Personal Info
Known Credits
69
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1953-02-15 (72 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Also Known For
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-televisi ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
Albany Road
| Paula Henderson
2023 --
The Retirement Plan
| Drisdale
2022 --
We Need a Little Christmas
| Irene
2021 --
Vacation Friends
| Suzanne
2021 --
Woman in Motion
| Self
2020 --
Tales from the Hood 3
| Marie Benoît
2018 --
Solace
| Irene
2018 --
Nappily Ever After
| Paulette Jones
2017 --
Espionage Tonight
| Sydney Greenstreet
2016 --
Prayer Never Fails
| Loral Brown
2014 --
Lap Dance
| Momma Pearl
2014 --
30 Days in Atlanta
| Clara
2014 --
My Other Mother
| Mary Jo
2014 --
The Ugly Duckling
| Narrator (voice)
2013 --
The Last Letter
| Lorraine
2013 --
The Dempsey Sisters
| Olivia Norman
2013 --
And Then There Was You
| Sophia Brent
2013 --
Act Like You Love Me
| Harriett Lofton
2013 --
King's Faith
| Vanessa
2013 --
24 Hour Love
| Cynthia
2013 --
Lonely Boy
| Dr. Christine Nolan
2012 --
The Redemption of a Dog
| Francine
2012 --
Somebody's Child
| Constance
2012 --
Battlefield America
| Ms. Parker
2011 --
All Things Fall Apart
| Bee
2011 --
Mama, I Want to Sing!
| Lillian Winter
2009 --
The Rebound
| Laura Reilly
2009 --
PoliWood
| Self
2008 --
The Women
| Glenda Hill
2008 --
Kings of the Evening
| Gracie
2006 --
The Cheetah Girls 2
| Dorothea Garibaldi
2006 --
Confessions
| Dr. Page
2006 --
Madea's Family Reunion
| Victoria
2004 --
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
| Barbara Becnel
2003 --
The Cheetah Girls
| Dorothea Garibaldi
2003 --
Head of State
| Debra Lassiter
2002 --
A Time for Dancing
| Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
2001 --
A Girl Thing
| Nia Morgan
1999 --
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
| Herself
1999 --
Love Songs
| Jean Simpson
1999 --
Dangerous Evidence
| Lori Jackson
1999 --
Deep in My Heart
| Corrine Burrell
1999 --
The Color of Courage
| Minnie McGhee
1998 --
Stepmom
| Dr. P. Sweikert
1998 --
The Wedding
| Corinne Coles
1997 --
Eve's Bayou
| Roz Batiste
1997 --
The Planet of Junior Brown
| Mrs. Brown
1997 --
Gone Fishin'
| Angie
1996 --
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
| Brandi
1996 --
Sophie and the Moonhanger
| Sophie
1994 --
In the Army Now
| Sgt. Ladd
1994 --
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
| Bobbie Mallory
1994 --
State of Emergency
| Dehlia Johnson
1993 --
Taking the Heat
| Carolyn Hunter
1992 --
Stompin' at the Savoy
| Esther
1991 --
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
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1991 --
The Josephine Baker Story
| Josephine Baker
1990 --
Zora is My Name!
|
1989 --
The Women of Brewster Place
| Ciel
1988 --
The George McKenna Story
| Bobbie Maxwell
1987 --
Jaws: The Revenge
| Louisa
1987 --
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
| Self
1987 --
Dead Aim
| Sheila Freeman
1986 --
John Henry
| Pollie Ann
1986 --
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
| Johnnie Mae Gibson
1985 --
Silverado
| Rae
1985 --
The Slugger's Wife
| Tina Alvarado
1983 --
Doctor Detroit
| Thelma Cleland
1982 --
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
| Woman in bath