Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

1953-02-15 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 71 Credits

Biography

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 Josephine Baker Story (1991). In the 1990s, Whitfield played leading roles in a number of made-for-televisi...

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Albany Road

Albany Road

2024

as Paula Henderson

Acting

On her way to the most important meeting of her career, severe weather forces a New York executive to share a rental car with her former nemesis, her ...

The Retirement Plan

The Retirement Plan

2023

as Drisdale

6.0
Acting

When Ashley and her young daughter Sarah get caught up in a criminal enterprise that puts their lives at risk, she turns to the only person who can he...

We Need a Little Christmas

We Need a Little Christmas

2022

as Irene

6.2
Acting

Julie is adjusting to being a single mother to a grieving child while facing her first Christmas without her husband when she develops an unexpected f...

Vacation Friends

Vacation Friends

2021

as Suzanne

7.0
Acting

When a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico return to the States, they discover that the crazy couple they met...

Woman in Motion

Woman in Motion

2021

as Self

6.8
Acting

Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing a...

Tales from the Hood 3

Tales from the Hood 3

2020

as Marie Benoît

5.2
Acting

Following the franchise's cult classic roots, this new anthology featuring Tony Todd and Lynn Whitfield will scare and thrill with its horrifying twis...

Solace

Solace

2018

as Irene

4.7
Acting

Following the death of her father, a 17-year-old girl is sent to live with her estranged family and finds comfort in a questionable friendship with a ...

Nappily Ever After

Nappily Ever After

2018

as Paulette Jones

7.2
Acting

After an accident at the hair salon, Violet realizes she's not living life to the fullest. A soulful barber helps her put the pieces back together.

Espionage Tonight

Espionage Tonight

2017

as Sydney Greenstreet

3.4
Acting

In a reality TV show created by the U.S. government about spies, audiences go on fake undercover missions, but fact cannot be easily distinguished fro...

Prayer Never Fails

Prayer Never Fails

2016

as Loral Brown

3.4
Acting

When a high school basketball coach is fired for praying with one of his players, he follows God's calling and hires an agnostic, gambling lawyer to f...

Lap Dance

Lap Dance

2014

as Momma Pearl

4.4
Acting

An aspiring actress makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer to care for her cancer stricken father. Once the pact the couple ma...

30 Days in Atlanta

30 Days in Atlanta

2014

as Clara

Acting

Akpos wins a 30-day holiday for two to Atlanta, Georgia. He takes his cousin (Richard), an IT specialist on the all- expense paid trip. Akpos flung hi...

My Other Mother

My Other Mother

2014

as Mary Jo

8.5
Acting

When gruff and independent Candy meets her angry and stubborn birth mother, can the two open their hearts to each other?

The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling

2014

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

By Hans Christian Andersen; Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; Narrated by Lynn Whitfield Only a mother could love this ugliest of ducklings who is teased...

The Last Letter

The Last Letter

2013

as Lorraine

3.6
Acting

Catharine Wright struggles with a debilitating sleep disorder. Her husband Michael struggles to cope when their new born son lay in the wake.

The Dempsey Sisters

The Dempsey Sisters

2013

as Olivia Norman

7.0
Acting

Three siblings return to their musical roots, agreeing to let their brother manage their family band.

And Then There Was You

And Then There Was You

2013

as Sophia Brent

5.6
Acting

Natalie and Joshua appear to be the picture-perfect couple, but looks can be deceiving. When Natalie discovers her husband has led a secret life, she ...

And Then There Was You

And Then There Was You

2013

Thanks, Producer

5.6
Producing

Natalie and Joshua appear to be the picture-perfect couple, but looks can be deceiving. When Natalie discovers her husband has led a secret life, she ...

Act Like You Love Me

Act Like You Love Me

2013

as Harriett Lofton

5.4
Acting

Kelly Lofton is a young, successful dentist who has all the material things a woman could ask for. However, Kelly has struggled to find time for love ...

