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Lynn Whitfield
Born	Lynn Butler-Smith May 6, 1953 (1953-05-06) (age 55) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Awards won Emmy Awards Best Actress - Miniseries or Special 1991 The the Josephine Baker Story

Lynn Whitfield (born May 6, 1953) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress most famous for her 1991 portrayal in film of dance and performance pioneer Josephine Baker. Other winning roles include A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) and Eve's Bayou (1997).

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 3 Awards and nominations 4 References 5 External links

Biography

Early life

Whitfield was born Lynn Butler-Smith in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the daughter of Jean (née Butler), an officer of a finance agency, and Valerian Smith, a dentist.¹ Whitfield is a member of the incorporated sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Career

Whitfield had a series of television appearances before her film career began, including playing Jill Thomas in the award-winning series Hill Street Blues. After gaining attention on stage in Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Whitfield appeared in supporting roles in such films as Doctor Detroit (1983) and Silverado (1985). She gained wider success by starring in the television films The George McKenna Story, Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI, (both 1986), and the miniseries The Women of Brewster Place (1989).

Whitfield vaulted to international attention in the title role of The Josephine Baker Story (1991), the HBO biopic requiring her to age from 18 to 68. She portrayed the American Folies Bergère star who became a Resistance fighter during WWII and civil rights activist. In a highly publicized casting call, Whitfield was chosen over more than 500 women. She won an Emmy Award for her role and said this gave her, "the greatest sense of accomplishment and realization of my vision. It absolutely called upon everything I thought I could do at that point."

Whitfield worked as a regular in two ABC series (Heartbreak and Equal Justice) prior to playing Baker. She returned to a TV series opposite Bill Cosby in The Cosby Mysteries (NBC, 1994-95).

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate and Gone Fishin' (both 1996) increased her exposure. Whitfield then had a meaty part in Eve's Bayou (1997), where she played the head of a prosperous, socially prominent black family in Louisiana. She returned to a similar milieu as snobby Martha's Vineyard matron Corinne Coles in the ABC miniseries The Wedding (1998). In recent years, she starred as Dorthea Garibaldi in both The Cheetah Girls and The Cheetah Girls 2. She recently starred in Mama, I Want To Sing! with Ciara. Lynn Whitfield also starred in the 2006 drama Medea's Family Reunion.

Also credited as: Lynn Butler-Smith.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf		TV movie
1983	Doctor Detroit	Thelma Cleland
1985	Silverado	Rae Johnson
	The Slugger's Wife	Tina Alvarado
1986	Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI	Johnnie Mae Gibson	TV movie
1987	Dead Aim	Sheila Freeman
	Jaws: The Revenge	Louisa
1988	Heartbeat	Dr. Cory Banks	TV series
1989	The Women of Brewster Place	Ciel	TV miniseries
1991	A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story	Natala	TV movie
	The Josephine Baker Story	Josephine Baker	TV movie
1992	Stompin' at the Savoy	Esther	TV movie
1993	Taking the Heat	Carolyn Hunter	TV movie
1994	In the Army Now	Sgt. Ladd
	State of Emergency	Dehlia Johnson	TV movie
	The Cosby Mysteries	Barbara Lorenz	TV series
1996	A Thin Line Between Love and Hate	Brandi Web
	Sophie & the Moonhanger	Sophie	TV movie
1997	Eve's Bayou	Roz Batiste
	Gone Fishin'	Angie
	Touched by an Angel	Dr. Serena Hall	In the episode "Amazing Grace, Part 1"
1998	Stepmom	Dr. P. Sweikert
	The Wedding	Corinne Coles	TV miniseries
1999	Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story	Lori Jackson	TV movie
	Deep in My Heart	Corrine Burrell	TV movie
	The Color of Courage	Minnie McGhee	TV movie
2000	A Time for Dancing	Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
2001	A Girl Thing	Nia Morgan	TV movie
2003	Head of State	Debra Lassiter
	The Cheetah Girls	Dorothea Garibaldi
2004	Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story	Barbara Becnel	TV Movie
2006	Madea's Family Reunion	Victoria Breaux
	The Cheetah Girls 2	Dorothea Garibaldi
	The Confessions of a Call Girl	Dr. Page
2008	The Women	Glenda Hill
2009	Mama, I Want to Sing!	Lillian Winter

Awards and nominations

• BET Comedy Awards
  • 2004, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Head of State (film) (Nominated)
• Black Movie Awards
  • 2006, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Madea's Family Reunion (Nominated)
• Black Reel Awards
  • 2005, Best Actress (Network/Cable): Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (Winner)
  • 2004, Best Supporting Actress (Network/Cable): The Cheetah Girls (Nominated)
  • 2000, Best Actress (Network/Cable): Love Songs (Nominated)
• Emmy Awards
  • 1991, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries/Television Movie: The Joesphine Baker Story (Winner)
• Golden Globes
  • 1992, Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-series/Television Movie: The Joesphine Baker Story (Nominated)
• Image Awards
  • 2005, Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie/Mini-Series: Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (Winner)
  • 2005, Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special/Series: The Cheetah Girls (Nominated)
  • 2000, Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special/Series: The Planet of Junior Brown (Winner)
  • 2000, Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie/Mini-Series: Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story (Nominated)

References

External links

• Lynn Whitfield at the Internet Movie Database

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