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. She later appeared in the films Nappily Ever After (2018), Vacation Friends (2021), and The Retirement Plan (2023). Whitfield has won a total of seven NAACP Image Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lynn Whitfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Lynn Whitfield(1953년생, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 스텝맘, 휴가 친구, 사랑은 언제나 진행중이 있으며, 그 외에도 FBI 실종수사대, 범죄의 재구성, 골든 글로브상, 마이애미 바이스, American Playhouse, St. Elsewhere, 더 레지던트, Strong Medicine, Sherri, Touched by an Angel, Hill Street Blues, 더 치 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 Strung에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 Strung에서 Audra Jelani 역을 맡았다. 2025년 아이즈 오브 와칸다에서 Older Noni (voice) 역을 맡았다. 2024년 Albany Road에서 Paula Henderson 역을 맡았다.