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 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.
Tuntud rollide järgi
2.6 Sherri
2022
7.8 Kuidas mõrvast puhtalt pääseda
2014
7.2 Without a Trace
2002
8.4 The Resident
2018
7.4 Miami Vice
1984
7.0 Golden Globe Awards
1944
7.9 The Chi
2018
7.6 Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6 Hill Street Blues
1981
7.4 Strong Medicine
2000
4.5 Tamron Hall
2019
7.3 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Filmograafia
- 2026Strung (Audra Jelani)
- 2025Eyes of Wakanda (Older Noni (voice))
- 2024Albany Road (Paula Henderson)
- 2024St. Denis Medical (Barb)
- 2023The Retirement Plan (Drisdale)
- 2022We Need a Little Christmas (Irene)
- 2022Sherri (Self - Guest)
- 2021Vacation Friends (Suzanne)
- 2021Woman in Motion (Self)
- 2020Tales from the Hood 3 (Marie Benoît)
- 2019Tamron Hall (Self - Guest)
- 2018Solace (Irene)
- 2018Nappily Ever After (Paulette Jones)
- 2018The Resident (Josephine Okeke)
- 2018The Chi (Alicia)
- 2017Espionage Tonight (Sydney Greenstreet)
- 2017Steve (Self)
- 2016Greenleaf (Lady Mae Greenleaf)
- 2016Prayer Never Fails (Loral Brown)
- 2015Fear Files (Madam Mabry)
- 2014Lap Dance (Momma Pearl)
- 201430 Days in Atlanta (Clara)
- 2014The Fright Night Files (Madame Mabry)
- 2014Kuidas mõrvast puhtalt pääseda (Mary Walker)
- 2014My Other Mother (Mary Jo)
- 2014Chasing Life (Karen Callahan)
- 2014The Ugly Duckling (Narrator (voice))
- 2013The Last Letter (Lorraine)
- 2013The Dempsey Sisters (Olivia Norman)
- 2013And Then There Was You (Sophia Brent)
- 2013Act Like You Love Me (Harriett Lofton)
- 2013Fatal Attraction (Narrator (voice))
- 2013King's Faith (Vanessa)
- 201324 Hour Love (Cynthia)
- 2013Lonely Boy (Dr. Christine Nolan)
- 2012The Redemption of a Dog (Francine)
- 2012Somebody's Child (Constance)
- 2012Battlefield America (Ms. Parker)
- 2011All Things Fall Apart (Bee)
- 2011Mama, I Want to Sing! (Lillian Winter)
- 2009FlashForward (Anastasia Markham)
- 2009The Rebound (Laura Reilly)
- 2009PoliWood (Self)
- 2008The Women (Glenda Hill)
- 2008Kings of the Evening (Gracie)
- 2006Shark (Anita Astin)
- 2006The Cheetah Girls 2 (Dorothea Garibaldi)
- 2006Confessions (Dr. Page)
- 2006Madea's Family Reunion (Victoria)
- 2005The Tyra Banks Show
- 2004Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (Barbara Becnel)
- 2003The Cheetah Girls (Dorothea Garibaldi)
- 2003Head of State (Debra Lassiter)
- 2002Without a Trace (Paula Van Doren)
- 2002A Time for Dancing (Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher)
- 2001A Girl Thing (Nia Morgan)
- 2000Boston Public (Louanna Harper)
- 2000Strong Medicine (Dr. Marshall)
- 1999Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker (Herself)
- 1999Love Songs (Jean Simpson)
- 1999Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story (Lori Jackson)
- 1999Deep in My Heart (Corrine Burrell)
- 1999The Color of Courage (Minnie McGhee)
- 1998Stepmom (Dr. P. Sweikert)
- 1998The Wedding (Corinne Coles)
- 1997Eve's Bayou (Roz Batiste)
- 1997The Planet of Junior Brown (Mrs. Brown)
- 1997Gone Fishin' (Angie)
- 1996Saturday Night Special
- 1994The Cosby Mysteries
- 1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Self - Guest)
- 1992Martin (Ellen)
- 1992Stompin' at the Savoy (Esther)
- 1986Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (Johnnie Mae Gibson)
- -The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen (Dorothea Garibaldi)
- 1996Promised Land (Dr. Serena Hall)
- 1996A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (Brandi)
- 1996Sophie and the Moonhanger (Sophie)
- 1994Touched by an Angel (Dr. Serena Hall)
- 1994In the Army Now (Sgt. Ladd)
- 1994Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (Bobbie Mallory)
- 1994State of Emergency (Dehlia Johnson)
- 1993Taking the Heat (Carolyn Hunter)
- 1991A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
- 1991The Josephine Baker Story (Josephine Baker)
- 1990Zora is My Name!
- 1989Snoops (Denise Kendall)
- 1989The Women of Brewster Place (Ciel)
- 1989The Women of Brewster Place (Ciel)
- 1988The George McKenna Story (Bobbie Maxwell)
- 1988HeartBeat (Dr. Cory Banks)
- 1987Jaws: The Revenge (Louisa)
- 1987The Making of Jaws The Revenge (Self)
- 1987Dead Aim (Sheila Freeman)
- 1986John Henry (Pollie Ann)
- 1986Matlock (Angela Page)
- 1985Tall Tales & Legends (Pollie Ann)
- 1985Silverado (Rae)
- 1985The Slugger's Wife (Tina Alvarado)
- 1984Miami Vice (Odette Ribaud)
- 1983Trauma Center
- 1983Doctor Detroit (Thelma Cleland)
- 1982St. Elsewhere (Annie Callan)
- 1982Matt Houston (Val)
- 1982Cagney & Lacey
- 1982For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (Woman in bath)
- 1982American Playhouse (Woman in the bath)
- 1982American Playhouse
- 1981Hill Street Blues
- 1981Hill Street Blues (Jill Thomas)
- 1944Golden Globe Awards (Self - Nominee)