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Lynn Whitfield
Lynn Whitfield (née Smith; born February 15, 1953) is an American actress.
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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. …
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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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- 2024Albany RoadPaula Henderson
- 2023The Retirement PlanDrisdale
- 2022We Need a Little ChristmasIrene
- 2021Vacation FriendsSuzanne
- 2021Woman in MotionSelf
- 2020Tales from the Hood 3Marie Benoît
- 2018SolaceIrene
- 2018Nappily Ever AfterPaulette Jones
- 2017Espionage TonightSydney Greenstreet
- 2016Prayer Never FailsLoral Brown
- 2015Fear FilesMadam Mabry
- 2014Lap DanceMomma Pearl
- 201430 Days in AtlantaClara
- 2014The Fright Night FilesMadame Mabry
- 2014My Other MotherMary Jo
- 2014The Ugly DucklingNarrator (voice)
- 2013The Last LetterLorraine
- 2013The Dempsey SistersOlivia Norman
- 2013And Then There Was YouProducer · Sophia Brent
- 2013Act Like You Love MeHarriett Lofton
- 2013King's FaithVanessa
- 201324 Hour LoveCynthia
- 2013Lonely BoyDr. Christine Nolan
- 2012The Redemption of a DogFrancine
- 2012Somebody's ChildConstance
- 2012Battlefield AmericaMs. Parker
- 2011All Things Fall ApartBee
- 2011Mama, I Want to Sing!Lillian Winter
- 2009The ReboundLaura Reilly
- 2009PoliWoodSelf
- 2008The WomenGlenda Hill
- 2008Kings of the EveningGracie
- 2006The Cheetah Girls 2Dorothea Garibaldi
- 2006ConfessionsDr. Page
- 2006Madea's Family ReunionVictoria
- 2004Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams StoryBarbara Becnel
- 2003The Cheetah GirlsDorothea Garibaldi
- 2003Head of StateDebra Lassiter
- 2002A Time for DancingLinda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
- 1999Intimate Portrait: Josephine BakerHerself
- 1999Love SongsJean Simpson
- 1999Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson StoryLori Jackson
- 1999Deep in My HeartCorrine Burrell
- 1999The Color of CourageMinnie McGhee
- 1998StepmomDr. P. Sweikert
- 1998The WeddingCorinne Coles
- 1997Eve's BayouRoz Batiste
- 1997The Planet of Junior BrownMrs. Brown
- 1997Gone Fishin'Angie
- 1996A Thin Line Between Love and HateBrandi
- 1996Sophie and the MoonhangerSophie
- 1994In the Army NowSgt. Ladd
- 1994Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden StoryBobbie Mallory
- 1994State of EmergencyDehlia Johnson
- 1993Taking the HeatCarolyn Hunter
- 1992Stompin' at the SavoyEsther
- 1991A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell StoryActor
- 1991The Josephine Baker StoryJosephine Baker
- 1990Zora is My Name!Actor
- 1989The Women of Brewster PlaceCiel
- 1988The George McKenna StoryBobbie Maxwell
- 1987Jaws: The RevengeLouisa
- 1987The Making of Jaws The RevengeSelf
- 1987Dead AimSheila Freeman
- 1986John HenryPollie Ann
- 1986Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBIJohnnie Mae Gibson
- 1985SilveradoRae
- 1985The Slugger's WifeTina Alvarado
- 1983Doctor DetroitThelma Cleland
- 1982For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is EnufWoman in bath
- The Cheetah Girls: Next GenDorothea Garibaldi
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