
Lynn Whitfield
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…
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Filmography
Acting (104)
Movies (70)
Strung
2026 UpcomingMay 27
Albany Road
2024as Paula Henderson
The Retirement Plan
2023as Drisdale
We Need a Little Christmas
2022as Irene
Woman in Motion
2021as Self
Vacation Friends
2021as Suzanne
Tales from the Hood 3
2020as Marie Benoît
Nappily Ever After
2018as Paulette Jones
Solace
2018as Irene
Espionage Tonight
2017as Sydney Greenstreet
Prayer Never Fails
2016as Loral Brown
Lap Dance
2014as Momma Pearl
30 Days in Atlanta
2014as Clara
The Fright Night Files
2014as Madame Mabry
My Other Mother
2014as Mary Jo
The Ugly Duckling
2014as Narrator (voice)
The Dempsey Sisters
2013as Olivia Norman
And Then There Was You
2013as Sophia Brent
Lonely Boy
2013as Dr. Christine Nolan
King's Faith
2013as Vanessa
The Last Letter
2013as Lorraine
24 Hour Love
2013as Cynthia
Act Like You Love Me
2013as Harriett Lofton
The Redemption of a Dog
2012as Francine
Somebody's Child
2012as Constance
Battlefield America
2012as Ms. Parker
All Things Fall Apart
2011as Bee
Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011as Lillian Winter
The Rebound
2009as Laura Reilly
PoliWood
2009as Self
The Women
2008as Glenda Hill
Kings of the Evening
2008as Gracie
Madea's Family Reunion
2006as Victoria
Confessions
2006as Dr. Page
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006as Dorothea Garibaldi
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004as Barbara Becnel
Head of State
2003as Debra Lassiter
The Cheetah Girls
2003as Dorothea Garibaldi
A Time for Dancing
2002as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
Love Songs
1999as Jean Simpson
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999as Herself
Deep in My Heart
1999as Corrine Burrell
The Color of Courage
1999as Minnie McGhee
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999as Lori Jackson
Stepmom
1998as Dr. P. Sweikert
The Wedding
1998as Corinne Coles
Gone Fishin'
1997as Angie
Eve's Bayou
1997as Roz Batiste
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997as Mrs. Brown
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996as Brandi
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996as Sophie
In the Army Now
1994as Sgt. Ladd
State of Emergency
1994as Dehlia Johnson
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994as Bobbie Mallory
Taking the Heat
1993as Carolyn Hunter
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992as Esther
The Josephine Baker Story
1991as Josephine Baker
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991
Zora is My Name!
1990
The Women of Brewster Place
1989as Ciel
The George McKenna Story
1988as Bobbie Maxwell
Jaws: The Revenge
1987as Louisa
Dead Aim
1987as Sheila Freeman
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987as Self
John Henry
1986as Pollie Ann
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986as Johnnie Mae Gibson
Silverado
1985as Rae
The Slugger's Wife
1985as Tina Alvarado
Doctor Detroit
1983as Thelma Cleland
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982as Woman in bath
Television (34)
Eyes of Wakanda
2025as Older Noni (voice)
St. Denis Medical
2024as Barb
Sherri
2022as Self - Guest
Tamron Hall
2019as Self - Guest
The Resident
2018as Josephine Okeke
The Chi
2018as Alicia
Greenleaf
2016as Lady Mae Greenleaf
How to Get Away with Murder
2014as Mary Walker
Chasing Life
2014as Karen Callahan
Fatal Attraction
2013as Narrator (voice)
FlashForward
2009as Anastasia Markham
Shark
2006as Anita Astin
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Without a Trace
2002as Paula Van Doren
A Girl Thing
2001as Nia Morgan
Strong Medicine
2000as Dr. Marshall
Boston Public
2000as Louanna Harper
Promised Land
1996as Dr. Serena Hall
Saturday Night Special
1996
Touched by an Angel
1994as Dr. Serena Hall
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
Martin
1992as Ellen
Snoops
1989as Denise Kendall
The Women of Brewster Place
1989as Ciel
HeartBeat
1988as Dr. Cory Banks
Matlock
1986as Angela Page
Tall Tales & Legends
1985as Pollie Ann
Miami Vice
1984as Odette Ribaud
Trauma Center
1983
St. Elsewhere
1982as Annie Callan
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Matt Houston
1982as Val
Hill Street Blues
1981
Golden Globe Awards
1944as Self - Nominee
Crew (2)
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