Lynn Whitfield

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 an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special and a NAACP Image Award for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO movie The Josephine Baker Story (1991). She also won NAACP Image awards for her work in Touched by an Angel (1998), The Planet of Junior Brown (2000) and Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004). Her film work includes performances in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), Eve's Bayou (1997), Stepmom (1998), Head of State (2003), The Cheetah Girls (2003), The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006), Madea's Family Reunion (2006), The Women (2008), Nappily Ever After (2018), and Vacation Friends (2021). From 2016 to 2020, she starred as Lady Mae Greenleaf on OWN's dramatic series Greenleaf, for which she won critical acclaim and garnered two NAACP Image Awards and a Gracie Award. She has won a total of seven NAACP Image Awards.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1953-02-15
Place of Birth: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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Movies List of Lynn Whitfield

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Jaws: The Revenge

1987 Movie
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Doctor Detroit

1983 Movie
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The Ugly Duckling

2014 Movie
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The Rebound

2009 Movie
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Silverado

1985 Movie
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The Cheetah Girls

2003 Movie
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Gone Fishin'

1997 Movie
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Head of State

2003 Movie
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In the Army Now

1994 Movie
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All Things Fall Apart

2011 Movie
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Eve's Bayou

1997 Movie
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A Time for Dancing

2002 Movie
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Zora is My Name!

1990 Movie
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John Henry

1986 Movie
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Mama, I Want to Sing!

2011 Movie
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Deep in My Heart

1999 Movie
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Kings of the Evening

2008 Movie
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King's Faith

2013 Movie
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The Retirement Plan

2023 Movie
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The Color of Courage

1999 Movie
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State of Emergency

1994 Movie
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Lonely Boy

2013 Movie
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24 Hour Love

2013 Movie
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Somebody's Child

2012 Movie
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Dangerous Evidence

1999 Movie
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The Last Letter

2013 Movie
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Dead Aim

1987 Movie
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Taking the Heat

1993 Movie
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The Dempsey Sisters

2013 Movie
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The Wedding

1998 Movie
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Act Like You Love Me

2013 Movie
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The Slugger's Wife

1985 Movie
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My Other Mother

2014 Movie
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Albany Road

2024 Movie
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Prayer Never Fails

2016 Movie
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Battlefield America

2012 Movie
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The Cheetah Girls 2

2006 Movie
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Espionage Tonight

2017 Movie
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Nappily Ever After

2018 Movie
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Solace

2018 Movie
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30 Days in Atlanta

2014 Movie
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The Women

2008 Movie
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A Girl Thing

2001 Movie
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Lap Dance

2014 Movie
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Confessions

2006 Movie
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Stepmom

1998 Movie
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Stompin' at the Savoy

1992 Movie
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Love Songs

1999 Movie
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Tales from the Hood 3

2020 Movie
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Woman in Motion

2021 Movie
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Vacation Friends

2021 Movie
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PoliWood

2009 Movie