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Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

Acting February 15, 1953 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. 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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Movies

The Retirement Plan
5.8
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Drisdale
The Retirement Plan
2023
Act Like You Love Me
5.4
Harriett Lofton
Act Like You Love Me
2013
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
8.0
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Lori Jackson
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999

TV Shows

Martin
7.5
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Ellen
Martin
1992

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