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Lynn Whitfield
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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. Sh…
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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 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.
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2026
Strung
Movie Audra Jelani
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2025
Eyes of Wakanda
TV show Older Noni (voice)
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2024
Albany Road
Movie Paula Henderson
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2024
St. Denis Medical
TV show Barb
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2023
The Retirement Plan
Movie Drisdale
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2022
We Need a Little Christmas
Movie Irene
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
Vacation Friends
Movie Suzanne
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2021
Woman in Motion
Movie Self
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2020
Tales from the Hood 3
Movie Marie Benoît
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
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2018
Solace
Movie Irene
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2018
Nappily Ever After
Movie Paulette Jones
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2018
The Resident
TV show Josephine Okeke
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2018
The Chi
TV show Alicia
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2017
Espionage Tonight
Movie Sydney Greenstreet
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2017
Steve
TV show Self
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2016
Greenleaf
TV show Lady Mae Greenleaf
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2016
Prayer Never Fails
Movie Loral Brown
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2015
Fear Files
Movie Madam Mabry
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2014
Lap Dance
Movie Momma Pearl
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2014
30 Days in Atlanta
Movie Clara
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2014
The Fright Night Files
Movie Madame Mabry
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2014
How to Get Away with Murder
TV show Mary Walker
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2014
My Other Mother
Movie Mary Jo
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2014
Chasing Life
TV show Karen Callahan
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2014
The Ugly Duckling
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2013
The Last Letter
Movie Lorraine
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2013
The Dempsey Sisters
Movie Olivia Norman
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2013
And Then There Was You
Movie Sophia Brent
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2013
Act Like You Love Me
Movie Harriett Lofton
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2013
Fatal Attraction
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2013
King's Faith
Movie Vanessa
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2013
24 Hour Love
Movie Cynthia
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2013
Lonely Boy
Movie Dr. Christine Nolan
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2012
The Redemption of a Dog
Movie Francine
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2012
Somebody's Child
Movie Constance
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2012
Battlefield America
Movie Ms. Parker
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2011
All Things Fall Apart
Movie Bee
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2011
Mama, I Want to Sing!
Movie Lillian Winter
