Jenifer Lewis

Known for ActingBorn 1957-01-25 (age 69)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Rituals

Amphibia

Young Justice

The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish

GOAT

Forbidden

Friends

The Ghost and Molly McGee

Haunted Hotel

The Boondocks

grown-ish

The Temptations

Nora's Hair Salon

Courthouse

Rebel Highway

Living Single

Boston Legal

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Roc

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Finding Kendrick Johnson

The Upshaws

Big Hero 6 The Series

Bette

Earth to America

Cast Away

Cars on the Road

So Help Me Todd

In Living Color

Day Break

And Just Like That…

Strong Medicine

Monsters at Work

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

Girlfriends

The Princess and the Frog

That's So Raven

black-ish

New York Undercover

Not Dead Yet

The Mighty

Five

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

The Parent 'Hood

The $100,000 Pyramid

Touched by an Angel

Rugrats

Cars