Lynn Whitfield
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.
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Acting
TV
How to Get Away with Murder
as Mary Walker
2014
Movie
Stepmom
as Dr. P. Sweikert
1998
TV
The Resident
as Josephine Okeke
2018
Movie
Jaws: The Revenge
as Louisa
1987
Movie
The Rebound
as Laura Reilly
2009
Movie
Vacation Friends
as Suzanne
2021
Movie
Nappily Ever After
as Paulette Jones
2018
Movie
Silverado
as Rae
1985
TV
FlashForward
as Anastasia Markham
2009
TV
Miami Vice
as Odette Ribaud
1984
Movie
The Cheetah Girls
as Dorothea Garibaldi
2003
Movie
The Cheetah Girls 2
as Dorothea Garibaldi
2006
Movie
The Women
as Glenda Hill
2008
Movie
The Retirement Plan
as Drisdale
2023
Movie
Head of State
as Debra Lassiter
2003
TV
Without a Trace
as Paula Van Doren
2002
Movie
In the Army Now
as Sgt. Ladd
1994
Movie
Madea's Family Reunion
as Victoria
2006
TV
The Chi
as Alicia
2018
TV
Touched by an Angel
as Dr. Serena Hall
1994
TV
Eyes of Wakanda
as Older Noni (voice)
2025
Movie
Gone Fishin'
as Angie
1997
TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Movie
Eve's Bayou
as Roz Batiste
1997
