Lynn Whitfield

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Born: 5/6/1953

Biography: African American leading lady Lynn Whitfield made her film bow in 1983's Dr. Detroit. Three years later, the Louisiana born and bred Whitfield played the title character in the fact-based TV movie Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI, the story of the first black female FBI agent. After …

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The Women [Movie] as Glenda Hill

2008

Confessions of a Call Girl [Movie]

2007

Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion [Movie] as Victoria

2006

The Cheetah Girls 2: When in Spain [Movie]

2006

Louisiana: A History [TV Documentary Series] [TV Series] as Narrator

2003

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story [Movie] as Prof. Barbara Becnel

2003

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Year
Result
Award
Movie

1991
Nominated
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Best Actress
The Josephine Baker Story

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