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name: "Lynn Whitfield"
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born: "15 February 1953"
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# Lynn Whitfield

Actor. Born 15 February 1953 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 February 1953, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

## Biography

Lynn Whitfield is an American actress. She was born on 15 February 1953 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and began her career in television and theatre before taking supporting roles in film.

Whitfield received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance as Josephine Baker in the 1991 HBO film *The Josephine Baker Story*. She appeared in *Silverado* (1985), *Jaws: The Revenge* (1987) as Louisa, *Stepmom* (1998) and *Eve's Bayou* (1997). From 2016 to 2020 she starred as Lady Mae Greenleaf in the series *Greenleaf*. She has won seven NAACP Image Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Jaws: The Revenge* (1987), Fi1m 32, as Louisa — [page](https://film.one/film/jaws-the-revenge.md)

## Also known for

- *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), Mary Walker
- *Stepmom* (1998), Dr. P. Sweikert
- *The Resident* (2018), Josephine Okeke
- *The Rebound* (2009), Laura Reilly
- *Vacation Friends* (2021), Suzanne
- *Silverado* (1985), Rae
- *Nappily Ever After* (2018), Paulette Jones
- *FlashForward* (2009), Anastasia Markham

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