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.
Vacation Friends
as SuzanneWhen a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico return to...
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The Retirement Plan
as DrisdaleWhen Ashley and her young daughter Sarah get caught up in a criminal enterprise that puts their...
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The Rebound
as Laura ReillyUpon discovering her husband's infidelity, Sandy leaves the suburbs and moves into the city....
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Silverado
as RaeFour unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do...
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Jaws: The Revenge
as LouisaAfter another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity...
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Stepmom
as Dr. P. SweikertJackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s...
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The Cheetah Girls 2
as Dorothea GaribaldiBest friends Galleria, Chanel, Dorinda, and Aqua, A.K.A. the girl band "The Cheetahs," get the...
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Gone Fishin'
as AngieTwo fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.
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Eve's Bayou
as Roz BatisteSummer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to...
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Madea's Family Reunion
as VictoriaSouthern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship...
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Nappily Ever After
as Paulette JonesAfter an accident at the hair salon, Violet realizes she's not living life to the fullest. A...
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Head of State
as Debra LassiterWhen a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic...
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A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
as BrandiNightclub manager Darnell Wright is a perpetual playboy who is almost as devoted to his job as...
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The Women
as Glenda HillThe story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty...
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The Cheetah Girls
as Dorothea GaribaldiA four-member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls go to a Manhattan High School for the...
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In the Army Now
as Sgt. LaddBones Conway and Jack Kaufman didn't really know what they were in for when they enlisted in the...
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All Things Fall Apart
as Bee50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon's world turns...
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Lap Dance
as Momma PearlAn aspiring actress makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer to care for...
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A Time for Dancing
as Linda Derricks, the Dance TeacherTheir love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is...
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Albany Road
as Paula HendersonOn her way to the most important meeting of her career, severe weather forces a New York...
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The Slugger's Wife
as Tina AlvaradoDarryl Palmer is a major league baseball player who meets and pursues an attractive singer....
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Tales from the Hood 3
as Marie BenoîtFollowing the franchise's cult classic roots, this new anthology featuring Tony Todd and Lynn...
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Doctor Detroit
as Thelma ClelandA shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the...
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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
as Barbara BecnelRedemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang....
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Lonely Boy
as Dr. Christine NolanWhile seeking answers to a past he cannot remember, a schizophrenic must find the strength to...
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The George McKenna Story
as Bobbie MaxwellWashington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it...
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King's Faith
as VanessaWhen eighteen-year-old Brendan King attempts to leave his turbulent gang life behind him, his...
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Battlefield America
as Ms. ParkerA young businessman hires an instructor to turn a group of misfit kids into a team on the...
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We Need a Little Christmas
as IreneJulie is adjusting to being a single mother to a grieving child while facing her first Christmas...
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The Dempsey Sisters
as Olivia NormanThree siblings return to their musical roots, agreeing to let their brother manage their family...
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And Then There Was You
as Sophia BrentNatalie and Joshua appear to be the picture-perfect couple, but looks can be deceiving. When...
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The Last Letter
as LorraineCatharine Wright struggles with a debilitating sleep disorder. Her husband Michael struggles to...
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The Wedding
as Corinne ColesShelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but...
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Woman in Motion
as SelfNichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the...
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Confessions
as Dr. PageConfessions of a Call Girl is a revealing story of a women's struggle for balance as she battles...
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Solace
as IreneFollowing the death of her father, a 17-year-old girl is sent to live with her estranged family...
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The Women of Brewster Place
as CielA multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
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The Josephine Baker Story
as Josephine BakerBiography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the...
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
as Woman in bathThe powerful tales of seven diverse African-American women are woven together in this 1982...
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Deep in My Heart
as Corrine BurrellA black woma is reunited with her white birth mother after being given up for adoption.
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Espionage Tonight
as Sydney GreenstreetIn a reality TV show created by the U.S. government about spies, audiences go on fake undercover...
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Prayer Never Fails
as Loral BrownWhen a high school basketball coach is fired for praying with one of his players, he follows...
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State of Emergency
as Dehlia JohnsonMedical drama about a major hospital whose emergency room regularly faces an overload of...
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Act Like You Love Me
as Harriett LoftonKelly Lofton is a young, successful dentist who has all the material things a woman could ask...
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Taking the Heat
as Carolyn HunterWhen Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the...
