Jenifer Lewis

Jenifer Lewis

Birthday: 1957-01-25

Place of birth: Kinloch, Missouri, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0507338

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special

Score: 10.0

A Different World

Score: 8.5

Forbidden

Score: 8.2

Earth to America

Score: 8.0

Finding Kendrick Johnson

Score: 7.8

Nora's Hair Salon

Score: 7.8

Cast Away

Score: 7.7

The Princess and the Frog

Score: 7.2

The Mighty

Score: 7.2

Five

Score: 7.1

Jewel's Catch One

Score: 7.0

What's Love Got to Do with It

Score: 7.0

Cars

Score: 7.0

Prop 8: The Musical

Score: 7.0

Antwone Fisher

Score: 6.9

Cars 3

Score: 6.9

When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren

Score: 6.9

Poetic Justice

Score: 6.8

Blast from the Past

Score: 6.8

Think Like a Man

Score: 6.8

Sister Act

Score: 6.8

Corrina, Corrina

Score: 6.7

Beaches

Score: 6.7

Spellbound

Score: 6.7

Dead Presidents

Score: 6.7

The Addams Family

Score: 6.6

Meet the Browns

Score: 6.6

Dancing in September

Score: 6.5

Jackie's Back!

Score: 6.5

The Wedding Ringer

Score: 6.5

The Brothers

Score: 6.5

Think Like a Man Too

Score: 6.4

Little Richard

Score: 6.4

Madea's Family Reunion

Score: 6.4

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Score: 6.4

The Radiator Springs 500½

Score: 6.2

The Greatest Love Story Never Told

Score: 6.2

Cars 2

Score: 6.2

Zambezia

Score: 6.2

Get Bruce!

Score: 6.2

Not Easily Broken

Score: 6.2

Panther

Score: 6.2

Renaissance Man

Score: 6.1

Hiccups

Score: 6.1

Hereafter

Score: 6.1

Bette Midler: Art or Bust

Score: 6.0

Undercover Blues

Score: 6.0

Shark Tale

Score: 6.0

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

Score: 5.8

Mystery Men

Score: 5.8

The Preacher's Wife

Score: 5.8

The Meteor Man

Score: 5.8

Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square

Score: 5.7

Dirty Laundry

Score: 5.7

Secrets of the Magic City

Score: 5.5

Baggage Claim

Score: 5.2

This Is Me…Now

Score: 5.2

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

Score: 5.0

Juwanna Mann

Score: 5.0

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

Score: 5.0

Girl 6

Score: 4.9

Partners

Score: 4.8

The Cookout

Score: 4.6

Sunday in Paris

Score: 4.0

An Unexpected Life

Score: 4.0

Who's Your Caddy?

Score: 3.5

Frozen Assets

Score: 3.3

Deconstructing Sarah

Score: 2.0

Redrum

Score: 1.5

Rituals

Score: 0.0

GOAT

Score: 0.0

ADO

Score: 0.0

All Boys Aren't Blue

Score: 0.0

Cars Wal-Mart Exclusive Geared UP

Score: 0.0

Bette Midler: No Frills

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Amphibia

Score: 8.5

Friends

Score: 8.4

Young Justice

Score: 8.4

Living Single

Score: 8.3

Haunted Hotel

Score: 8.2

The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish

Score: 8.2

The Boondocks

Score: 8.2

The Boondocks

Score: 8.2

The Temptations

Score: 7.9

The Ghost and Molly McGee

Score: 7.9

grown-ish

Score: 7.9

Boston Legal

Score: 7.9

Bette

Score: 7.9

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Score: 7.9

Roc

Score: 7.8

The Upshaws

Score: 7.7

Big Hero 6 The Series

Score: 7.6

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Score: 7.6

In Living Color

Score: 7.6

So Help Me Todd

Score: 7.5

Rebel Highway

Score: 7.5

Day Break

Score: 7.4

Cars on the Road

Score: 7.4

Girlfriends

Score: 7.3

And Just Like That…

Score: 7.3

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

Score: 7.3

The Parent 'Hood

Score: 7.3

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

Monsters at Work

Score: 7.2

That's So Raven

Score: 7.2

New York Undercover

Score: 7.2

black-ish

Score: 7.1

Strong Medicine

Score: 7.1

Cars Toons

Score: 7.0

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

Score: 7.0

A Different World

Score: 7.0

A Different World

Score: 7.0

The $100,000 Pyramid

Score: 7.0

Moesha

Score: 7.0

American Dad!

Score: 7.0

Not Dead Yet

Score: 7.0

Rugrats

Score: 6.9

Rugrats

Score: 6.9

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Score: 6.9

The Jamie Foxx Show

Score: 6.9

The PJs

Score: 6.8

Dream On

Score: 6.8

Shark

Score: 6.8

Night Court

Score: 6.6

Mickey Mouse Funhouse

Score: 6.5

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

Score: 6.5

Match Game

Score: 6.4

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

I Love That for You

Score: 6.4

To Tell the Truth

Score: 6.2

Dancing with the Stars

Score: 6.1

Promised Land

Score: 6.1

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Score: 6.0

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Score: 6.0

Time of Your Life

Score: 5.7

History of the World: Part II

Score: 5.6

The Playboy Club

Score: 5.4

Grown Ups

Score: 5.2

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Score: 5.1

The Chris Rock Show

Score: 4.2

Sherri

Score: 3.0

Rhona Who Lives by the River

Score: 0.0

Stars in the House

Score: 0.0

Jenifer Lewis and Shangela

Score: 0.0

Courthouse

Score: 0.0