Lynn Whitfield

Acting

February 15, 1953 (73 years old)

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Female

72 Movies

37 TV Shows

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.

Stepmom

1998 7.2

as Dr. P. Sweikert

Age 45 (now 73)

Greenleaf

2016 7.1

as Lady Mae Greenleaf

Age 63 (now 73) 61 eps

61 eps

The Rebound

2009 6.5

as Laura Reilly

Age 56 (now 73)

Nappily Ever After

2018 7.2

as Paulette Jones

Age 65 (now 73)

Vacation Friends

2021 7.0

as Suzanne

Age 68 (now 73)

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

1996 5.7

as Brandi

Age 43 (now 73)

The Cheetah Girls

2003 6.0

as Dorothea Garibaldi

Age 50 (now 73)

Madea's Family Reunion

2006 6.4

as Victoria

Age 53 (now 73)

Head of State

2003 5.6

as Debra Lassiter

Age 50 (now 73)

Eve's Bayou

1997 6.4

as Roz Batiste

Age 44 (now 73)

Jaws: The Revenge

1987 4.1

as Louisa

Age 34 (now 73)

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

2004 6.0

as Barbara Becnel

Age 50 (now 73)

The Chi

2018 7.9

as Alicia

Age 64 (now 73) 12 eps

12 eps

Gone Fishin'

1997 4.9

as Angie

Age 44 (now 73)

Silverado

1985 6.9

as Rae

Age 32 (now 73)

In the Army Now

1994 5.1

as Sgt. Ladd

Age 41 (now 73)

Strung

2026 5.5

as Audra

Age 73

Albany Road

2024 4.3

as Paula Henderson

Age 71 (now 73)

The Retirement Plan

2023 5.9

as Drisdale

Age 70 (now 73)

We Need a Little Christmas

2022 6.2

as Irene

Age 69 (now 73)

Vacation Friends

2021 7.0

as Suzanne

Age 68 (now 73)

Woman in Motion

2021 6.8

as Self

Age 67 (now 73)

Tales from the Hood 3

2020 5.1

as Marie Benoît

Age 67 (now 73)

Solace

2018 4.7

as Irene

Age 65 (now 73)

Nappily Ever After

2018 7.2

as Paulette Jones

Age 65 (now 73)

Espionage Tonight

2017 3.4

as Sydney Greenstreet

Age 64 (now 73)

Prayer Never Fails

2016 3.4

as Loral Brown

Age 62 (now 73)

Lap Dance

2014 4.2

as Momma Pearl

Age 61 (now 73)

30 Days in Atlanta

2014 5.0

as Clara

Age 61 (now 73)

The Fright Night Files

2014 4.0

as Madame Mabry

Age 61 (now 73)

My Other Mother

2014 8.5

as Mary Jo

Age 61 (now 73)

The Ugly Duckling

2014

as Narrator (voice)

Age 61 (now 73)

The Last Letter

2013 3.5

as Lorraine

Age 60 (now 73)

The Dempsey Sisters

2013 7.0

as Olivia Norman

Age 60 (now 73)

And Then There Was You

2013 5.3

as Sophia Brent

Age 60 (now 73)

And Then There Was You

2013 5.3

Producer

Age 60 (now 73)

And Then There Was You

2013 5.3

Thanks

Age 60 (now 73)

Act Like You Love Me

2013 5.4

as Harriett Lofton

Age 60 (now 73)

King's Faith

2013 7.0

as Vanessa

Age 60 (now 73)

24 Hour Love

2013 4.9

as Cynthia

Age 60 (now 73)

Lonely Boy

2013 4.6

as Dr. Christine Nolan

Age 60 (now 73)

The Redemption of a Dog

2012 5.5

as Francine

Age 59 (now 73)

Somebody's Child

2012 5.3

as Constance

Age 59 (now 73)

Battlefield America

2012 4.5

as Ms. Parker

Age 59 (now 73)

All Things Fall Apart

2011 5.8

as Bee

Age 58 (now 73)

Mama, I Want to Sing!

2011 6.6

as Lillian Winter

Age 57 (now 73)

The Rebound

2009 6.5

as Laura Reilly

Age 56 (now 73)

PoliWood

2009 6.5

as Self

Age 56 (now 73)

The Women

2008 5.2

as Glenda Hill

Age 55 (now 73)

Kings of the Evening

2008

as Gracie

Age 54 (now 73)

The Cheetah Girls 2

2006 6.3

as Dorothea Garibaldi

Age 53 (now 73)

Confessions

2006 1.7

as Dr. Page

Age 53 (now 73)

Madea's Family Reunion

2006 6.4

as Victoria

Age 53 (now 73)

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

2004 6.0

as Barbara Becnel

Age 50 (now 73)

The Cheetah Girls

2003 6.0

as Dorothea Garibaldi

Age 50 (now 73)

Head of State

2003 5.6

as Debra Lassiter

Age 50 (now 73)

A Time for Dancing

2002 6.7

as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher

Age 49 (now 73)

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

1999 4.7

as Herself

Age 46 (now 73)

Love Songs

1999 8.7

as Jean Simpson

Age 46 (now 73)

Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

1999 8.0

as Lori Jackson

Age 46 (now 73)

Deep in My Heart

1999 6.8

as Corrine Burrell

Age 45 (now 73)

The Color of Courage

1999 6.0

as Minnie McGhee

Age 45 (now 73)

Stepmom

1998 7.2

as Dr. P. Sweikert

Age 45 (now 73)

The Wedding

1998 8.3

as Corinne Coles

Age 45 (now 73)

Eve's Bayou

1997 6.4

as Roz Batiste

Age 44 (now 73)

The Planet of Junior Brown

1997 4.5

as Mrs. Brown

Age 44 (now 73)

Gone Fishin'

1997 4.9

as Angie

Age 44 (now 73)

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

1996 5.7

as Brandi

Age 43 (now 73)

Sophie and the Moonhanger

1996 8.5

as Sophie

Age 42 (now 73)

In the Army Now

1994 5.1

as Sgt. Ladd

Age 41 (now 73)

Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story

1994 6.1

as Bobbie Mallory

Age 41 (now 73)

State of Emergency

1994 5.7

as Dehlia Johnson

Age 41 (now 73)

Taking the Heat

1993 5.0

as Carolyn Hunter

Age 40 (now 73)

Stompin' at the Savoy

1992

as Esther

Age 39 (now 73)

A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

1991 5.3

Age 38 (now 73)

The Josephine Baker Story

1991 5.9

as Josephine Baker

Age 38 (now 73)

Zora is My Name!

1990 10.0

Age 36 (now 73)

The Women of Brewster Place

1989 6.8

as Ciel

Age 36 (now 73)

The George McKenna Story

1988 6.3

as Bobbie Maxwell

Age 35 (now 73)

Jaws: The Revenge

1987 4.1

as Louisa

Age 34 (now 73)

The Making of Jaws The Revenge

1987 6.0

as Self

Age 34 (now 73)

Dead Aim

1987 3.8

as Sheila Freeman

Age 33 (now 73)

John Henry

1986 10.0

as Pollie Ann

Age 33 (now 73)

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

1986 6.5

as Johnnie Mae Gibson

Age 33 (now 73)

Silverado

1985 6.9

as Rae

Age 32 (now 73)

The Slugger's Wife

1985 3.6

as Tina Alvarado

Age 32 (now 73)

Doctor Detroit

1983 5.1

as Thelma Cleland

Age 30 (now 73)

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

1982 8.5

as Woman in bath

Age 29 (now 73)