Lynn Whitfield
Lynn Whitfield nÊe 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 madefortelevision movies and had several starring roles in theatrical films including A Thin Line Between Love and Hate 1996 Gone Fishin 1997 Eves Bayou 1997 Stepmom 1998 Head of State 2003 Madeas 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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