Lynn Whitfield
Actor
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Jaws: The Revenge
as Louisa 1987
The Rebound
as Laura Reilly 2009
Vacation Friends
as Suzanne 2021
Nappily Ever After
as Paulette Jones 2018
Silverado
as Rae 1985
The Cheetah Girls
as Dorothea Garibaldi 2003
The Cheetah Girls 2
as Dorothea Garibaldi 2006
The Women
as Glenda Hill 2008
Head of State
as Debra Lassiter 2003
The Retirement Plan
as Drisdale 2023
In the Army Now
as Sgt. Ladd 1994
Madea's Family Reunion
as Victoria 2006
Gone Fishin'
as Angie 1997
Eve's Bayou
as Roz Batiste 1997
A Time for Dancing
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher 2002
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
as Brandi 1996