LYNN WHITFIELD
ACTING
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).
- Jaws: The Revenge1987
- Silverado1985
- Doctor Detroit1983
- The Rebound2009
- Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story2004
- The Cheetah Girls2003
- Gone Fishin'1997
- In the Army Now1994
- Head of State2003
- A Thin Line Between Love and Hate1996
- A Time for Dancing2002
- All Things Fall Apart2011
- Eve's Bayou1997
- Madea's Family Reunion2006
- Mama, I Want to Sing!2011
- The Josephine Baker Story1991
- King's Faith2013
- 24 Hour Love2013
- Somebody's Child2012
- The Last Letter2013
- Dead Aim1987
- And Then There Was You2013
- The Dempsey Sisters2013
- The Planet of Junior Brown1997
- My Other Mother2014
- Prayer Never Fails2016
- Battlefield America2012
- The Cheetah Girls 22006
- Espionage Tonight2017
- Nappily Ever After2018
- Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI1986
- The Women2008
- Lap Dance2014
- Stepmom1998
- Stompin' at the Savoy1992
- Tales from the Hood 32020
- Vacation Friends2021
- The Retirement Plan2023
- Act Like You Love Me2013
- We Need a Little Christmas2022
- The Women of Brewster Place1989
- The Slugger's Wife1985
- Martin1992
- Boston Public2000
- Without a Trace2002
- FlashForward2009
- How to Get Away with Murder2014
- Chasing Life2014
- Greenleaf2016
- The Resident2018
- Fatal Attraction2013
- Hill Street Blues1981
- Matt Houston1982