Lynn Whitfield
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).…
Filmography
Zora is My Name!
1990 · 10.0
John Henry
1986 · 10.0
Love Songs
1999 · 8.7
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1982 · 8.5
The Resident
2018 · 8.4
The Wedding
1998 · 8.2
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
1999 · 8.0
The Chi
2018 · 7.9
How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · 7.8
Hill Street Blues
1981 · 7.6
Boston Public
2000 · 7.6
Martin
1992 · 7.5
Strung
2026 · 7.5
Saturday Night Special
1996 · 7.5
Miami Vice
1984 · 7.4
Strong Medicine
2000 · 7.4
Without a Trace
2002 · 7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994 · 7.2
Fatal Attraction
2013 · 7.2
Chasing Life
2014 · 7.2
Stepmom
1998 · 7.2
Nappily Ever After
2018 · 7.2
Greenleaf
2016 · 7.1
FlashForward
2009 · 7.0
Matlock
1986 · 7.0
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · 7.0
Trauma Center
1983 · 7.0
King's Faith
2013 · 7.0
The Dempsey Sisters
2013 · 7.0
Vacation Friends
2021 · 7.0
Silverado
1985 · 6.9
The Women of Brewster Place
1989 · 6.9
Deep in My Heart
1999 · 6.8
St. Denis Medical
2024 · 6.7
Shark
2006 · 6.7
A Time for Dancing
2002 · 6.7
American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6
Promised Land
1996 · 6.5
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986 · 6.5
The Rebound
2009 · 6.5
Eve's Bayou
1997 · 6.5
Matt Houston
1982 · 6.3
Snoops
1989 · 6.3
Madea's Family Reunion
2006 · 6.3
The Cheetah Girls 2
2006 · 6.3
Eyes of Wakanda
2025 · 6.2
We Need a Little Christmas
2022 · 6.2
Mama, I Want to Sing!
2011 · 6.1
The Cheetah Girls
2003 · 6.1
Tall Tales & Legends
1985 · 6.0
The Cosby Mysteries
1994 · 6.0
The Women of Brewster Place
1989 · 6.0
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004 · 6.0
The Josephine Baker Story
1991 · 6.0
The Color of Courage
1999 · 6.0
The Retirement Plan
2023 · 5.8
All Things Fall Apart
2011 · 5.8
St. Elsewhere
1982 · 5.7
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996 · 5.7
State of Emergency
1994 · 5.7
Head of State
2003 · 5.6
The Redemption of a Dog
2012 · 5.5
Act Like You Love Me
2013 · 5.4
A Girl Thing
2001 · 5.3
And Then There Was You
2013 · 5.3
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991 · 5.3
Somebody's Child
2012 · 5.3
The Women
2008 · 5.2
Tales from the Hood 3
2020 · 5.2
In the Army Now
1994 · 5.1
Doctor Detroit
1983 · 5.1
The Tyra Banks Show
2005 · 5.0
30 Days in Atlanta
2014 · 5.0
Taking the Heat
1993 · 5.0
Gone Fishin'
1997 · 4.9
24 Hour Love
2013 · 4.9
Dead Aim
1987 · 4.8
Solace
2018 · 4.7
Lonely Boy
2013 · 4.6
Albany Road
2024 · 4.6
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997 · 4.5
Battlefield America
2012 · 4.5
Lap Dance
2014 · 4.2
Jaws: The Revenge
1987 · 4.1
The Fright Night Files
2014 · 4.0
HeartBeat
1988 · 3.8
The Slugger's Wife
1985 · 3.7
The Last Letter
2013 · 3.5
Prayer Never Fails
2016 · 3.4
Espionage Tonight
2017 · 3.2
Confessions
2006 · 1.7
Fear Files
2015 · 1.0
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992 · 0.0
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
— · 0.0
Kings of the Evening
2008 · 0.0
The Ugly Duckling
2014 · 0.0