 O gba Ebun Primetime Emmy kan, won si pe e loruko fun Ebun Golden Globe fun idon re gege bii Josephine Baker ninu ere dirama telifisan The Josephine Baker Story (1991).Whitfield ti kopa ninu awon filmu bii A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), Gone Fishin''' (1997), Eve's Bayou (1997), Stepmom (1998),  Head of State (2003), Madea's Family Reunion (2006) ati The Women (2008).. 
Ó lọ sí ilé ẹ̀kọ́ àlòysius Primary School  ní Abuja fún ẹ̀kọ́ ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ pẹ̀pẹ̀ rẹ̀.. 