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.
Jaws: The Revenge
(Louisa)
The Women of Brewster Place
(Ciel)
Doctor Detroit
(Thelma Cleland)
The Ugly Duckling
(Narrator (voice))
The Rebound
(Laura Reilly)
Silverado
(Rae)
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
(Barbara Becnel)
The Cheetah Girls
(Dorothea Garibaldi)
Gone Fishin'
(Angie)
Head of State
(Debra Lassiter)
In the Army Now
(Sgt. Ladd)
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
(Brandi)
The George McKenna Story
(Bobbie Maxwell)
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
(Bobbie Mallory)
All Things Fall Apart
(Bee)
Eve's Bayou
(Roz Batiste)
A Time for Dancing
(Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher)
Zora is My Name!
Madea's Family Reunion
(Victoria)
John Henry
(Pollie Ann)
Mama, I Want to Sing!
(Lillian Winter)
The Josephine Baker Story
(Josephine Baker)
Deep in My Heart
(Corrine Burrell)
Kings of the Evening
(Gracie)
King's Faith
(Vanessa)
The Retirement Plan
(Drisdale)
The Color of Courage
(Minnie McGhee)
State of Emergency
(Dehlia Johnson)
Lonely Boy
(Dr. Christine Nolan)
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
24 Hour Love
(Cynthia)
Somebody's Child
(Constance)
Dangerous Evidence
(Lori Jackson)
The Last Letter
(Lorraine)
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
(Self)
The Redemption of a Dog
(Francine)
Dead Aim
(Sheila Freeman)
And Then There Was You
(Sophia Brent)
Taking the Heat
(Carolyn Hunter)
The Dempsey Sisters
(Olivia Norman)
The Wedding
(Corinne Coles)
Act Like You Love Me
(Harriett Lofton)
We Need a Little Christmas
(Irene)
The Planet of Junior Brown
(Mrs. Brown)
The Slugger's Wife
(Tina Alvarado)
My Other Mother
(Mary Jo)
Albany Road
(Paula)
Prayer Never Fails
(Loral Brown)
Battlefield America
(Ms. Parker)
Sophie and the Moonhanger
(Sophie)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
(Woman in bath)
The Cheetah Girls 2
(Dorothea Garibaldi)
Espionage Tonight
(Sydney Greenstreet)
Nappily Ever After
(Paulette Jones)
Solace
(Irene)
30 Days in Atlanta
(Clara)
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
(Johnnie Mae Gibson)
The Women
(Glenda Hill)
A Girl Thing
(Nia Morgan)
Lap Dance
(Momma Pearl)
Confessions
(Dr. Page)
Stepmom
(Dr. P. Sweikert)
Stompin' at the Savoy
(Esther)
Love Songs
(Jean Simpson)
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
(Herself)
Tales from the Hood 3
(Marie Benoît)
Woman in Motion
(Self)
Vacation Friends
(Suzanne)
PoliWood
(Self)
Boston Public
(Louanna Harper)
Martin
(Ellen)
Shark
Matlock
Miami Vice
The Tyra Banks Show
Tamron Hall
(Self - Guest)
Hill Street Blues
Without a Trace
(Paula Van Doren)
Cagney & Lacey
Saturday Night Special
The Cosby Mysteries
FlashForward
(Anastasia Markham)
Trauma Center
HeartBeat
(Dr. Cory Banks)
How to Get Away with Murder
(Mary Walker)
Chasing Life
(Karen Callahan)
Greenleaf
(Lady Mae Greenleaf)
Hill Street Blues
(Jill Thomas)
Matt Houston
(Val)
Promised Land
(Dr. Serena Hall)
Fatal Attraction
(Narrator (voice))
Tall Tales & Legends
(Pollie Ann)
The Resident
(Josephine Okeke)
Strong Medicine
(Dr. Marshall)
Touched by an Angel
(Dr. Serena Hall)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Nomine)