Lynn Whitfield

ActorProducerCrew Feb 15 (age 73) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 1981–2026 (45 year career)

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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-televisi…

Known For

Film

Stepmom

Dr. P. Sweikert

Film

Nappily Ever After

Paulette Jones

Film

Vacation Friends

Suzanne

Film

Silverado

Rae

Film

The Rebound

Laura Reilly

Film

The Cheetah Girls 2

Dorothea Garibaldi

Film

The Cheetah Girls

Dorothea Garibaldi

Film

The Retirement Plan

Drisdale

Filmography

Acting (104)

Movies (70)

Strung

2026 Upcoming

May 27

Albany Road

as Paula Henderson

The Retirement Plan

as Drisdale

We Need a Little Christmas

as Irene

Woman in Motion

as Self

Vacation Friends

as Suzanne

Tales from the Hood 3

as Marie Benoît

Nappily Ever After

as Paulette Jones

Solace

as Irene

Espionage Tonight

as Sydney Greenstreet

Prayer Never Fails

as Loral Brown

Lap Dance

as Momma Pearl

30 Days in Atlanta

as Clara

The Fright Night Files

as Madame Mabry

My Other Mother

as Mary Jo

The Ugly Duckling

as Narrator (voice)

The Dempsey Sisters

2013

as Olivia Norman

7.0

And Then There Was You

2013

as Sophia Brent

5.6

Lonely Boy

2013

as Dr. Christine Nolan

King's Faith

as Vanessa

The Last Letter

as Lorraine

24 Hour Love

as Cynthia

Act Like You Love Me

as Harriett Lofton

The Redemption of a Dog

as Francine

Somebody's Child

as Constance

Battlefield America

as Ms. Parker

All Things Fall Apart

2011

as Bee

5.8

Mama, I Want to Sing!

as Lillian Winter

The Rebound

as Laura Reilly

PoliWood

as Self

The Women

as Glenda Hill

Kings of the Evening

as Gracie

Madea's Family Reunion

as Victoria

Confessions

as Dr. Page

The Cheetah Girls 2

as Dorothea Garibaldi

6.3

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

as Barbara Becnel

Head of State

as Debra Lassiter

The Cheetah Girls

as Dorothea Garibaldi

6.0

A Time for Dancing

2002

as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher

6.7

Love Songs

1999

as Jean Simpson

8.0

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

as Herself

Deep in My Heart

as Corrine Burrell

The Color of Courage

as Minnie McGhee

Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

1999

as Lori Jackson

Stepmom

as Dr. P. Sweikert

The Wedding

as Corinne Coles

Gone Fishin'

as Angie

Eve's Bayou

as Roz Batiste

The Planet of Junior Brown

1997

as Mrs. Brown

4.0

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

1996

as Brandi

5.6

Sophie and the Moonhanger

as Sophie

In the Army Now

as Sgt. Ladd

State of Emergency

as Dehlia Johnson

Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story

as Bobbie Mallory

Taking the Heat

as Carolyn Hunter

Stompin' at the Savoy

1992

as Esther

The Josephine Baker Story

1991

as Josephine Baker

5.7

A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

1991

5.1

Zora is My Name!

1990

The Women of Brewster Place

1989

as Ciel

6.6

The George McKenna Story

as Bobbie Maxwell

Jaws: The Revenge

as Louisa

Dead Aim

as Sheila Freeman

The Making of Jaws The Revenge

1987

as Self

6.0

John Henry

1986

as Pollie Ann

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

1986

as Johnnie Mae Gibson

Silverado

as Rae

The Slugger's Wife

as Tina Alvarado

Doctor Detroit

as Thelma Cleland

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

1982

as Woman in bath

10.0

Television (34)

Eyes of Wakanda

2025

as Older Noni (voice)

St. Denis Medical

as Barb

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

The Resident

as Josephine Okeke

The Chi

as Alicia

Greenleaf

as Lady Mae Greenleaf

7.0

How to Get Away with Murder

as Mary Walker

Chasing Life

as Karen Callahan

Fatal Attraction

as Narrator (voice)

FlashForward

as Anastasia Markham

Shark

as Anita Astin

The Tyra Banks Show

Without a Trace

as Paula Van Doren

A Girl Thing

as Nia Morgan

Strong Medicine

as Dr. Marshall

Boston Public

as Louanna Harper

Promised Land

as Dr. Serena Hall

Saturday Night Special

Touched by an Angel

as Dr. Serena Hall

The Cosby Mysteries

Martin

as Ellen

Snoops

as Denise Kendall

The Women of Brewster Place

as Ciel

HeartBeat

as Dr. Cory Banks

Matlock

as Angela Page

Tall Tales & Legends

as Pollie Ann

Miami Vice

as Odette Ribaud

Trauma Center

St. Elsewhere

as Annie Callan

Cagney & Lacey

Matt Houston

as Val

Hill Street Blues

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

And Then There Was You

2013

Producer

5.6

And Then There Was You

2013

Thanks

5.6