Lynn Whitfield

Actor

Born: February 15, 1953 (age 73)
From: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

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…

Filmography (72)

Strung (2026)
Audra Jelani
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
Fear Files (2015)
Madam Mabry
Lap Dance (2014)
Momma Pearl
30 Days in Atlanta (2014)
Clara
The Fright Night Files
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
King's Faith (2013)
Vanessa
24 Hour Love (2013)
Cynthia
Lonely Boy (2013)
Dr. Christine Nolan
The Redemption of a Dog (2012)
Francine
Somebody's Child (2012)
Constance
Battlefield America (2012)
Ms. Parker
All Things Fall Apart (2011)
Bee
Mama, I Want to Sing! (2011)
Lillian Winter
The Rebound (2009)
Laura Reilly