Cast & creator
Lynn Whitfield
Best known for Sherri, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Without a Trace
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-television movies and had several starring roles in theatrical films, including A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), Gone Fishin' (1997), Eve's Bayou (1997), Stepmom (1998), Head of State (2003), Madea's Family Reunion (2006), and The Women (2008). Whitfield also starred in a number of movies in the 2000s and 2010s. From 2016 to 2020, she starred as Lady Mae Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network dramatic series Greenleaf, for which she won critical acclaim and garnered two NAACP Image Awards and a Gracie Award. She later appeared in the films Nappily Ever After (2018), Vacation Friends (2021), and The Retirement Plan (2023). Whitfield has won a total of seven NAACP Image Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lynn Whitfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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film credits
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television credits
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1944–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (113)
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Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Without a Trace
Paula Van Doren
2002
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
The Resident
Josephine Okeke
2018
How to Get Away with Murder
Mary Walker
2014
Touched by an Angel
Dr. Serena Hall
1994
American Playhouse
Woman in the bath
1982American Playhouse
1982
Strong Medicine
Dr. Marshall
2000
Miami Vice
Odette Ribaud
1984
Hill Street Blues
1981Hill Street Blues
Jill Thomas
1981
St. Elsewhere
Annie Callan
1982
Matlock
Angela Page
1986
Strung
Audra Jelani
2026
The Chi
Alicia
2018
Boston Public
Louanna Harper
2000
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Martin
Ellen
1992
Steve
Self
2017
Matt Houston
Val
1982
Greenleaf
Lady Mae Greenleaf
2016
Shark
Anita Astin
2006
St. Denis Medical
Barb
2024
FlashForward
Anastasia Markham
2009
Fatal Attraction
Narrator (voice)
2013
Chasing Life
Karen Callahan
2014
Promised Land
Dr. Serena Hall
1996
Eyes of Wakanda
Older Noni (voice)
2025
Tall Tales & Legends
Pollie Ann
1985
The Retirement Plan
Drisdale
2023
Snoops
Denise Kendall
1989
Trauma Center
1983
Vacation Friends
Suzanne
2021
Stepmom
Dr. P. Sweikert
1998
The Rebound
Laura Reilly
2009
Silverado
Rae
1985
Jaws: The Revenge
Louisa
1987
The Women
Glenda Hill
2008
HeartBeat
Dr. Cory Banks
1988
Madea's Family Reunion
Victoria
2006
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
The Women of Brewster Place
Ciel
1989
The Cheetah Girls
Dorothea Garibaldi
2003
Head of State
Debra Lassiter
2003
A Girl Thing
Nia Morgan
2001
The Cheetah Girls 2
Dorothea Garibaldi
2006
Gone Fishin'
Angie
1997
In the Army Now
Sgt. Ladd
1994
Eve's Bayou
Roz Batiste
1997Saturday Night Special
1996
The Slugger's Wife
Tina Alvarado
1985
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Brandi
1996
Lap Dance
Momma Pearl
2014
Doctor Detroit
Thelma Cleland
1983
Nappily Ever After
Paulette Jones
2018
The George McKenna Story
Bobbie Maxwell
1988
King's Faith
Vanessa
2013
Tales from the Hood 3
Marie Benoît
2020
Fear Files
Madam Mabry
2015
Confessions
Dr. Page
2006
We Need a Little Christmas
Irene
2022
All Things Fall Apart
Bee
2011
A Time for Dancing
Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
2002
Stompin' at the Savoy
Esther
1992
The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
Dorothea Garibaldi
And Then There Was You
Sophia Brent
2013And Then There Was You
Thanks
2013And Then There Was You
Producer
2013
The Planet of Junior Brown
Mrs. Brown
1997
PoliWood
Self
2009
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Barbara Becnel
2004
Act Like You Love Me
Harriett Lofton
2013
Deep in My Heart
Corrine Burrell
1999
Mama, I Want to Sing!
Lillian Winter
2011
Battlefield America
Ms. Parker
2012
The Wedding
Corinne Coles
1998
The Josephine Baker Story
Josephine Baker
1991
The Women of Brewster Place
Ciel
1989
My Other Mother
Mary Jo
2014
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
Bobbie Mallory
1994The Fright Night Files
Madame Mabry
2014
The Color of Courage
Minnie McGhee
1999
Zora is My Name!
1990
Solace
Irene
2018
Love Songs
Jean Simpson
1999
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Johnnie Mae Gibson
1986
Sophie and the Moonhanger
Sophie
1996
State of Emergency
Dehlia Johnson
1994
Espionage Tonight
Sydney Greenstreet
2017A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991
The Last Letter
Lorraine
2013
Woman in Motion
Self
2021
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Self
1987
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Herself
1999
24 Hour Love
Cynthia
2013
30 Days in Atlanta
Clara
2014
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Woman in bath
1982
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
Lori Jackson
1999
Albany Road
Paula Henderson
2024
John Henry
Pollie Ann
1986
Kings of the Evening
Gracie
2008
The Dempsey Sisters
Olivia Norman
2013
Taking the Heat
Carolyn Hunter
1993
Prayer Never Fails
Loral Brown
2016
Dead Aim
Sheila Freeman
1987
The Redemption of a Dog
Francine
2012
Somebody's Child
Constance
2012
Lonely Boy
Dr. Christine Nolan
2013
The Ugly Duckling
Narrator (voice)
2014