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Acting

Lynn Whitfield

Career: Active from 1983 to 2026, busiest in 2013 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 32
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: Eve's Bayou
76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 66 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lynn Whitfield Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Uncanny
1.3, average 2.5
Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Historical
1.5, average 2.6
Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 8
Family Drama 4
Relationship Drama 4
Character Study 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Urban Setting 3
Social Commentary 3
Self-Discovery 2
Faith-Based Drama 2
Family Secrets 2
Biographical Drama 2
Psychological 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

98

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen

as Dorothea Garibaldi

2020s

8 titles · average score 59

Strung

57

as Audra Jelani

Eyes of Wakanda

68

TV show · as Older Noni (voice)

Albany Road

55

as Paula Henderson

St. Denis Medical

68

TV show · as Barb

The Retirement Plan

55

as Drisdale

We Need a Little Christmas

65

as Irene

Vacation Friends

57

as Suzanne

Tales from the Hood 3

48

as Marie Benoît

2010s

28 titles · average score 55

Nappily Ever After

64

as Paulette Jones

Greenleaf

70

TV show · as Lady Mae Greenleaf

The Fright Night Files

as Madame Mabry

My Other Mother

73

as Mary Jo

30 Days in Atlanta

as Clara

How to Get Away with Murder

79

TV show · as Mary Walker

Fatal Attraction

74

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

And Then There Was You

44

as Sophia Brent

King's Faith

51

as Vanessa

Battlefield America

28

as Ms. Parker

Somebody's Child

54

as Constance

Mama, I Want to Sing!

43

as Lillian Winter

2000s

17 titles · average score 56

The Rebound

49

as Laura Reilly

FlashForward

75

TV show · as Anastasia Markham

Kings of the Evening

66

as Gracie

Confessions

23

as Dr. Page

Madea's Family Reunion

49

as Victoria

Shark

60

TV show · as Anita Astin

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

68

as Barbara Becnel

The Cheetah Girls

65

as Dorothea Garibaldi

Head of State

46

as Debra Lassiter

Without a Trace

71

TV show · as Paula Van Doren

Boston Public

49

TV show · as Louanna Harper

Strong Medicine

70

TV show · as Dr. Marshall

1990s

22 titles · average score 56

Deep in My Heart

67

as Corrine Burrell

The Color of Courage

42

as Minnie McGhee

Stepmom

62

as Dr. P. Sweikert

The Wedding

72

as Corinne Coles

The Planet of Junior Brown

58

as Mrs. Brown

Eve's Bayou

76

as Roz Batiste

Gone Fishin'

24

as Angie

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

39

as Brandi

In the Army Now

30

as Sgt. Ladd

Taking the Heat

53

as Carolyn Hunter

Stompin' at the Savoy

74

as Esther

The Josephine Baker Story

65

as Josephine Baker

1980s

22 titles · average score 60

The George McKenna Story

59

as Bobbie Maxwell

HeartBeat

TV show · as Dr. Cory Banks

Jaws: The Revenge

18

as Louisa

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

as Johnnie Mae Gibson

John Henry

as Pollie Ann

Matlock

54

TV show · as Angela Page

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as Odette Ribaud

Doctor Detroit

37

as Thelma Cleland

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Annie Callan

Cagney & Lacey

69

TV show

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Woman in the bath

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show · as Jill Thomas