Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield (born May 6, 1953) is an American actress. Whitfield 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), The Cheetah Girls (2003), Madea's Family Reunion (2006), and The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006).

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Movies starring Lynn Whitfield (71)

Albany Road (2024)

Paula Henderson

Espionage Tonight (2017)

Sydney Greenstreet

Lap Dance (2014)

Momma Pearl

The Ugly Duckling (2014)

Narrator (Voice)

Lonely Boy (2013)

Dr. Christine Nolan

The Rebound (2009)

Laura Reilly

The Women (2008)

Glenda Hill

The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006)

Dorothea Garibaldi

The Cheetah Girls (2003)

Dorothea Garibaldi

Head of State (2003)

Debra Lassiter

A Time for Dancing (2002)

Linda Derricks, The Dance Teacher

Love Songs (1999)

Jean Simpson

Stepmom (1998)

Dr. P. Sweikert

The Wedding (1998)

Corinne Coles

Dead Aim (1987)

Sheila Freeman

Doctor Detroit (1983)

Thelma Cleland

Movies Made by Lynn Whitfield (1)

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