Lynn Whitfield
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 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 made-for-television movies and had several starring roles in theatrical films, including ''A Thin Line Between Love and Hate'' (1996), ''Gone Fishin''' (1997), ''Eve's Bayou'' (1997), ''Stepmom'' (1998), ''Head of State'' (2003), ''Madea's 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. Whitfield has won a total of seven NAACP Image Awards. Provided by Wikipedia
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