Biografía
Celebrated for her award winning portrayal of the world's first black international star Josephine Baker in The Josephine Baker Story, Lynn Whitfield has enjoyed a busy career in film, television and theater since beginning acting in the early 1980s.
Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Whitfield admired Audrey Hepburn and Betty Davis as a child. After earning her Bachelor's degree at Howard University, the appeared in off-Broadway in New York City. In the early 1980s Whitfield received acclaim for her role on stage in Ntozake Shang's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf. Through the next few years, Whitfield maintained an active career, appearing with Denzel Washington in The George McKenna Story, and co-starring with Oprah Winfrey in the acclaimed miniseries The Women of Brewster Place. Her feature films included The Slugger's Wife and Dead Aim.
1991 catapulted Whitfield to fame with her Emmy Award winning performance in The Josephine Baker Story. She won the highly publicized search for the role of Baker, beating out more than 500 women worldwide. The competition rivaled that of the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. In 1992 she received a NAACP Image Award for her role in the drama series Stompin' at the Savoy. Whitfield has since appeared in the Martin Lawrence comedy A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, the ABC miniseries The Wedding and the films Eve's Bayou, Head of State with Chris Rock, Redemption with Jamie Foxx and Madea's Family Reunion with Tyler Perry.
Indican Pictures
Actriz
Documental | |
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2023 |
See It Loud: The History of Black Television (serie) |
2019 |
Woman in Motion |
1998 |
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker (telepelícula) |
Intimate Portrait: Patti LaBelle (telepelícula) |
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1990 |
Intimate Portrait (serie) - narrador |
Protagonista
Programas | |
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2017 |
Steve |
2012 |
Steve Harvey |
2011 |
Dish Nation |
2010 |
Celebrity Close Calls |
2009 |
Red Carpet Report |
2008 |
Wendy: The Wendy Williams Show |
2006 |
37th NAACP Image Awards |
The 2006 Black Movie Awards |
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2005 |
36th NAACP Image Awards |
1999 |
30th NAACP Image Awards |
1998 |
29th NAACP Image Awards |
1997 |
28th NAACP Image Awards |
1996 |
27th NAACP Image Awards |
1995 |
The 17th Annual CableACE Awards |
The 1995 ESPY Awards |
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1994 |
Sidewalks Entertainment |
1993 |
25th NAACP Image Awards |
Good Day L.A. |
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1992 |
The 49th Golden Globe Awards |
1991 |
The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards |