Lynn Whitfield
Acting
Born: 1953-02-15 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Strung
2026
Audra
Albany Road
2024
Paula Henderson
The Retirement Plan
2023
Drisdale
We Need a Little Christmas
2022
Irene
Vacation Friends
2021
Suzanne
Woman in Motion
2021
Self
Tales from the Hood 3
2020
Marie Benoît
Solace
2018
Irene
Nappily Ever After
2018
Paulette Jones
Espionage Tonight
2017
Sydney Greenstreet
Prayer Never Fails
2016
Loral Brown
Lap Dance
2014
Momma Pearl
30 Days in Atlanta
2014
Clara
The Fright Night Files
2014
Madame Mabry
My Other Mother
2014
Mary Jo
The Ugly Duckling
2014
Narrator (voice)
The Last Letter
2013
Lorraine
The Dempsey Sisters
2013
Olivia Norman
And Then There Was You
2013
Sophia Brent
Act Like You Love Me
2013
Harriett Lofton
📺 TV Shows (20)
Eyes of Wakanda
2025
Older Noni (voice)
St. Denis Medical
2024
Barb
Sherri
2022
Self - Guest
Tamron Hall
2019
Self - Guest
The Resident
2018
Josephine Okeke
The Chi
2018
Alicia
Steve
2017
Self
Greenleaf
2016
Lady Mae Greenleaf
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Mary Walker
Chasing Life
2014
Karen Callahan
Fatal Attraction
2013
Narrator (voice)
FlashForward
2009
Anastasia Markham
Shark
2006
Anita Astin
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Without a Trace
2002
Paula Van Doren
A Girl Thing
2001
Nia Morgan
Boston Public
2000
Louanna Harper
Strong Medicine
2000
Dr. Marshall
Promised Land
1996
Dr. Serena Hall
Saturday Night Special
1996