
Jenifer Lewis
Born January 25, 1957 · Kinloch, Missouri, USA
Jenifer Jeanette Lewis (born January 25, 1957) is an American film and television actress and singer. She is one of Hollywood's most familiar faces, with more than 300 appearances in film and television and was dubbed a "national treasure" by TV Guide.com. She began her career appearing in Broadway musicals and worked as a back-up singer for Bette Midler before appearing in the films Beaches and Sister Act. She delivered legendary performances as Tina Turner's mother in What's Love Got to Do With It and in The Preacher's Wife as the mother of Whitney Houston's character. She starred opposite Matt Damon in Clint Eastwood's Hereafter. For director Tyler Perry, she created unforgettable characters in Madea's Family Reunion and Meet the Browns. In the movie Cast Away, she portrayed Tom Hanks' boss. In animated films, Jenifer's uniquely recognizable voice is adored by Disney fans worldwide in roles such as "Flo" in Cars and Cars 2, and as "Mama Odie" in The Princess and the Frog. For six seasons, Jenifer portrayed "Lana Hawkins" on Lifetime's hit series Strong Medicine. She starred on the hit show Black-ish (ABC), where her hilarious portrayal of "Ruby Johnson" earned her a nomination for the 2016 Critics Choice Award. She has also written two books: The Mother of Black Hollywood and Walking in My Joy: In These Streets.
Notable Appearances
Movies

GOAT

Cars 2

Cars 3

Cars

Cast Away

The Princess and the Frog

Shark Tale

The Addams Family

Spellbound

Sister Act

The Wedding Ringer

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Blast from the Past

Think Like a Man Too

Mystery Men

Madea's Family Reunion

Hereafter

Poetic Justice

Beaches

Dead Presidents

Think Like a Man

What's Love Got to Do with It

The Mighty

Renaissance Man

Zambezia

Corrina, Corrina

The Preacher's Wife

Not Easily Broken

Panther

Get Bruce!

Girl 6

This Is Me…Now

Antwone Fisher

The Meteor Man

Baggage Claim

Undercover Blues

Who's Your Caddy?

Redrum

Five

Meet the Browns

Geared-Up

The Radiator Springs 500½

The Cookout

Commitment to Life

Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square

The Brothers

Finding Kendrick Johnson

Deconstructing Sarah

Juwanna Mann

Hiccups

Prop 8: The Musical

Forbidden

The Greatest Love Story Never Told

Nora's Hair Salon

Dirty Laundry

Jackie's Back!

Jewel's Catch One

Earth to America

Frozen Assets

An Unexpected Life
TV Shows

American Dad!

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Young Justice

Dancing with the Stars

Boston Legal

Strong Medicine

Sherri

black-ish

Girlfriends

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Touched by an Angel

That's So Raven

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

Amphibia

Moesha

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Star Trek: Lower Decks

A Different World

Big Hero 6 The Series

Shark

The Boondocks

grown-ish

Monsters at Work

The Jamie Foxx Show

And Just Like That…

Stars in the House

New York Undercover

Rugrats

Living Single

In Living Color

Dream On

The $100,000 Pyramid

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

The Upshaws

The Ghost and Molly McGee

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish

Mickey Mouse Funhouse

Match Game

To Tell the Truth

So Help Me Todd

The Parent 'Hood

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

The Chris Rock Show

Night Court

Cars on the Road

Haunted Hotel

Not Dead Yet

History of the World: Part II

Promised Land

Rebel Highway

The PJs

Day Break

Time of Your Life

Roc

Bette

I Love That for You

The Playboy Club

The Temptations

Jenifer Lewis and Shangela
More Movies

black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special

Bette Midler: Art or Bust

Dancing in September

When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren

Secrets of the Magic City

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

Little Richard

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

Ado

Rituals

Partners

Sunday in Paris

Tiana's Bayou Adventure | Disneyland Resort

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan




