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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.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1953-02-15
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 15.3
- info Birth Place Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Lynn Whitfield
4.1
Jaws: The Revenge
1987-07-17
6.9
The Women of Brewster Place
1989-03-19
5.1
Doctor Detroit
1983-05-06
0
The Ugly Duckling
2014-03-19
6.5
The Rebound
2009-09-16
7
Silverado
1985-07-10
6
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004-03-03
6
The Cheetah Girls
2003-08-15
4.9
Gone Fishin'
1997-05-30
5.6
Head of State
2003-03-28
5.1
In the Army Now
1994-08-12
5.7
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996-04-04
6.2
The George McKenna Story
1988-08-01
5.5
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994-06-03
5.8
All Things Fall Apart
2011-03-05
6.4
Eve's Bayou
1997-11-07
6.7
A Time for Dancing
2002-09-06
0
Zora is My Name!
1990-01-01
6.4
Madea's Family Reunion
2006-02-24
0
John Henry
1986-12-01
7.3
Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011-01-19
6.3
The Josephine Baker Story
1991-03-16
6
Deep in My Heart
1999-02-14
0
Kings of the Evening
2008-01-01
6.6
King's Faith
2013-04-26
6.3
The Retirement Plan
2023-08-24
5.5
The Color of Courage
1999-02-10
4
State of Emergency
1994-02-21
4
Lonely Boy
2013-03-02
5.1
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991-04-02
4.8
24 Hour Love
2013-03-19
6.2
Somebody's Child
2012-08-11
0
Dangerous Evidence
1999-04-11
4.1
The Last Letter
2013-12-17
6
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987-07-10
5.5
The Redemption of a Dog
2012-08-28
4.3
Dead Aim
1987-01-02
6.1
And Then There Was You
2013-10-19
4.8
Taking the Heat
1993-06-06
7.2
The Dempsey Sisters
2013-11-02
8.3
The Wedding
1998-02-22
5.5
Act Like You Love Me
2013-08-06
6.5
We Need a Little Christmas
2022-10-22
4.5
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997-09-06
3.8
The Slugger's Wife
1985-03-29
8.5
My Other Mother
2014-09-21
0
Albany Road
2024-11-15
3.7
Prayer Never Fails
2016-02-12
4.4
Battlefield America
2012-06-01
7
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996-01-15
10
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982-02-23
6.3
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006-07-31
4
Espionage Tonight
2017-10-24
7.2
Nappily Ever After
2018-09-21
5
Solace
2018-09-23
0
30 Days in Atlanta
2014-10-30
5
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986-10-21
5.1
The Women
2008-09-12
4.2
A Girl Thing
2001-01-19
4.4
Lap Dance
2014-12-05
3
Confessions
2006-07-23
7.2
Stepmom
1998-12-25
0
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992-04-19
8
Love Songs
1999-04-25
2
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999-07-20
5.3
Tales from the Hood 3
2020-10-06
6.8
Woman in Motion
2021-02-02
7.1
Vacation Friends
2021-08-27
6.5
PoliWood
2009-07-03
7.7
Boston Public
2000-10-23
7.8
Martin
1992-08-27
6.8
Shark
2006-09-21
7.2
Matlock
1986-03-03
7.5
Miami Vice
1984-09-16
4.3
The Tyra Banks Show
2005-09-12
5.1
Tamron Hall
2019-09-09
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15
7.3
Without a Trace
2002-09-26
6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25
5
Saturday Night Special
1996-04-13
5.3
The Cosby Mysteries
1994-01-31
7
FlashForward
2009-09-24
5
Trauma Center
1983-09-22
3
HeartBeat
1988-03-23
7.9
How to Get Away with Murder
2014-09-25
7.5
Chasing Life
2014-06-10
7.3
Greenleaf
2016-06-21
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15
6.2
Matt Houston
1982-09-26
6.6
Promised Land
1996-09-17
6.9
Fatal Attraction
2013-06-03
5.2
Tall Tales & Legends
1985-09-25
8.4
The Resident
2018-01-21
7.1
Strong Medicine
2000-07-23
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20
5
Snoops
1989-09-22
7.5
St. Denis Medical
2024-11-12
0
Eyes of Wakanda
2025-08-06