Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

Рождение : 1953-02-15, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

История

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 an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special and a NAACP Image Award for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO movie The Josephine Baker Story (1991). She also won NAACP Image awards for her work in Touched by an Angel (1998), The Planet of Junior Brown (2000) and Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004). Her film work includes performances in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), Eve's Bayou (1997), Stepmom (1998), Head of State (2003), The Cheetah Girls (2003), The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006), Madea's Family Reunion (2006), The Women (2008), Nappily Ever After (2018), and Vacation Friends (2021). From 2016 to 2020, she starred as Lady Mae Greenleaf on OWN's dramatic series Greenleaf, for which she won critical acclaim and garnered two NAACP Image Awards and a Gracie Award. She has won a total of seven NAACP Image Awards.

Профиль

Lynn Whitfield
Lynn Whitfield
Lynn Whitfield

Фильмы

We Need a Little Christmas
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 friendship with her older neighbor Irene.
Друзья по отпуску
Suzanne
Маркус и Эмили во время отпуска в Мексике знакомятся с отвязной парой - Роном и Кайлой. После возвращения они и думать забывают про новых приятелей, пока те без приглашения не заявляются к ним на свадьбу, сея вокруг хаос.
Woman in Motion
Self
Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first African American, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.
Истории из морга 3
Marie Benoît
Антология из четырех ужасающих историй, которые будут пугать и волновать аудиторию своими ужасающими поворотами и социальными комментариями.
Solace
Irene
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 self-destructive neighbor, leading both on a startling path to self discovery.
Счастье в волосах
Paulette Jones
После неожиданного инцидента в салоне красоты Вайолет осознает, что не живет полной жизнью. Теперь в ее судьбе наступают значительные перемены.
Шпионаж
Sydney Greenstreet
В телевизионном реалити-шоу, созданным правительством США о шпионах, зрители отправляются на постановочные тайные задания, но результат не может быть так просто достигнут одним художественным вымыслом.
Prayer Never Fails
Loral Brown
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 file a lawsuit.
Идеальный стриптиз
Momma Pearl
История сосредоточена вокруг молодой пары, которая пытается сохранить жизнь отцу Моники. Они заключают договор, по которому Моника становится танцовщицей одного из стриптиз баров для того, чтобы заботиться о ее больного раком отце. Как только договор нарушается, жизнь супругов изменится навсегда. Всё это происходит на фоне джентельменского клуба, где молодой женщине приходится выбирать между любовью всей ее жизни и деньгами, которые могут ей помочь.
30 Days in Atlanta
Clara
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 his unique personality, showing-off his smartness and foolishness in an exciting mix of rhetoric andwitty humour.
My Other Mother
Mary Jo
When gruff and independent Candy meets her angry and stubborn birth mother, can the two open their hearts to each other?
The Last Letter
Lorraine
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
Olivia Norman
The Dempsey Sisters is a movie about the power of believing in a dream, the force of a family bond, and being willing to give up a sure thing for the one thing that makes life worth living overall.
And Then There Was You
Sophia Brent
Natalie resorts to picking up the pieces of her life after her husband leaves her for the family he has outside. she falls in love with Darrell, but he has secrets of his own. Can Natalie handle any more secrets?
Act Like You Love Me
Harriett
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 in her busy schedule, so when her younger sister Susan gets engaged to a seemingly perfect man and organizes an extravagant engagement party, Kelly panics.
King's Faith
Vanessa
When eighteen-year-old Brendan King attempts to leave his turbulent gang life behind him, his past continues to threaten his new-found faith, family, and future
24 Hour Love
Cynthia
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 of the heart. The all-star cast (Malinda Williams, Tatyana Ali, Keith Robinson, Lynn Whitfield and Darius McCrary) will take you through the good, the bad and the ugly of the many faces of love. Fall head over heels for this fresh, honest look at relationships and see what a difference a day makes.
