Highest rated as cast or director
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.
Acted in 95
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
Albany Road
Paula Henderson
- 2023
- 2022
We Need a Little Christmas
Irene
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2018
- 2017
Espionage Tonight
Sydney Greenstreet
- 2016
Prayer Never Fails
Loral Brown
- 2015
- 2014
30 Days in Atlanta
Clara
- 2013
The Last Letter
Lorraine
The Dempsey Sisters
Olivia Norman
24 Hour Love
Cynthia
Lonely Boy
Dr. Christine Nolan
- 2012
The Redemption of a Dog
Francine
Somebody's Child
Constance
Battlefield America
Ms. Parker
- 2011
Mama, I Want to Sing!
Lillian Winter
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
Kings of the Evening
Gracie
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Barbara Becnel
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
A Girl Thing
Nia Morgan · 4 episodes
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
Love Songs
Jean Simpson
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
Lori Jackson
Deep in My Heart
Corrine Burrell
The Color of Courage
Minnie McGhee
- 1998
The Wedding
Corinne Coles
- 1997
Gone Fishin'
Angie
- 1996
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Brandi
Sophie and the Moonhanger
Sophie
- 1994
The Cosby Mysteries
TV
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
Bobbie Mallory
State of Emergency
Dehlia Johnson
- 1993
Taking the Heat
Carolyn Hunter
- 1992
Stompin' at the Savoy
Esther
- 1991
The Josephine Baker Story
Josephine Baker
- 1990
Zora is My Name!
Movie
1980s
- 1989
The Women of Brewster Place
Ciel
The Women of Brewster Place
Ciel · 2 episodes
- 1988
HeartBeat
Dr. Cory Banks · 18 episodes
- 1987
Dead Aim
Sheila Freeman
- 1986
John Henry
Pollie Ann
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Johnnie Mae Gibson
- 1985
The Slugger's Wife
Tina Alvarado
- 1984
- 1983
Doctor Detroit
Thelma Cleland
- 1982
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Woman in bath
- 1981
No release date
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
Dorothea Garibaldi
Produced 1
2010s
- 2013
Appearances11
2020s
- 2022
- 2021
Woman in Motion
Self
2010s
- 2019
- 2017
- 2014
The Ugly Duckling
Narrator (voice)
- 2013
2000s
- 2009
PoliWood
Self
1990s
- 1999
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Herself
- 1993
1980s
- 1987
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Self
Thanked in the credits1
2010s
- 2013