King's Faith

King's Faith

2013

as Vanessa

6.9
Acting

After Brendan King's life spiraled to rock bottom, the teen found hope in a new relationship with Christ while serving time in a juvenile penitentiary...

24 Hour Love

24 Hour Love

2013

as Cynthia

4.8
Acting

The greatest feeling in the world is when you learn to love! Follow the stories of seven everyday people as they experience laughter, life and matters...

Lonely Boy

Lonely Boy

2013

as Dr. Christine Nolan

4.3
Acting

While seeking answers to a past he cannot remember, a schizophrenic must find the strength to control his mental illness as he tries to build relation...

The Redemption of a Dog

The Redemption of a Dog

2012

as Francine

5.5
Acting
Somebody's Child

Somebody's Child

2012

as Constance

5.3
Acting

A woman (Lynn Whitfield) dying of kidney disease learns that God works in mysterious ways after convincing her son (Michael Jai White) to help a repen...

Battlefield America

Battlefield America

2012

as Ms. Parker

4.4
Acting

A young businessman hires an instructor to turn a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit.

All Things Fall Apart

All Things Fall Apart

2011

as Bee

5.8
Acting

50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon's world turns upside down when an unexpected crisis jeopardizes his pro...

Mama, I Want to Sing!

Mama, I Want to Sing!

2011

as Lillian Winter

6.6
Acting

Preacher's daughter Amara Winter sings in the church choir before being discovered by a well-established musician. She soon rises to international fam...

The Rebound

The Rebound

2009

as Laura Reilly

6.5
Acting

Upon discovering her husband's infidelity, Sandy leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. There, she befriends Aram, a guy whose wife only married ...

PoliWood

PoliWood

2009

as Self

6.5
Acting

An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election year.

The Women

The Women

2008

as Glenda Hill

5.1
Acting

The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-we...

Kings of the Evening

Kings of the Evening

2008

as Gracie

Acting

Homer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler than the back-breaking injustice of the chain gang...

The Cheetah Girls 2

The Cheetah Girls 2

2006

as Dorothea Garibaldi

6.3
Acting

Best friends Galleria, Chanel, Dorinda, and Aqua, A.K.A. the girl band "The Cheetahs," get the opportunity of a lifetime when they strut their way to ...

Confessions

Confessions

2006

as Dr. Page

1.7
Acting

Confessions of a Call Girl is a revealing story of a women's struggle for balance as she battles a secret addiction while fighting to save her family ...

Madea's Family Reunion

Madea's Family Reunion

2006

as Victoria

6.3
Acting

Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her ...

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

2004

as Barbara Becnel

6.0
Acting

Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term...

The Cheetah Girls

The Cheetah Girls

2003

as Dorothea Garibaldi

6.0
Acting

A four-member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls go to a Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and try to become the first freshmen to wi...

Head of State

Head of State

2003

as Debra Lassiter

5.6
Acting

When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman as ...

A Time for Dancing

A Time for Dancing

2002

as Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher

6.7
Acting

Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer.

A Girl Thing

A Girl Thing

2001

as Nia Morgan

3.8
Acting

A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to on...

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

1999

as Herself

2.0
Acting

From world-renowned performer of the Jazz Age, to WWII spy, to civil rights activist – a look into the iconic life and legacy of Josephine Baker, narr...

Love Songs

Love Songs

1999

as Jean Simpson

8.0
Acting

Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, all of which are interconnected through themes of lo...

Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

1999

as Lori Jackson

Acting

The Lori Jackson Story - A civil rights campaigner, Lori Jackson, champions the the cause of a black marine convicted of rape, as she thinks he is in...

Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart

1999

as Corrine Burrell

6.0
Acting

A black woma is reunited with her white birth mother after being given up for adoption.

The Color of Courage

1999

as Minnie McGhee

5.7
Acting

Based on the landmark civil rights case Sipes vs. McGhee, The Color of Courage chronicles the friendship between a white woman and a black woman whose...

