Acting
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
Strung
Film · 2026
Eyes of Wakanda
Series · 2025
Albany Road
Film · 2024
St. Denis Medical
Series · 2024
The Retirement Plan
Film · 2023
We Need a Little Christmas
Film · 2022
Sherri
Series · 2022
Woman in Motion
Film · 2021
Vacation Friends
Film · 2021
Tales from the Hood 3
Film · 2020
The Tamron Hall Show
Series · 2019
Nappily Ever After
Film · 2018
Solace
Film · 2018
The Resident
Series · 2018
The Chi
Series · 2018
Espionage Tonight
Film · 2017
Steve
Series · 2017
Prayer Never Fails
Film · 2016
Greenleaf
Series · 2016
Fear Files
Film · 2015
The Ugly Duckling
Film · 2014
My Other Mother
Film · 2014
30 Days in Atlanta
Film · 2014
Lap Dance
Film · 2014
The Fright Night Files
Film · 2014
How to Get Away with Murder
Series · 2014
Chasing Life
Series · 2014
King's Faith
Film · 2013
Lonely Boy
Film · 2013
24 Hour Love
Film · 2013
The Last Letter
Film · 2013
And Then There Was You
Film · 2013
The Dempsey Sisters
Film · 2013
Act Like You Love Me
Film · 2013
Fatal Attraction
Series · 2013
Somebody's Child
Film · 2012
The Redemption of a Dog
Film · 2012
Battlefield America
Film · 2012
All Things Fall Apart
Film · 2011
Mama, I Want to Sing!
Film · 2011
The Rebound
Film · 2009
PoliWood
Film · 2009
FlashForward
Series · 2009
Kings of the Evening
Film · 2008
The Women
Film · 2008
Madea's Family Reunion
Film · 2006
The Cheetah Girls 2
Film · 2006
Confessions
Film · 2006
Shark
Series · 2006
The Tyra Banks Show
Series · 2005
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Film · 2004
The Cheetah Girls
Film · 2003
Head of State
Film · 2003
A Time for Dancing
Film · 2002
Without a Trace
Series · 2002
A Girl Thing
Series · 2001
Boston Public
Series · 2000
Strong Medicine
Series · 2000
Deep in My Heart
Film · 1999
The Color of Courage
Film · 1999
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
Film · 1999
Love Songs
Film · 1999
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Film · 1999
The Wedding
Film · 1998
Stepmom
Film · 1998
Gone Fishin'
Film · 1997
Eve's Bayou
Film · 1997
The Planet of Junior Brown
Film · 1997
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Film · 1996
Sophie and the Moonhanger
Film · 1996
Saturday Night Special
Series · 1996
Promised Land
Series · 1996
In the Army Now
Film · 1994
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
Film · 1994
State of Emergency
Film · 1994
The Cosby Mysteries
Series · 1994
Touched by an Angel
Series · 1994
Taking the Heat
Film · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Stompin' at the Savoy
Film · 1992
Martin
Series · 1992
The Josephine Baker Story
Film · 1991
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
Film · 1991
Zora is My Name!
Film · 1990
The Women of Brewster Place
Film · 1989
Snoops
Series · 1989
The Women of Brewster Place
Series · 1989
The George McKenna Story
Film · 1988
HeartBeat
Series · 1988
Jaws: The Revenge
Film · 1987
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Film · 1987
Dead Aim
Film · 1987
John Henry
Film · 1986
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Film · 1986
Matlock
Series · 1986
Silverado
Film · 1985
The Slugger's Wife
Film · 1985
Tall Tales & Legends
Series · 1985
Miami Vice
Series · 1984
Doctor Detroit
Film · 1983
Trauma Center
Series · 1983
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Film · 1982
Cagney & Lacey
Series · 1982
Matt Houston
Series · 1982
St. Elsewhere
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
Hill Street Blues
Series · 1981
Hill Street Blues
Series · 1981
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
Film