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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lynn Whitfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Somebody's Child
as Constance
Somebody's Child
as Constance
PoliWood
as Self
PoliWood
as Self
Madea's Family Reunion
as Victoria
Madea's Family Reunion
as Victoria
Head of State
as Debra Lassiter
Head of State
as Debra Lassiter
A Time for Dancing
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
A Time for Dancing
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
Love Songs
as Jean Simpson
Love Songs
as Jean Simpson
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
as Lori Jackson
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
as Lori Jackson
Deep in My Heart
as Corrine Burrell
Deep in My Heart
as Corrine Burrell
The Color of Courage
as Minnie McGhee
The Color of Courage
as Minnie McGhee
The Wedding
as Corinne Coles
The Wedding
as Corinne Coles
Gone Fishin'
as Angie
Gone Fishin'
as Angie
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
as Brandi
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
as Brandi
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
as Bobbie Mallory
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
as Bobbie Mallory
State of Emergency
as Dehlia Johnson
State of Emergency
as Dehlia Johnson
Stompin' at the Savoy
as Esther
Stompin' at the Savoy
as Esther
The Women of Brewster Place
as Ciel
The Women of Brewster Place
as Ciel
The George McKenna Story
as Bobbie Maxwell
The George McKenna Story
as Bobbie Maxwell
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
as Self
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
as Self
John Henry
as Pollie Ann
John Henry
as Pollie Ann
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
as Dorothea Garibaldi
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
as Dorothea Garibaldi