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.

Фільмографія

• 2026Натягнута струна — Audra Jelani
• Очі Ваканди — Older Noni (voice)
• 2024Albany Road — Paula Henderson
• Клініка святого Деніса — Barb
• 2023План на пенсію — Drisdale
• 2022We Need a Little Christmas — Irene
• 2021Друзі по відпустці — Suzanne
• 2020Tales from the Hood 3 — Marie Benoît
• 2018Solace — Irene
• Ординатор — Josephine Okeke
• Чі — Alicia
• 2018Щастя у волоссі — Paulette Jones
• 2017Espionage Tonight — Sydney Greenstreet
• Greenleaf — Lady Mae Greenleaf
• 2016Prayer Never Fails — Loral Brown
• 2015Fear Files — Madam Mabry
• 201430 Days in Atlanta — Clara
• Chasing Life — Karen Callahan
• 2014Lap Dance — Momma Pearl
• 2014My Other Mother — Mary Jo
• 2014The Fright Night Files — Madame Mabry
• 2014The Ugly Duckling — Narrator (voice)
• Як уникнути покарання за вбивство — Mary Walker
• 201324 Hour Love — Cynthia
• 2013Act Like You Love Me — Harriett Lofton
• 2013And Then There Was You — Sophia Brent, Thanks, Producer
• Fatal Attraction — Narrator (voice)
• 2013King's Faith — Vanessa
• 2013Lonely Boy — Dr. Christine Nolan
• 2013The Dempsey Sisters — Olivia Norman
• 2013The Last Letter — Lorraine
• 2012Battlefield America — Ms. Parker
• 2012Somebody's Child — Constance
• 2012The Redemption of a Dog — Francine
• 2011All Things Fall Apart — Bee
• 2011Mama, I Want to Sing! — Lillian Winter
• 2009Нянька за викликом — Laura Reilly
• Проблиски майбутнього — Anastasia Markham
• 2008Kings of the Evening — Gracie
• 2008Жінки — Glenda Hill
• 2006Confessions — Dr. Page
• Shark — Anita Astin
• 2006The Cheetah Girls 2 — Dorothea Garibaldi
• 2006Возз’єднання родини Медеї — Victoria
• Шоу Тайри Бенкс
• 2004Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story — Barbara Becnel
• 2003The Cheetah Girls — Dorothea Garibaldi
• 2003Глава держави — Debra Lassiter
• 2002A Time for Dancing — Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
• Without a Trace — Paula Van Doren
• A Girl Thing — Nia Morgan
• Boston Public — Louanna Harper
• Strong Medicine — Dr. Marshall
• 1999Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story — Lori Jackson
• 1999Deep in My Heart — Corrine Burrell
• 1999Love Songs — Jean Simpson
• 1999The Color of Courage — Minnie McGhee
• 1998The Wedding — Corinne Coles
• 1998Мачуха — Dr. P. Sweikert
• 1997Eve's Bayou — Roz Batiste
• 1997Gone Fishin' — Angie
• 1997The Planet of Junior Brown — Mrs. Brown
• 1996A Thin Line Between Love and Hate — Brandi
• Promised Land — Dr. Serena Hall
• Saturday Night Special
• 1996Sophie and the Moonhanger — Sophie
• 1994In the Army Now — Sgt. Ladd
• 1994State of Emergency — Dehlia Johnson
• The Cosby Mysteries
• 1994Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story — Bobbie Mallory
• Touched by an Angel — Dr. Serena Hall
• 1993Taking the Heat — Carolyn Hunter
• Martin — Ellen
• 1992Stompin' at the Savoy — Esther
• 1991A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
• 1991The Josephine Baker Story — Josephine Baker
• 1990Zora is My Name!
• Snoops — Denise Kendall
• 1989The Women of Brewster Place — Ciel
• The Women of Brewster Place — Ciel
• HeartBeat — Dr. Cory Banks
• 1988The George McKenna Story — Bobbie Maxwell
• 1987Dead Aim — Sheila Freeman
• 1987Щелепи 4: Помста — Louisa
• 1986John Henry — Pollie Ann
• 1986Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI — Johnnie Mae Gibson
• Matlock — Angela Page
• Tall Tales & Legends — Pollie Ann
• 1985The Slugger's Wife — Tina Alvarado
• 1985Сільверадо — Rae
• Поліція Маямі — Odette Ribaud
• 1983Doctor Detroit — Thelma Cleland
• Trauma Center
• American Playhouse — Woman in the bath
• 1982For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf — Woman in bath
• Matt Houston — Val
• Кеґні та Лейсі
• Сент Елсвер — Annie Callan
• Hill Street Blues — Jill Thomas
• The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen — Dorothea Garibaldi

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (9)

• Sherri — Self - Guest
• 2021Woman in Motion — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Steve — Self
• 2009PoliWood — Self
• 1999Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker — Herself
• Пізня ніч із Конаном О'Браєном — Self - Guest
• 1987The Making of Jaws The Revenge — Self
• Золотий глобус — Self - Nominee