Lynn Whitfield
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Strung
2026
as Audra Jelani
Eyes of Wakanda
2025
as Older Noni (voice)
Albany Road
2024
as Paula Henderson
St. Denis Medical
2024
as Barb
The Retirement Plan
2023
as Drisdale
We Need a Little Christmas
2022
as Irene
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022
as Self - Guest
Woman in Motion
2021
as Self
Vacation Friends
2021
as Suzanne
Tales from the Hood 3
2020
as Marie Benoît
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
Nappily Ever After
2018
as Paulette Jones
Solace
2018
as Irene
The Resident
2018
as Josephine Okeke
The Chi
2018
as Alicia
Espionage Tonight
2017
as Sydney Greenstreet
Steve
2017
as Self
Prayer Never Fails
2016
as Loral Brown
Greenleaf
2016
as Lady Mae Greenleaf
Fear Files
2015
as Madam Mabry
The Ugly Duckling
2014
as Narrator (voice)
My Other Mother
2014
as Mary Jo
30 Days in Atlanta
2014
as Clara
Lap Dance
2014
as Momma Pearl
The Fright Night Files
2014
as Madame Mabry
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Mary Walker
Chasing Life
2014
as Karen Callahan
King's Faith
2013
as Vanessa
Lonely Boy
2013
as Dr. Christine Nolan
24 Hour Love
2013
as Cynthia
The Last Letter
2013
as Lorraine
And Then There Was You
2013
as Sophia Brent
The Dempsey Sisters
2013
as Olivia Norman
Act Like You Love Me
2013
as Harriett Lofton
Fatal Attraction
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Somebody's Child
2012
as Constance
The Redemption of a Dog
2012
as Francine
Battlefield America
2012
as Ms. Parker
All Things Fall Apart
2011
as Bee
Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011
as Lillian Winter
The Rebound
2009
as Laura Reilly
PoliWood
2009
as Self
FlashForward
2009
as Anastasia Markham
Kings of the Evening
2008
as Gracie
The Women
2008
as Glenda Hill
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
as Victoria
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Confessions
2006
as Dr. Page
Shark
2006
as Anita Astin
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004
as Barbara Becnel
The Cheetah Girls
2003
as Dorothea Garibaldi
Head of State
2003
as Debra Lassiter
A Time for Dancing
2002
as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
Without a Trace
2002
as Paula Van Doren
A Girl Thing
2001
as Nia Morgan
Boston Public
2000
as Louanna Harper
Strong Medicine
2000
as Dr. Marshall
Deep in My Heart
1999
as Corrine Burrell
The Color of Courage
1999
as Minnie McGhee
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999
as Lori Jackson
Love Songs
1999
as Jean Simpson
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
as Herself
The Wedding
1998
as Corinne Coles
Stepmom
1998
as Dr. P. Sweikert
Gone Fishin'
1997
as Angie
Eve's Bayou
1997
as Roz Batiste
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
as Mrs. Brown
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
as Brandi
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996
as Sophie
Saturday Night Special
1996
Promised Land
1996
as Dr. Serena Hall
In the Army Now
1994
as Sgt. Ladd
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994
as Bobbie Mallory
State of Emergency
1994
as Dehlia Johnson
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Dr. Serena Hall
Taking the Heat
1993
as Carolyn Hunter
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
as Esther
Martin
1992
as Ellen
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
as Josephine Baker
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991
Zora is My Name!
1990
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Ciel
Snoops
1989
as Denise Kendall
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Ciel
The George McKenna Story
1988
as Bobbie Maxwell
HeartBeat
1988
as Dr. Cory Banks
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
as Louisa
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987
as Self
Dead Aim
1987
as Sheila Freeman
John Henry
1986
as Pollie Ann
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
as Johnnie Mae Gibson
Matlock
1986
as Angela Page
Silverado
1985
as Rae
The Slugger's Wife
1985
as Tina Alvarado
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Pollie Ann
Miami Vice
1984
as Odette Ribaud
Doctor Detroit
1983
as Thelma Cleland
Trauma Center
1983
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
as Woman in bath
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Matt Houston
1982
as Val
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Annie Callan
American Playhouse
1982
as Woman in the bath
American Playhouse
1982
Hill Street Blues
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Jill Thomas
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee