Lynn Whitfield

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1953-02-15 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Lynn Whitfield

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 (19...

Acting

1987

1983

Doctor Detroit

as Thelma Cleland

2014

The Ugly Duckling

as Narrator (voice)

2009

The Rebound

as Laura Reilly

1985

Silverado

as Rae

2003

The Cheetah Girls

as Dorothea Garibaldi

1997

Gone Fishin'

as Angie

2003

Head of State

as Debra Lassiter

1994

In the Army Now

as Sgt. Ladd

1988

The George McKenna Story

as Bobbie Maxwell

1997

Eve's Bayou

as Roz Batiste

2002

A Time for Dancing

as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher

2006

1986

John Henry

as Pollie Ann

2011

Mama, I Want to Sing!

as Lillian Winter

1991

The Josephine Baker Story

as Josephine Baker

1999

Deep in My Heart

as Corrine Burrell

2013

King's Faith

as Vanessa

2023

1999

The Color of Courage

as Minnie McGhee

1994

State of Emergency

as Dehlia Johnson

2013

Lonely Boy

as Dr. Christine Nolan

2013

24 Hour Love

as Cynthia

2012

Somebody's Child

as Constance

2013

The Last Letter

as Lorraine

1987

Dead Aim

as Sheila Freeman

2013

And Then There Was You

as Sophia Brent

1993

Taking the Heat

as Carolyn Hunter

2013

The Dempsey Sisters

as Olivia Norman

1998

The Wedding

as Corinne Coles

2013

Act Like You Love Me

as Harriett Lofton

1985

The Slugger's Wife

as Tina Alvarado

2014

My Other Mother

as Mary Jo

2024

Albany Road

as Paula Henderson

2016

Prayer Never Fails

as Loral Brown

2012

Battlefield America

as Ms. Parker

2006

The Cheetah Girls 2

as Dorothea Garibaldi

2017

Espionage Tonight

as Sydney Greenstreet

2018

Nappily Ever After

as Paulette Jones

2018

Solace

as Irene

2014

1986

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

as Johnnie Mae Gibson

2008

The Women

as Glenda Hill

2001

A Girl Thing

as Nia Morgan

2014

Lap Dance

as Momma Pearl

2006

Confessions

as Dr. Page

1998

Stepmom

as Dr. P. Sweikert

1999

Love Songs

as Jean Simpson

2020

Tales from the Hood 3

as Marie Benoît

2021

2021

2009

PoliWood

as Self

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