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