10.0
10.0
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
as Woman in bath
Lynn Whitfield
Acting
Born:February 15, 1953(age 73)
Birthplace:Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Howard University, McKinley Senior High School
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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 (69 movies)
8.5
8.5
My Other Mother
2014
as Mary Jo
8.3
8.3
The Wedding
1998
as Corinne Coles
8.0
8.0
Love Songs
1999
as Jean Simpson
7.7
7.7
Strung
2026
as Audra Jelani
7.2
7.2
Nappily Ever After
2018
as Paulette Jones
7.2
7.2
Stepmom
1998
as Dr. P. Sweikert
7.0
7.0
Vacation Friends
2021
as Suzanne
7.0
7.0
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996
as Sophie
7.0
7.0
The Dempsey Sisters
2013
as Olivia Norman
7.0
7.0
Silverado
1985
as Rae
6.9
6.9
King's Faith
2013
as Vanessa
6.8
6.8
Woman in Motion
2021
as Self
6.7
6.7
A Time for Dancing
2002
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
6.6
6.6
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Ciel
6.6
6.6
Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011
as Lillian Winter
6.5
6.5
The Rebound
2009
as Laura Reilly
6.4
6.4
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
as Victoria
6.4
6.4
Eve's Bayou
1997
as Roz Batiste
6.4
6.4
The George McKenna Story
1988
as Bobbie Maxwell
6.3
6.3
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006
as Dorothea Garibaldi
6.2
6.2
We Need a Little Christmas
2022
as Irene
6.0
6.0
The Cheetah Girls
2003
as Dorothea Garibaldi
6.0
6.0
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987
as Self
6.0
6.0
Deep in My Heart
1999
as Corrine Burrell
6.0
6.0
The Retirement Plan
2023
as Drisdale
6.0
6.0
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004
as Barbara Becnel
5.8
5.8
All Things Fall Apart
2011
as Bee
5.7
5.7
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
as Josephine Baker
5.7
5.7
The Color of Courage
1999
as Minnie McGhee
5.6
5.6
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
as Brandi
5.6
5.6
And Then There Was You
2013
Producer
5.6
5.6
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994
as Bobbie Mallory
5.6
5.6
Head of State
2003
as Debra Lassiter
5.5
5.5
The Redemption of a Dog
2012
as Francine
5.4
5.4
Act Like You Love Me
2013
as Harriett Lofton
5.3
5.3
Somebody's Child
2012
as Constance
5.2
5.2
Tales from the Hood 3
2020
as Marie Benoît
5.1
5.1
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991
5.1
5.1
The Women
2008
as Glenda Hill
5.1
5.1
In the Army Now
1994
as Sgt. Ladd
5.0
5.0
Doctor Detroit
1983
as Thelma Cleland
5.0
5.0
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
as Johnnie Mae Gibson
4.8
4.8
Gone Fishin'
1997
as Angie
4.8
4.8
24 Hour Love
2013
as Cynthia
4.7
4.7
Solace
2018
as Irene
4.6
4.6
Lonely Boy
2013
as Dr. Christine Nolan
4.5
4.5
Battlefield America
2012
as Ms. Parker
4.2
4.2
Lap Dance
2014
as Momma Pearl
4.1
4.1
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
as Louisa
4.0
4.0
Taking the Heat
1993
as Carolyn Hunter
4.0
4.0
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
as Mrs. Brown
4.0
4.0
State of Emergency
1994
as Dehlia Johnson
3.8
3.8
Dead Aim
1987
as Sheila Freeman
3.5
3.5
The Last Letter
2013
as Lorraine
3.5
3.5
A Girl Thing
2001
as Nia Morgan
3.4
3.4
Prayer Never Fails
2016
as Loral Brown
3.4
3.4
Espionage Tonight
2017
as Sydney Greenstreet
3.4
3.4
The Slugger's Wife
1985
as Tina Alvarado
2.0
2.0
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
as Herself
2.0
2.0
Albany Road
2024
as Paula Henderson
1.7
1.7
Confessions
2006
as Dr. Page
The Ugly Duckling
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999
as Lori Jackson
Zora is My Name!
1990
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
as Esther
Kings of the Evening
2008
as Gracie
30 Days in Atlanta
2014
as Clara
John Henry
1986
as Pollie Ann
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