Lynn Whitfield, nascida Lynn Butler-Smith (Baton Rouge, Luisiana, 15 de fevereiro de 1953) é uma atriz norte-americana, vencedora de um Prémio Emmy em 1991.
1982 - For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
1986 - Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1991 - A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991 - The Josephine Baker Story
1996 - A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996 - Sophie & the Moonhanger
1999 - Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
2004 - Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2006 - The Confessions of a Call Girl