What is Lynn Whitfield?
[[Image:Lynn Whitfield 2.jpg|thumb|Whitfield in 1999]] '''Lynn Whitfield''' (''née'' '''Smith'''; born February 15, 1953) is an [[United States|American]] [[actress]]. She began acting in [[television]] and [[theatre]]. Whitfield later went to acting in supporting roles in [[movie]]s. She received a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Lead Series or Movie. For her performance as [[Josephine Baker]] in the 1991 [[HBO]] [[biographical movie]] ''[[The Josephine Baker Story]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lynn Whitfield|publisher=Television Academy|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/lynn-whitfield|access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref> In the 1990s, Whitfield played the dangerous [[femme fatale]] ([[seduction|seductive]] woman) Brandi in the 1996 [[Romance movie|romantic]] sex [[comedy movie]] ''[[A Thin Line Between Love and Hate]]''. In the 1998 [[comedy-drama]] movie ''[[Stepmom (1998 movie|Stepmom]]'' she played Dr. Sweikert. She later played as Glenda Hill in the 2008 comedy-drama movie ''[[The Women (2008 movie)|The Women]]''. The 2008 movie was a remake of the [[The Women (1939 movie)|1939 movie with the same name]]. Whitfield acted in a number of movies during the 2000s and 2010s.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Lynn Whitfield Interview|publisher=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/07/lynn-whitfield-interview-1234570834|access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref> From 2016 to 2020, she played Lady Mae Greenleaf in the television drama show ''[[Greenleaf (TV series)|Greenleaf]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 'Girlfriends Check In'|publisher=The Advocate|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/movies_tv/article_80c4804c-d8ec-11ea-8998-3b58f3b7727c.html|access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref> Whitfield was given high praise from critics for the role. She won two [[NAACP Image Award]]s, along with a [[Gracie Award]]. Lynn Whitfield was born as Lynn Smith in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitfield, Lynn}} [[Category:Award winning actors]] [[Category:African-