Lynn Whitfield
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 an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special and a NAACP Image Award for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO movie The Josephine Baker Story (1991). She also won NAACP Image awards for her work in Touched by an Angel (1998), The Planet of Junior Brown (2000) and Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004). Her film work includes performances in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), Eve's Bayou (1997), Stepmom (1998), Head of State (2003), The Cheetah Girls (2003), The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006), Madea's Family Reunion (2006), The Women (2008), Nappily Ever After (2018), and Vacation Friends (2021). From 2016 to 2020, she starred as Lady Mae Greenleaf on OWN's dramatic series Greenleaf, for which she won critical acclaim and garnered two NAACP Image Awards and a Gracie Award. She has won a total of seven NAACP Image Awards.
Known for
ActingBirthday
February 15, 1953Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
70Place of birth
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USACast credits
Jaws: The Revenge
LouisaThe Women of Brewster Place
CielDoctor Detroit
Thelma ClelandThe Ugly Duckling
Narrator (voice)The Rebound
Laura ReillySilverado
RaeRedemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Barbara BecnelThe Cheetah Girls
Dorothea GaribaldiGone Fishin'
AngieHead of State
Debra LassiterIn the Army Now
Sgt. LaddA Thin Line Between Love and Hate
BrandiThe George McKenna Story
Bobbie MaxwellThicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
Bobbie MalloryAll Things Fall Apart
BeeEve's Bayou
Roz BatisteA Time for Dancing
Linda Derricks, the Dance TeacherZora is My Name!
Madea's Family Reunion
VictoriaJohn Henry
Pollie AnnMama, I Want to Sing!
Lillian Winter