Lonely Boy
Dr. Christine Nolan
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 relationships with those he pushed away. Winner of multiple festival awards.
The Redemption of a Dog
Francine
Somebody's Child
Constance
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 repentant ex-con (Byron Minns) whose unexpected presence prompts a startling deathbed confession.
Недетские танцы
Ms. Parker
Новый фильм лучшей танцевальной команды Америки! Предназначено для молодых, дерзких и амбициозных! В этом фильме вы не увидите: катастроф, похищений, погонь и прочего и прочего. Вы увидите таких же как вы — пацанов и девчонок. А еще: шикарные танцевальные номера, модный саундтрек, отличные трюки, эмоции, которые бьют через край, батлы за честь, уважение и любовь. Хочешь быть лучшим? Стань лучшим! Будь лучше всех! Ты точно сможешь!
Разные вещи
Bee
История, действие которой сосредоточено вокруг многообещающего спортсмена, занимающегося американским футболом. Деон — звезда американского футбола, четвертый год выступающий за колледж и находящийся в одном шаге от вступления в профессиональную лигу.
Mama, I Want to Sing!
Lillian Winter
A preacher's daughter, Amara, sings in the church choir before being discovered by a well-established musician. Soon she rises to international fame as a pop singer.
Нянька по вызову
Laura Reilly
У 25-летнего юноши начинается роман с матерью-одиночкой, живущей по соседству. Основной преградой в их отношениях становится то, что главная героиня существенно старше своего избранника.
PoliWood
Self
An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election year.
Женщины
Glenda Hill
Cовременная версия одноименного фильма 1939 года. В центре истории — обеспеченная женщина, неподозревающая об интрижке своего мужа с какой-то продавщицей, плюс еще куча персонажей вроде любовниц, подруг и бывших. Со стороны казалось, что у Мэри Хайнс есть все основания считать себя счастливой и состоявшейся женщиной: у нее дом в Коннектикуте, милая 12-летняя дочь, муж — успешный бизнесмен с Wall Street — и карьера дизайнера в фирме отца. Ее лучшая подруга, Сильвия Фоулер, тоже была устроена в жизни — главный редактор журнала «Каше», шкаф, полный одежды с подиумов, статус «арбитра стиля и вкуса» в Нью-Йорке и агрессивная позиция холостячки, которая ее полностью устраивала. Или ей так казалось.
Kings of the Evening
Gracie
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...
Чита Гёрлз в Барселоне
Dorothea Garibaldi
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 Barcelona, Spain, to perform in an international music festival. Along the way, the "amigas Cheetahs" learn that, although their paths are not the same, they are lucky to have one another for the journey.
Confessions
Dr. Page
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 and find herself.
Семейный праздник Мэдеи
Victoria
Based upon Tyler Perry's acclaimed stage production, Madea's Family Reunion continues the adventures of Southern matriarch Madea. She has just been court ordered to be in charge of Nikki, a rebellious runaway, her nieces, Lisa and Vanessa, are suffering relationship trouble, and through it all, she has to organize her family reunion.
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Barbara Becnel
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, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence resolutions which earned him multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations. After exhausting all forms of appeal, Tookie was executed by lethal injection.
Чита Гёрлз
Dorothea Garibaldi
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 win the talent show in the school's history. During the talent show auditions, they meet a big-time producer named Jackal Johnson, who tries to make the group into superstars, but the girls run into many problems.
Глава государства
Debra Lassiter
В самый разгар предвыборной кампании кандидат на пост президента от округа Вашингтон неожиданно приказал долго жить. Именно поэтому демократической партии ничего не остаётся, как заменить его темнокожим оболтусом Мэйсом Гиллиамом. Никто, впрочем, не подозревает, что Гиллиам, внезапно оказавшийся в центре внимания, разовьёт очень бурную деятельность…
A Time for Dancing
Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer.
A Girl Thing
Nia Morgan
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 one star per hour. Hour one deals with a woman not capable of having a relationship. Hour Two is about sisters who hate each other, trying to get along one last time. Hour Three is about adultery.