Stepmom

Stepmom

1998

as Dr. P. Sweikert

7.2
Acting

Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother t...

The Wedding

The Wedding

1998

as Corinne Coles

8.3
Acting

Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who o...

Eve's Bayou

Eve's Bayou

1997

as Roz Batiste

6.3
Acting

Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve...

The Planet of Junior Brown

The Planet of Junior Brown

1997

as Mrs. Brown

4.0
Acting

Powerful story about love, struggle and passion of an over protective mother and her piano prodigy.

Gone Fishin'

Gone Fishin'

1997

as Angie

4.8
Acting

Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

1996

as Brandi

5.6
Acting

Nightclub manager Darnell Wright is a perpetual playboy who is almost as devoted to his job as he is to the pursuit of beautiful women. After he sets ...

Sophie and the Moonhanger

Sophie and the Moonhanger

1996

as Sophie

7.0
Acting

A woman pits herself against her husband and his Ku Klux Klan member friends when she learns that they are planning an attack against her black maid a...

In the Army Now

In the Army Now

1994

as Sgt. Ladd

5.1
Acting

Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman, two misguided youths, join the reserves to make some easy money for their entrepreneurial dreams. Unfortunately, no soo...

Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story

Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story

1994

as Bobbie Mallory

5.5
Acting

When a couple breaks up after four years together, the man is told that the son he has raised as his own isn't his biological one. He must fight to ke...

State of Emergency

State of Emergency

1994

as Dehlia Johnson

4.0
Acting

Medical drama about a major hospital whose emergency room regularly faces an overload of patients. One of the doctors finds it necessary to adopt an u...

Taking the Heat

Taking the Heat

1993

as Carolyn Hunter

4.8
Acting

When Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the police. A cop is ordered to bring him to the court, but ...

Stompin' at the Savoy

Stompin' at the Savoy

1992

as Esther

Acting

As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to survive. By day, they toil at dreary jobs, dreaming...

A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

1991

5.1
Acting

Ricky Bell, an all-pro running back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who died of a rare muscle disease in the prime of his career. The plot centers on B...

The Josephine Baker Story

The Josephine Baker Story

1991

as Josephine Baker

6.0
Acting

Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a ...

Zora is My Name!

Zora is My Name!

1990

Acting

A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written portr...

The Women of Brewster Place

The Women of Brewster Place

1989

as Ciel

6.9
Acting

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

The George McKenna Story

The George McKenna Story

1988

as Bobbie Maxwell

6.2
Acting

Washington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it of drugs, gangs, low moral of teachers, and restore ed...

Jaws: The Revenge

Jaws: The Revenge

1987

as Louisa

4.1
Acting

After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Mi...

The Making of Jaws The Revenge

The Making of Jaws The Revenge

1987

as Self

6.0
Acting

A behind the scenes look on Jaws The Revenge with interviews from the cast and crew.

Dead Aim

Dead Aim

1987

as Sheila Freeman

4.3
Acting

Ed Marinaro is Malcolm "Mace" Douglas, a street-tough detective who's out for justice-no matter what the cost. While investigating the mysterious suic...

John Henry

John Henry

1986

as Pollie Ann

Acting

The story follow legendary railroad worker John Henry during the late 19th century.

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

1986

as Johnnie Mae Gibson

5.0
Acting

A police officer is called by F.B.I. to infiltrate into gang of arms smugglers.

Silverado

Silverado

1985

as Rae

7.0
Acting

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside...

The Slugger's Wife

The Slugger's Wife

1985

as Tina Alvarado

3.4
Acting

Darryl Palmer is a major league baseball player who meets and pursues an attractive singer. After some setbacks, the two are married and sent on an em...

Doctor Detroit

Doctor Detroit

1983

as Thelma Cleland

5.0
Acting

A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago....

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

1982

as Woman in bath

10.0
Acting

The powerful tales of seven diverse African-American women are woven together in this 1982 performance of Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning landmark...

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