Joe Morton
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Awards and Nominations
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made
Nominated
Emmy (Primetime)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Won
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).
Black Reel Awards. 2013 Nominee Black Reel. Outstanding Television or Mini-Series Performance, Female. Somebody's Child. 2005 Winner Black Reel. Best Actress, Network/Cable Television. Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story. 2004 Nominee Black Reel. Television: Best Supporting Actress.
- February 15, 1953
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 performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO biographical drama film The Josephine Baker Story (1991).
Feb 21, 2023 · Lynn Whitfield, who just turned 70, is a sometimes overlooked trailblazer for Black women in the industry. One that has seven NAACP Awards, an Emmy and a Golden Globe nomination. And a career that spans half a century. Whitfield is a true Louisianian.
Earning an NAACP Image Award in 1992 for her role in the miniseries Stompin' at the Savoy (1992) , she later appeared in Pauly Shore 's comedy In the Army Now (1994) and went back to series TV alongside Bill Cosby in the short-lived The Cosby Mysteries (1994).
- January 1, 1
- 1.65 m
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special and a NAACP Image Award for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO movie The Josephine Baker Story (1991). She also won NAACP Image awards for her work in Touched by an Angel (1998), The Planet of Junior Brown (2000) and Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams ...
Check all the awards won and nominated for by Lynn Whitfield - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special (2005) , NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special (2000) , NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1998) and m...
