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 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.
Filmography
all 102
Movies 73
TV Shows 29
self 7
Voice 3
Eyes of Wakanda (2025)
Albany Road (2024)
Vacation Friends (2021)
Tales from the Hood 3 (2020)
Tamron Hall (2019)
Solace (2018)
Nappily Ever After (2018)
The Resident (2018)
Espionage Tonight (2017)
Greenleaf (2016)
The North Star (2016)
Prayer Never Fails (2016)
Curveball (2015)
Lap Dance (2014)
How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
My Other Mother (2014)
Chasing Life (2014)
The Ugly Duckling (2014)
The Trace (2014)
The Last Letter (2013)
The Dempsey Sisters (2013)
And Then There Was You (2013)
Act Like You Love Me (2013)
Fatal Attraction (2013)
King's Faith (2013)
24 Hour Love (2013)
Lonely Boy (2013)
Somebody's Child (2012)
Battlefield America (2012)
Mama, I Want to Sing! (2011)
FlashForward (2009)
The Rebound (2009)
The Women (2008)
The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006)
Confessions (2006)
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)
The Cheetah Girls (2003)
Head of State (2003)
Without a Trace (2002)
A Girl Thing (2001)
Boston Public (2000)
Strong Medicine (2000)
Love Songs (1999)
Dangerous Evidence (1999)
Deep in My Heart (1999)
The Color of Courage (1999)
Stepmom (1998)
The Wedding (1998)
Eve's Bayou (1997)
The Planet of Junior Brown (1997)
Promised Land (1996)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
In the Army Now (1994)
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (1994)
State of Emergency (1994)
The Cosby Mysteries (1994)
Taking the Heat (1993)
Martin (1992)
The Josephine Baker Story (1991)
Snoops (1989)
The George McKenna Story (1988)
HeartBeat (1988)
Dead Aim (1987)
John Henry (1986)
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (1986)
Tall Tales & Legends (1985)
The Slugger's Wife (1985)
Doctor Detroit (1983)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1953-05-06 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceBaton Rouge, United States
RelationshipsVantile Whitfield (1974 - 1978), Brian Gibson (1990 - 1992)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
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