Lynn Whitfield
Known for: Acting
Born: February 15, 1953
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
The Ugly Duckling
2014
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
Somebody's Child
2012
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
The Fright Night Files
2014
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004
The George McKenna Story
1988
Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011
Deep in My Heart
1999
Kings of the Evening
2008
King's Faith
2013
The Color of Courage
1999
State of Emergency
1994
Taking the Heat
1993
My Other Mother
2014
Albany Road
2024
Battlefield America
2012
Strung
2026
John Henry
1986
The Redemption of a Dog
2012
And Then There Was You
2013
The Wedding
1998
We Need a Little Christmas
2022
30 Days in Atlanta
2014
Confessions
2006
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
1999
Gone Fishin'
1997
All Things Fall Apart
2011
Eve's Bayou
1997
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
Lonely Boy
2013
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991
The Dempsey Sisters
2013
Prayer Never Fails
2016
Solace
2018
The Rebound
2009
The Cheetah Girls
2003
Head of State
2003
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
1994
24 Hour Love
2013
Love Songs
1999
Doctor Detroit
1983
In the Army Now
1994
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987
Nappily Ever After
2018
Stepmom
1998
Vacation Friends
2021
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
The Last Letter
2013
Act Like You Love Me
2013
Woman in Motion
2021
The Retirement Plan
2023
Espionage Tonight
2017
Tales from the Hood 3
2020
A Time for Dancing
2002
The Slugger's Wife
1985
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006
Silverado
1985
Dead Aim
1987
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
Zora is My Name!
1990
Lap Dance
2014
The Women
2008
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982
PoliWood
2009
Boston Public
2000
Martin
1992
Shark
2006
Matlock
1986
Miami Vice
1984
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Tamron Hall
2019
Hill Street Blues
1981
Without a Trace
2002
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Saturday Night Special
1996
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
FlashForward
2009
Trauma Center
1983
HeartBeat
1988
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Chasing Life
2014
Greenleaf
2016
Matt Houston
1982
Promised Land
1996
Fatal Attraction
2013
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
The Resident
2018
Strong Medicine
2000
Touched by an Angel
1994
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Snoops
1989
St. Denis Medical
2024
The Chi
2018
Sherri
2022
Eyes of Wakanda
2025
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
A Girl Thing
2001
St. Elsewhere
1982
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Steve
2017
American Playhouse
1982