetah Girls 2
Dorothea Garibaldi
2006
Saturday Night Special
1996
Film
Lap Dance
Momma Pearl
2014
Film
Doctor Detroit
Thelma Cleland
1983
Film
In the Army Now
Sgt. Ladd
1994
Film
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Barbara Becnel
2004
Film
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Brandi
1996
Film
Fear Files
Madam Mabry
2015
Film
PoliWood
Self
2009
Film
Confessions
Dr. Page
2006
Film
All Things Fall Apart
Bee
2011
Film
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
Bobbie Mallory
1994
Film
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
Dorothea Garibaldi
Film
Somebody's Child
Constance
2012
Film
Solace
Irene
2018
Film
And Then There Was You
Sophia Brent
2013
Film
The George McKenna Story
Bobbie Maxwell
1988
Film
We Need a Little Christmas
Irene
2022
Film
The Josephine Baker Story
Josephine Baker
1991
Film
Tales from the Hood 3
Marie Benoît
2020
Film
Act Like You Love Me
Harriett Lofton
2013
Film
The Last Letter
Lorraine
2013
Film
24 Hour Love
Cynthia
2013
The Fright Night Files
Madame Mabry
2014
Film
The Wedding
Corinne Coles
1998
Film
Love Songs
Jean Simpson
1999
Film
Espionage Tonight
Sydney Greenstreet
2017
Film
My Other Mother
Mary Jo
2014
Film
The Women of Brewster Place
Ciel
1989
Film
The Slugger's Wife
Tina Alvarado
1985
Film
Battlefield America
Ms. Parker
2012
Film
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Self
1987
Film
Mama, I Want to Sing!
Lillian Winter
2011
Film
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Woman in bath
1982
Film
The Planet of Junior Brown
Mrs. Brown
1997
Film
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Johnnie Mae Gibson
1986
Film
Woman in Motion
Self
2021
Film
Taking the Heat
Carolyn Hunter
1993
Film
Lonely Boy
Dr. Christine Nolan
2013
Film
Deep in My Heart
Corrine Burrell
1999
Film
A Time for Dancing
Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
2002
Film
Albany Road
Paula Henderson
2024
Film
Stompin' at the Savoy
Esther
1992
Film
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Herself
1999
Film
The Color of Courage
Minnie McGhee
1999
Film
John Henry
Pollie Ann
1986
Film
Prayer Never Fails
Loral Brown
2016
Film
State of Emergency
Dehlia Johnson
1994
Film
Zora is My Name!
1990
Film
King's Faith
Vanessa
2013
Film
Dead Aim
Sheila Freeman
1987
Film
Kings of the Evening
Gracie
2008
Film
The Dempsey Sisters
Olivia Norman
2013
Film
The Redemption of a Dog
Francine
2012
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991
Film
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
Lori Jackson
1999
Film
30 Days in Atlanta
Clara
2014
Film
Sophie and the Moonhanger
Sophie
1996
Film
The Ugly Duckling
Narrator (voice)
2014