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Lynn Whitfield
- Name: Lynn Whitfield
- Birthday: 1953-02-15
- Place of birth: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
- Popularity: 0.614
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),... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Albany Road as Paula Henderson | 2024-11-15 |
| The Retirement Plan as Drisdale | 2023-08-24 |
| We Need a Little Christmas as Irene | 2022-10-22 |
| Vacation Friends as Suzanne | 2021-08-27 |
| Woman in Motion as Self | 2021-02-02 |
| Tales from the Hood 3 as Marie Benoît | 2020-10-06 |
| Solace as Irene | 2018-09-23 |
| Nappily Ever After as Paulette Jones | 2018-09-21 |
| Espionage Tonight as Sydney Greenstreet | 2017-10-24 |
| Prayer Never Fails as Loral Brown | 2016-02-12 |
| Lap Dance as Momma Pearl | 2014-12-05 |
| 30 Days in Atlanta as Clara | 2014-10-30 |
| My Other Mother as Mary Jo | 2014-09-21 |
| The Ugly Duckling as Narrator (voice) | 2014-03-19 |
| The Last Letter as Lorraine | 2013-12-17 |
| The Dempsey Sisters as Olivia Norman | 2013-11-02 |
| And Then There Was You as Sophia Brent | 2013-10-19 |
| Act Like You Love Me as Harriett Lofton | 2013-08-06 |
| King's Faith as Vanessa | 2013-04-26 |
| 24 Hour Love as Cynthia | 2013-03-19 |
| Lonely Boy as Dr. Christine Nolan | 2013-03-02 |
| The Redemption of a Dog as Francine | 2012-08-28 |
| Somebody's Child as Constance | 2012-08-11 |
| Battlefield America as Ms. Parker | 2012-06-01 |
| All Things Fall Apart as Bee | 2011-03-05 |
| Mama, I Want to Sing! as Lillian Winter | 2011-01-19 |
| The Rebound as Laura Reilly | 2009-09-16 |
| PoliWood as Self | 2009-07-03 |
| The Women as Glenda Hill | 2008-09-12 |
| Kings of the Evening as Gracie | 2008-01-01 |
| The Cheetah Girls 2 as Dorothea Garibaldi | 2006-07-31 |
| Confessions as Dr. Page | 2006-07-23 |
| Madea's Family Reunion as Victoria | 2006-02-24 |
| Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story as Barbara Becnel | 2004-03-03 |
| The Cheetah Girls as Dorothea Garibaldi | 2003-08-15 |
| Head of State as Debra Lassiter | 2003-03-28 |
| A Time for Dancing as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher | 2002-09-06 |
| A Girl Thing as Nia Morgan | 2001-01-19 |
| Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker as Herself | 1999-07-20 |
| Love Songs as Jean Simpson | 1999-04-25 |
| Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story as Lori Jackson | 1999-04-11 |
| Deep in My Heart as Corrine Burrell | 1999-02-14 |
| The Color of Courage as Minnie McGhee | 1999-02-10 |
| Stepmom as Dr. P. Sweikert | 1998-12-25 |
| The Wedding as Corinne Coles | 1998-02-22 |
| Eve's Bayou as Roz Batiste | 1997-11-07 |
| The Planet of Junior Brown as Mrs. Brown | 1997-09-06 |
| Gone Fishin' as Angie | 1997-05-30 |
| A Thin Line Between Love and Hate as Brandi | 1996-04-04 |
| Sophie and the Moonhanger as Sophie | 1996-01-15 |
| In the Army Now as Sgt. Ladd | 1994-08-12 |
| Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story as Bobbie Mallory | 1994-06-03 |
| State of Emergency as Dehlia Johnson | 1994-02-21 |
| Taking the Heat as Carolyn Hunter | 1993-06-06 |
| Stompin' at the Savoy as Esther | 1992-04-19 |
| A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story | 1991-04-02 |
| The Josephine Baker Story as Josephine Baker | 1991-03-16 |
| Zora is My Name! | 1990-01-01 |
| The Women of Brewster Place as Ciel | 1989-03-19 |
| The George McKenna Story as Bobbie Maxwell | 1988-08-01 |
| Jaws: The Revenge as Louisa | 1987-07-17 |
| The Making of Jaws The Revenge as Self | 1987-07-10 |
| Dead Aim as Sheila Freeman | 1987-01-02 |
| John Henry as Pollie Ann | 1986-12-01 |
| Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI as Johnnie Mae Gibson | 1986-10-21 |
| Silverado as Rae | 1985-07-10 |
| The Slugger's Wife as Tina Alvarado | 1985-03-29 |
| Doctor Detroit as Thelma Cleland | 1983-05-06 |
| For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf as Woman in bath | 1982-02-23 |
