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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.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1957-01-25
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 8.7
- info Birth Place Kinloch, Missouri, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Jenifer Lewis
7
Cars
2006-06-08
7.2
Prop 8: The Musical
2008-12-03
7.3
The Princess and the Frog
2009-12-08
6.6
Beaches
1988-12-21
6.9
Sister Act
1992-05-28
6.7
The Brothers
2001-03-23
5.8
The Preacher's Wife
1996-12-13
7.2
The Mighty
1998-06-01
5.8
Mystery Men
1999-08-06
5.4
Dirty Laundry
2006-07-15
6.2
Panther
1995-05-03
7.8
Jackie's Back!
1999-06-14
6.4
Not Easily Broken
2009-01-09
6.3
Madea's Family Reunion
2006-02-24
4.7
The Cookout
2004-09-03
6.2
Get Bruce!
1999-01-01
6.9
Think Like a Man
2012-04-20
8
Nora's Hair Salon
2004-05-25
6.7
Meet the Browns
2008-03-21
6.1
Shark Tale
2004-09-20
6.7
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal and Helen Mirren
2011-04-06
10
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
2022-04-19
6.5
Think Like a Man Too
2014-06-20
6.4
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993-12-09
4.8
Partners
2000-07-20
3
Deconstructing Sarah
1994-12-16
6.5
The Wedding Ringer
2015-01-16
5.4
Baggage Claim
2013-09-27
0
Spellbound
2024-11-15
6.5
Dancing in September
2001-02-03
6
Undercover Blues
1993-09-10
6.3
Zambezia
2012-06-05
0
Bette Midler: No Frills
1983-08-23
0
The Temptations Le film de leur ascension vers la gloire
4.5
An Unexpected Life
1998-06-24
5.8
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1994-08-26
8
Earth to America
2005-11-20
5.3
This Is Me…Now
2024-02-15
6.2
Cars 2
2011-06-11
6.5
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
2024-02-26
7.8
Finding Kendrick Johnson
2021-07-30
0
Cars Wal-Mart Exclusive Geared UP
2006-11-07
7.2
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993-06-09
7
Five
2011-10-10
4
Frozen Assets
1992-10-23
5
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995-05-08
5.2
Juwanna Mann
2002-06-21
6.9
Cars 3
2017-06-15
6.8
Blast from the Past
1999-02-12
6
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
1984-08-18
6.1
Hereafter
2010-10-22
6.2
Little Richard
2000-02-20
6.2
Hiccups
2013-03-22
6.3
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014-05-20
7
Jewel's Catch One
2017-01-07
8.3
Forbidden
2018-03-15
5
Girl 6
1996-03-22
0
Sunday in Paris
1991-07-07
6.7
Corrina, Corrina
1994-08-12
6.7
The Addams Family
2019-10-10
7.7
Cast Away
2000-12-22
6.7
Dead Presidents
1995-09-29
5.5
Secrets of the Magic City
2015-06-26
3.6
Who's Your Caddy?
2007-07-27
1.3
Redrum
2007-10-30
5.8
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
2020-11-22
6.2
Renaissance Man
1994-06-03
0
All Boys Aren't Blue
2021-08-13
6.9
Poetic Justice
1993-07-23
5.8
The Meteor Man
1993-08-06
5
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
2019-11-10
6.9
Shark
2006-09-21
7
American Dad!
2005-02-06
8.5
Friends
1994-09-22
8
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-09-10
6.9
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996-08-28
7.6
Girlfriends
2000-09-11
5.2
Grown Ups
1999-08-01
7.2
The Parent 'Hood
1995-01-18
6.8
Moesha
1996-01-23
7.2
New York Undercover
1994-09-08
7.9
Bette
2000-10-11
8.4
Living Single
1993-08-29
7
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993-09-12
7.1
Strong Medicine
2000-07-23
7.4
In Living Color
1990-04-15
6.4
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992-09-22
7
The PJs
1999-01-10
7.9
Boston Legal
2004-10-03
5.7
Time of Your Life
1999-10-25
0
Courthouse
1995-09-13
7
Rugrats
2021-05-27
7.3
black-ish
2014-09-24
7.6
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020-08-06
7
Rugrats
2021-05-27
10
Rebel Highway
1994-07-07
4.4
The Chris Rock Show
1997-02-07
8.1
grown-ish
2018-01-03
8.4
Young Justice
2010-11-26
7.3
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016-06-27
6.3
I Love That for You
2022-05-01
8
The Temptations
1998-11-01
7.8
Roc
1991-08-25
7
A Different World
1987-09-24
7
A Different World
1987-09-24
4.3
Sherri
2022-09-12
6.6
Promised Land
1996-09-17
6.6
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995-03-12
6.6
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995-03-12
7.4
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012-10-22
5
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16
7.5
Day Break
2006-11-15
6.7
Night Court
2023-01-17
6.4
The Daily Show
1996-07-22
6
To Tell the Truth
2016-06-14
0
Jenifer Lewis and Shangela
2012-08-31
7.2
That's So Raven
2003-01-17
6
Match Game
2016-06-26
7.5
Cars on the Road
2022-09-08
7.9
The Upshaws
2021-05-12
7.2
Monsters at Work
2021-07-07
7.1
Not Dead Yet
2023-02-08
7.7
So Help Me Todd
2022-09-29
0
Stars in the House
2020-03-16
6.9
Dream On
1990-07-08
8.2
The Boondocks
2005-11-06
8.2
The Boondocks
2005-11-06
5.6
The Playboy Club
2011-09-19
8
The Ghost and Molly McGee
2021-10-01
5.6
History of the World: Part II
2023-03-06
7.3
Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21
7.6
Big Hero 6 The Series
2017-11-20
8.6
Amphibia
2019-06-17
7.1
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021-01-07
