Biography
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 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…
Career works
106
Movies
70
Series
36
Career average
6.1/10
Birth date
02/15/1953
Place of birth
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Strung
2026 · 5.5
Albany Road
2024 · 4.6
The Retirement Plan
2023 · 5.9
We Need a Little Christmas
2022 · 6.2
Vacation Friends
2021 · 7.0
Woman in Motion
2021 · 6.8
Tales from the Hood 3
2020 · 5.1
Solace
2018 · 4.7
Nappily Ever After
2018 · 7.2
Espionage Tonight
2017 · 3.2
Prayer Never Fails
2016 · 3.4
Lap Dance
2014 · 4.2
30 Days in Atlanta
2014 · 5.0
My Other Mother
2014 · 8.5
The Ugly Duckling
2014
Series
Eyes of Wakanda
2025 · 6.2
St. Denis Medical
2024 · 6.7
Sherri
2022 · 2.6
Tamron Hall
2019 · 4.7
The Resident
2018 · 8.4
The Chi
2018 · 7.9
Steve
2017 · 6.0
Greenleaf
2016 · 7.1
How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · 7.8
Chasing Life
2014 · 7.2
Fatal Attraction
2013 · 7.2
FlashForward
2009 · 7.0
Shark
2006 · 6.7
The Tyra Banks Show
2005 · 5.0
Without a Trace
2002 · 7.3