Stepmom1998
As Dr. P. Sweikert
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Lynn Whitfield
Born
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.
Filmography (72)
The Rebound2009
As Laura Reilly
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Silverado1985
As Rae
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Vacation Friends2021
As Suzanne
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Jaws: The Revenge1987
As Louisa
TMDb 4.1 / 10
The Women2008
As Glenda Hill
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Retirement Plan2023
As Drisdale
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Strung2026
As Audra Jelani
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Head of State2003
As Debra Lassiter
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Cheetah Girls2003
As Dorothea Garibaldi
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Madea's Family Reunion2006
As Victoria
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Lap Dance2014
As Momma Pearl
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Gone Fishin'1997
As Angie
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Eve's Bayou1997
As Roz Batiste
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Fear Files2015
As Madam Mabry
TMDb 1.0 / 10
The Cheetah Girls 22006
As Dorothea Garibaldi
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Tales from the Hood 32020
As Marie Benoît
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Nappily Ever After2018
As Paulette Jones
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Confessions2006
As Dr. Page
TMDb 1.7 / 10
Love Songs1999
As Jean Simpson
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Solace2018
As Irene
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story1994
As Bobbie Mallory
TMDb 6.1 / 10
We Need a Little Christmas2022
As Irene
TMDb 6.2 / 10
In the Army Now1994
As Sgt. Ladd
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Cheetah Girls: Next GenRelease date TBA
As Dorothea Garibaldi
And Then There Was You2013
As Sophia Brent
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Slugger's Wife1985
As Tina Alvarado
TMDb 3.7 / 10
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate1996
As Brandi
TMDb 5.7 / 10
All Things Fall Apart2011
As Bee
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Doctor Detroit1983
As Thelma Cleland
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story2004
As Barbara Becnel
TMDb 6.0 / 10
King's Faith2013
As Vanessa
TMDb 7.0 / 10
24 Hour Love2013
As Cynthia
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Stompin' at the Savoy1992
As Esther
Zora is My Name!1990
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Josephine Baker Story1991
As Josephine Baker
TMDb 6.0 / 10
My Other Mother2014
As Mary Jo
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The George McKenna Story1988
As Bobbie Maxwell
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Battlefield America2012
As Ms. Parker
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Wedding1998
As Corinne Coles
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Dead Aim1987
As Sheila Freeman
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Dempsey Sisters2013
As Olivia Norman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Deep in My Heart1999
As Corrine Burrell
TMDb 6.8 / 10
PoliWood2009
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Fright Night Files
The Fright Night Files2014
As Madame Mabry
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Women of Brewster Place1989
As Ciel
TMDb 6.8 / 10
A Time for Dancing2002
As Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Planet of Junior Brown1997
As Mrs. Brown
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Mama, I Want to Sing!2011
As Lillian Winter
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story1999
As Lori Jackson
TMDb 8.0 / 10
State of Emergency1994
As Dehlia Johnson
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI1986
As Johnnie Mae Gibson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Making of Jaws The Revenge1987
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Albany Road2024
As Paula Henderson
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Last Letter2013
As Lorraine
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Somebody's Child2012
As Constance
TMDb 5.3 / 10
30 Days in Atlanta2014
As Clara
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Act Like You Love Me2013
As Harriett Lofton
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Lonely Boy2013
As Dr. Christine Nolan
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Woman in Motion2021
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Color of Courage1999
As Minnie McGhee
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Espionage Tonight2017
As Sydney Greenstreet
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Taking the Heat1993
As Carolyn Hunter
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Prayer Never Fails2016
As Loral Brown
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker1999
As Herself
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Sophie and the Moonhanger1996
As Sophie
TMDb 8.5 / 10
John Henry1986
As Pollie Ann
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Redemption of a Dog2012
As Francine
TMDb 5.5 / 10
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story1991
TMDb 5.3 / 10
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf1982
As Woman in bath
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Kings of the Evening2008
As Gracie
The Ugly Duckling2014
As Narrator (voice)
Filmography and biography: TMDb