Lynn Whitfield

Active since 1981 with her role as Jill Thomas in the television series "Hill Street Blues". Lynn is mainly known for her role alongside Martin Lawrence in "A Thin Line Between Love And Hate",  "The Cheetah Girls" as Dorothea,  "Eve's Bayou" as Samuel L. Jackson's wife, and "Madea's Family Reunion" as Victoria. Lynn won the NAACP image award for her performance in "The Josephine Baker Story", Touched By An Angel", and "Redemption: The Tookie Williams Story" alongside Jamie Foxx about the co-founder of the Crips gang. Lynn is from Baton Rogue, Louisiana and started out in television and theatre before roles in film.
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