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Lynn Whitfield

Born Lynn Butler-Smith
May 6, 1953 (1953-05-06) (age 55)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Whitfield had a series of television appearances before her film career began, including playing Jill Thomas in the award-winning series 2 of Hill Street Blues. Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987

After gaining attention on the stage as one of the young women of color who people Ntozake Shange's poetic panorama of the black female experience, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf", Whitfield began appearing in supporting roles in such films as Doctor Detroit (1983) and Silverado (1985) but did not achieve real success until starring in the television films The George McKenna Story, Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI, (both 1986) and the miniseries The Women of Brewster Place (1989). Ntozake Shange (pronounced En-toe-ZAHK-kay SHONG-gay (born October 18 1948) is an African American Playwright, dancer actor director For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf is a 1975 stageplay by Ntozake Shange. Doctor Detroit is a 1983 Comedy Film, written by Bruce Jay Friedman and Carl Gottlieb. Silverado is a 1985 American Western Film, first released on July 10, 1985.

Whitfield vaulted to international attention in the title role of The Josephine Baker Story (1991), the HBO biopic requiring her to age from 18 to 68 to portray the Follies Bergere star turned Resistance and civil rights fighter. In a highly-publicized casting call, she beat out more than 500 women considered world-wide for the role and won an Emmy, achieving "the greatest sense of accomplishment and realization of my vision. It absolutely called upon everything I thought I could do at that point. " Her triumph as Baker, however, proved both a blessing and a curse as she became so closely identified with the Jazz Age legend that other opportunities were slow to come along. The Jazz Age describes the period from 1918-1929 the years after the end of World War I, continuing through the Roaring Twenties and ending with the rise of the Whitfield had worked as a regular in two ABC series (Heartbreak and Equal Justice) prior to playing Baker, and the dearth of good offers encouraged her to return to the small screen opposite Bill Cosby in "The Cosby Mysteries" (NBC, 1994-95). William Henry Cosby Jr (born July 12 1937 is an American Comedian, Actor, Author, Television producer and Activist. The Cosby Mysteries was a Television mystery series starring Bill Cosby.

Though critical response to such vehicles as A Thin Line Between Love and Hate and Gone Fishin' (both 1996) was tepid, these features increased her exposure. A Thin Line Between Love and Hate is a 1996 comedy-romance film. Whitfield then experienced a career comeback with Eve's Bayou (1997) playing the head of a prosperous, socially prominent black family in Louisiana. Eve's Bayou is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Kasi Lemmons, who made her directorial debut with this feature The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America She returned to a similar milieu as snobby Martha's Vineyard matron Corinne Coles in the ABC miniseries The Wedding (1998), executive produced by Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29 1954 often referred to simply as Oprah, is an American In recent years, she starred as Dorthea Garibaldi in both The Cheetah Girls and The Cheetah Girls 2. The Cheetah Girls is a Disney Channel Original Movie and a TV musical, released in 2003 and based on a bestselling series of young adult The Cheetah Girls 2 (also known as The Cheetah Girls 2 When in Spain is the sequel to the Disney Channel original movie The Cheetah Girls She is recently starring in Mama, I Want To Sing! with Ciara. Mama I Want to Sing! is an upcoming 2009 American Musical film written and directed by Charles Randolph-Wright produced by CodeBlack Ciara Princess Harris (born October 25 1985 professionally known as Ciara, is a Grammy Award -winning American singer songwriter Record producer Lynn Whitfield also starred in the 2006 drama Madea's Family Reunion.

Also credited as: Lynn Butler-Smith.

Filmography

1982 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1983 Doctor Detroit
1985 Silverado
1985 The Slugger's Wife
1986 Johnnie May Gibson: F. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf is a 1975 stageplay by Ntozake Shange. Doctor Detroit is a 1983 Comedy Film, written by Bruce Jay Friedman and Carl Gottlieb. B. I.
1987 Jaws: The Revenge
1987 Mace
1988 HeartBeat
1988 Dead Aim
1989 The Women of Brewster Place
1990 The Josephine Baker Story
1991 A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1992 Stompin' At The Savoy
1993 Taking The Heat
1994 In The Army Now
1994 State of Emergency
1994 The Cosby Mysteries
1996 Sophie and the Moonhanger
1996 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1997 Junior's Grove
1997 Gone Fishin'
1997 Eve's Bayou
1997 Touched By an Angel: Amazing Grace, Part 1
1997 Touched By an Angel: Amazing Grace, Part 2
1998 Stepmom
1998 Deep In My Heart
1998 The Color of Courage
1998 Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Wedding
1999 Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
2000 Elizabeti's Doll
2001 A Time For Dancing
2001 A Girl Thing
2001 The Ugly Duckling
2003 The Cheetah Girls
2003 Head of State
2003 Redemption
2003 Louisiana: History
2006 Madea's Family Reunion
2006 The Cheetah Girls 2
2007 The Confessions of a Call Girl
2008 The Women
2008 Mama, I Want To Sing!

Awards/Nominations

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