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Lynn Whitfield

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
Stepmom

Stepmom

1998 7.2

as Dr. P. Sweikert

Age 45 (now 73)
Greenleaf
Greenleaf

Greenleaf

2016 7.1

as Lady Mae Greenleaf

Age 63 (now 73)
61 eps
The Rebound
The Rebound

The Rebound

2009 6.5

as Laura Reilly

Age 56 (now 73)
Nappily Ever After
Nappily Ever After

Nappily Ever After

2018 7.2

as Paulette Jones

Age 65 (now 73)
Vacation Friends
Vacation Friends

Vacation Friends

2021 7.0

as Suzanne

Age 68 (now 73)
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

1996 5.7

as Brandi

Age 43 (now 73)
The Cheetah Girls
The Cheetah Girls

The Cheetah Girls

2003 6.0

as Dorothea Garibaldi

Age 50 (now 73)
Madea's Family Reunion
Madea's Family Reunion

Madea's Family Reunion

2006 6.4

as Victoria

Age 53 (now 73)
Head of State
Head of State

Head of State

2003 5.6

as Debra Lassiter

Age 50 (now 73)
Eve's Bayou
Eve's Bayou

Eve's Bayou

1997 6.4

as Roz Batiste

Age 44 (now 73)
Jaws: The Revenge
Jaws: The Revenge

Jaws: The Revenge

1987 4.1

as Louisa

Age 34 (now 73)
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

2004 6.0

as Barbara Becnel

Age 50 (now 73)
The Chi
The Chi

The Chi

2018 7.9

as Alicia

Age 64 (now 73)
12 eps
Gone Fishin'
Gone Fishin'

Gone Fishin'

1997 4.9

as Angie

Age 44 (now 73)
Silverado
Silverado

Silverado

1985 6.9

as Rae

Age 32 (now 73)
In the Army Now
In the Army Now

In the Army Now

1994 5.1

as Sgt. Ladd

Age 41 (now 73)