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Herself
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, narrated by Arsenio Hall, including rare archive footage, and interviews with Debbie Allen, Lynn Whitfield (who portrayed Baker in The Josephine Baker Story), and two of Baker’s sons.
Love Songs
Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, all of which are interconnected through themes of love and family. Set in the same predominantly black neighbourhood in North Philadelphia, these threecompelling tales tell the stories of an up-and-coming heavyweight boxer, a vegetable vendor, and a man who must protect a family member from the abuse of another.
Dangerous Evidence
Lori Jackson
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 innocent of the crime. Based on a real case.
Deep in My Heart
Corrine Burrell
In this made-for-tv movie, an adopted woman decides to find her birth mother. Her search leads her to a shocking discovery that she has to face and why her upbringing was not an easy one.
The Color of Courage
Minnie McGhee
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 family, the McGhees, has moved into a previously all-white neighborhood. A McGhee granddaughter, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, wrote the script.
Мачеха
Dr. P. Sweikert
Семейные узы настолько тесно сближают людей, что рано или поздно кто — то оказывается лишним. И в жизни десятилетней Анны и шестилетнего Бена появилась Изабель, любовница их разведенного отца. Она делает все возможное, чтобы завоевать любовь чужих детей. Но Джеки, их настоящая мать, использует весь свой авторитет и влияние, чтобы этого не допустить.Голос крови оказывается сильнее доброты и обаяния Изабель. Она хотела стать для Анны и Бена искренним другом, но так и осталась мачехой. Однако в тот момент, когда Джеки добилась желаемого, неожиданно выясняется, что она смертельно больна. И вот Изабель, с которой заботливая мать не мыслила жизни своих детей, оказывается тем единственным человеком, без которого их жизнь немыслима…
The Wedding
Corinne Coles
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 object to an inter-racial marriage, and Shelby's parents, who want her to marry a professional. As Shelby is afflicted by pre-marital doubts, handsome Lute McNeil arrives on the scene, determined to make Shelby his at any cost.
Пристанище Евы
Roz Batiste
1962, Луизиана. В центре сюжета семейство во главе с доктором Луизом, который испытывает страсть к своим привлекательным пациенткам, несмотря на то, что женат на красавице Роз. Однажды свидетельницей очередной интрижки Луиза становится его дочь Ева…
The Planet of Junior Brown
Mrs. Brown
Powerful story about love, struggle and passion of an over protective mother and her piano prodigy.
На рыбалку!
Angie
Двое старых друзей отправляются на рыбалку. Но приключения начинаются уже в дороге, когда они ловят… хитрого мошенника, угнавшего их машину. Затем приятели отправляются на поиски спрятанных драгоценностей. По пути незадачливые рыболовы пытаются подцепить двух роскошных женщин — такого богатого улова у них еще не было! Но в любой момент они сами могут стать наживкой…
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Brandi
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 his sights on the ultra-classy Brandi Web, he launches an all-out assault to win her heart. Ultimately, charm, lust and passion prevail, but Darnell learns the hard way that when you play, you pay. Brandi is much harder to get rid of than she was to get--especially when she realizes that she has a rival vying for Darnell's affection. When he finally decides to call it quits, Brandi becomes an obsessed femme fatale stalking the new love of her life.
Sophie and the Moonhanger
Sophie
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 and her husband.
Армейские приключения
Sgt. Ladd
Закадычные друзья Боунз и Джек вовсе не думали становиться героями. Они записались в резервисты американской армии, чтобы заработать денег и открыть собственный магазин. Но тихой службы в тылу не получилось. Свободный мир опять в опасности, и вот уже бравые вояки отправляются сражаться в Африку. Это совсем не входило в планы Боунза и Джека, которых по уровню героизма в крови обогнал бы и кролик. Но тут, по иронии судьбы, дело обернулось так, что именно этому эксцентричному дуэту предстоит внести основной вклад в победу.
State of Emergency
Dehlia Johnson
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 unorthodox procedure to try to save a patient, and finds himself in trouble in consequence.
Taking the Heat
