Lynn Whitfield

Acting

Born 1953-02-15 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 109 credits Primetime Emmy Awards 1 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special 1 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 1

Awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won

1991 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Won The Josephine Baker Story

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special 1 won

2000 Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special Won The Planet of Junior Brown

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 1 won

1998 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Won Touched by an Angel

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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.

Lynn Whitfield

Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special 1 won

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 1 won

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