Lynn Whitfield
Born February 15, 1953 (Age: 73)
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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-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.
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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Filmography
The Rebound
2009
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as Laura Reilly
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Age: 56
The Women
2008
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as Glenda Hill
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Age: 55
Kings of the Evening
2008
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as Gracie
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Age: 54
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
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as Victoria
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Age: 53
Head of State
2003
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as Debra Lassiter
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Age: 50
A Time for Dancing
2002
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as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
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Age: 49
Stepmom
1998
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as Dr. P. Sweikert
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Age: 45
The Wedding
1998
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as Corinne Coles
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Age: 45
Eve's Bayou
1997
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as Roz Batiste
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Age: 44
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
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as Mrs. Brown
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Age: 44
Gone Fishin'
1997
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as Angie
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Age: 44
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
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as Brandi
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Age: 43
No Image
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996
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as Sophie
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Age: 42
In the Army Now
1994
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as Sgt. Ladd
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Age: 41
Taking the Heat
1993
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as Carolyn Hunter
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Age: 40
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
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as Esther
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Age: 39
No Image
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991
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as
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Age: 38
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
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as Josephine Baker
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Age: 38
Zora is My Name!
1990
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as
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Age: 36
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
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as Ciel
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Age: 36
The George McKenna Story
1988
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as Bobbie Maxwell
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Age: 35
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
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as Louisa
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Age: 34
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987
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as Self
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Age: 34
Dead Aim
1987
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as Sheila Freeman
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Age: 33
John Henry
1986
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as Pollie Ann
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Age: 33
Silverado
1985
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as Rae
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Age: 32
The Slugger's Wife
1985
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as Tina Alvarado
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Age: 32
Doctor Detroit
1983
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as Thelma Cleland
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Age: 30
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
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as Woman in bath
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Age: 29