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Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
as Bobbie MalloryWhen a couple breaks up after four years together, the man is told that the son he has raised as...
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24 Hour Love
as CynthiaThe greatest feeling in the world is when you learn to love! Follow the stories of seven...
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The Planet of Junior Brown
as Mrs. BrownPowerful story about love, struggle and passion of an over protective mother and her piano prodigy.
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Dead Aim
as Sheila FreemanEd Marinaro is Malcolm "Mace" Douglas, a street-tough detective who's out for justice-no matter...
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The Making of Jaws The Revenge
as SelfA behind the scenes look on Jaws The Revenge with interviews from the cast and crew.
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A Girl Thing
as Nia MorganA Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a...
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PoliWood
as SelfAn in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S....
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Stompin' at the Savoy
as EstherAs the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle...
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Mama, I Want to Sing!
as Lillian WinterPreacher's daughter Amara Winter sings in the church choir before being discovered by a...
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Kings of the Evening
as GracieHomer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler...
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Somebody's Child
as ConstanceA woman (Lynn Whitfield) dying of kidney disease learns that God works in mysterious ways after...
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John Henry
as Pollie AnnThe story follow legendary railroad worker John Henry during the late 19th century.
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30 Days in Atlanta
as ClaraAkpos wins a 30-day holiday for two to Atlanta, Georgia. He takes his cousin (Richard), an IT...
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My Other Mother
as Mary JoWhen gruff and independent Candy meets her angry and stubborn birth mother, can the two open...
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Love Songs
as Jean SimpsonLouis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short...
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Dangerous Evidence
as Lori JacksonThe Lori Jackson Story - A civil rights campaigner, Lori Jackson, champions the the cause of a...
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Zora is My Name!
as uncreditedA celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century...
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Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
as Johnnie Mae GibsonA police officer is called by F.B.I. to infiltrate into gang of arms smugglers.
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Sophie and the Moonhanger
as SophieA woman pits herself against her husband and his Ku Klux Klan member friends when she learns...
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The Ugly Duckling
as Narrator (voice)By Hans Christian Andersen; Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; Narrated by Lynn Whitfield Only a...
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Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
as HerselfFrom world-renowned performer of the Jazz Age, to WWII spy, to civil rights activist – a look...
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The Resident
as Josephine OkekeA tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day,...
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How to Get Away with Murder
as Mary WalkerA sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their...
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Without a Trace
as Paula Van DorenThe series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
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Miami Vice
as uncreditedThe story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...
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Tamron Hall
as Self - GuestFormer news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she...
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Matlock
as uncreditedMatlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of...
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Greenleaf
as Lady Mae GreenleafThe unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, where...
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Strong Medicine
as Dr. MarshallThe lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.
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Martin
as EllenSassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his...
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - NomineAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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Hill Street Blues
as uncreditedA realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Hill Street Blues
as Jill ThomasA realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Boston Public
as Louanna HarperPrincipal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the...
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Touched by an Angel
as Dr. Serena HallMonica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...
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The Tyra Banks Show
as uncreditedThe Tyra Banks Show, also known as and shortened to Tyra or The Tyra Show, is an American talk...
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Fatal Attraction
as Narrator (voice)Each pulse-pounding hour-long episode centers around an incredible and dangerous romance....
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Shark
as uncreditedNotorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career...
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Matt Houston
as ValMatt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by...
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Cagney & Lacey
as uncreditedMary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...
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Chasing Life
as Karen CallahanApril, an aspiring journalist, is balancing her ambitious career with her family and a new...
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FlashForward
as Anastasia MarkhamWhen the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of...
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St. Denis Medical
as BarbAn eclectic group of underfunded yet dedicated doctors and nurses navigates caring for patients...
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Promised Land
as Dr. Serena HallPromised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off...
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Tall Tales & Legends
as Pollie AnnAn anthology series that showcases various mythical characters and incidents throughout history.
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Snoops
as Denise KendallSnoops is an American crime themed comedy-drama series which aired for one season from September...
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HeartBeat
as Dr. Cory BanksThe professional and private lives of the predominantly female staff of the Women's Medical...
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Eyes of Wakanda
as (voice)Follow the adventures of brave Wakandan warriors throughout history in this globe-trotting...
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The Cosby Mysteries
as uncreditedThe Cosby Mysteries was an American television mystery series that starred Bill Cosby. It is the...
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