Carolyn Hunter
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 before they get there they have to deal with several attacks from killers.
Stompin' at the Savoy
Esther
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 of stardom, riches and happiness. By night, they dance their troubles away at the famous Savoy Ballroom. But when World War II appears on the horizon, the girls find their fortunes unfolding too unevenly to reconcile, and they inevitably begin to drift apart.
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
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 Bell's relationship with a father-less handicapped boy, and his efforts to be a big brother to him. The boy ends up being an inspiration for Bell when his disease makes the athlete more afflicted than the boy.
The Josephine Baker Story
Josephine Baker
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 struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder
Zora is My Name!
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 portrayals of Black American life in the rural south of the 1930's and 40's, and the stories, songs and folklore that were her heritage and inspiration.
The Women of Brewster Place
Ciel
A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
The George McKenna Story
Bobbie Maxwell
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 educational values.
Челюсти 4: Месть
Louisa
Полицейский Мартин Броди умирает от сердечного приступа. Его младший сын Шон погибает в схватке с большой белой акулой. Эллен Броди абсолютно убеждена, что гигантское белое чудовище мстит ее семье. Миссис Броди летит на Багамы к старшему сыну Майклу, который работает морским биологом, чтобы предупредить о смертельной опасности…
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Self
A behind the scenes look on Jaws The Revenge with interviews from the cast and crew.
Dead Aim
Sheila Freeman
Ed Marinaro is Malcolm "Mace" Douglas, a street-tough detective who's out for justice-no matter what the cost. While investigating the mysterious suicidal heroin overdoses of four beautiful exotic dancers, Mace puts together the pieces of a deadly puzzle, infiltrating a violent ring of shadowy drug and weapons dealers, Mace methodically tracks a serial killer (Rick Washburn) with murderous ties to a ruthless foreign diplomat (Harry Goz). Mace won't stop until he gets some answers. The FBI and KGB have them, but now they're talking back with bullets.
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Johnnie Mae Gibson
A police officer is called by F.B.I. to infiltrate into gang of arms smugglers.
Сильверадо
Rae
Сильверадо — далекая страна, куда стремится и простой люд, и бесшабашные ковбои, и жестокие бандиты. Но попасть туда дано не каждому — долгий путь таит в себе множество опасностей. Только тот, кто сумеет не сплоховать в трудную минуту, только самый быстрый и смелый сможет увидеть Сильверадо.
The Slugger's Wife
Tina Alvarado
Darryl Palmer (Michael O'Keefe) is a major league baseball player who meets and pursues an attractive singer (Rebecca De Mornay). After some setbacks, the two are married and sent on an emotional journey that sees his career take off, while hers doesn't. When she gives up her dreams to support her husband, she can't escape her own unhappiness. With a separation on the horizon, Darryl must choose between his big-league life and his one true love.
Доктор Детройт
Thelma Cleland
Доктор Детройт — профессор, специалист по английской литературе, уважаемый человек. Однако на полное собрание сочинений Шекспира профессорской зарплаты не хватает — приходится по ночам подрабатывать сутенером…
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Woman in bath
The powerful tales of seven diverse African-American women are woven together in this 1982 performance of Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning landmark play. A breakthrough portrayal of black women's experiences in America, the story combines music, poetry and dance to celebrate their unique culture while painting a poignant portrait of their terrible struggles.
The Retirement Plan
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 help: her estranged father Matt, currently living the life of a retired beach bum in the Cayman Islands. Their reunion is fleeting as they are soon tracked down on the island by crime boss Donnie and his lieutenant Bobo. As Ashley, Sarah, and Matt become entangled in an increasingly dangerous web, Ashley quickly learns her father had a secret past that she knew nothing about and that there is more to her father than meets the eye.