Jenifer Lewis
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.
Known for
Friends
Paula
American Dad!
Lessie (voice)
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Musical Guest
Teen Titans Go!
Microwavabelle (voice)
Cars 2
Flo (voice)
Boston Legal
Judge Isabel Fisher
Cars 3
Flo (voice)
Young Justice
Olympia Savage (voice)
Girlfriends
Veretta Childs
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Mystique
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Aunt Helen
Amphibia
Mama Hasselback (voice)
The Boondocks
Boss Willona (voice)
The Boondocks
Geraldine (voice)
Touched by an Angel
Queenie
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Bartender (voice)
Strong Medicine
Lana Hawkins
black-ish
Ruby Johnson
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Guest Judge
And Just Like That…
Lucille Highwater
Not Dead Yet
Donna
Moesha
Mrs. Biggs
That's So Raven
Vivian
The Jamie Foxx Show
Josie
The Ghost and Molly McGee
Patty (voice)
A Different World
Susan Clayton
A Different World
Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport
Cars
Flo (voice)
Big Hero 6 The Series
Professor Granville (voice)
Spellbound
Nazara (voice)
grown-ish
Ruby Johnson
Cast Away
Becca Twig
Monsters at Work
Grandma Tuskmon (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
Mama Odie (voice)
History of the World: Part II
Grandma
In Living Color
Match Game
Self - Panelist
The Mighty
Mrs. Addison
New York Undercover
Sister Act
Michelle
The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish
Mother Nature (voice)
Rugrats
Ms. Marjorie / Narrator (voice)
Rugrats
Ms. Marjorie (voice)
GOAT
Florence Everson (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Female Black Widow Spider (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Hazel (voice)
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
Night Court
Erika
So Help Me Todd
Jacqueline Burton
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant
Five
Maggie
Shark Tale
Motown Turtle (voice)
Renaissance Man
Mrs. Coleman
Stars in the House
Self - Special Guest
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Vegas Backup Singer #1
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Georgia Rodman
Shark
Ellie Broussard
Living Single
Not Easily Broken
Mary 'Mama' Clark
Partners
Detective Lancy
Haunted Hotel
Additional Voices (voice)
Dirty Laundry
Aunt Lettuce
Juwanna Mann
Aunt Ruby
The Addams Family
Great Auntie Sloom (Voice)
This Is Me…Now
Gemini
The Cookout
Lady Em
Cars on the Road
Flo (voice)
Get Bruce!
Self
Undercover Blues
Cab Driver
The Upshaws
Dr. Pearl Edmunds
Beaches
Diva
Mickey Mouse Funhouse
Wheezelene (voice)
The Parent 'Hood
Blast from the Past
Dr. Aron
Dream On
Carolyn
Girl 6
Boss #1 - Lil
Zambezia
Gogo (voice)
Corrina, Corrina
Jevina
Who's Your Caddy?
C-Note's Mom
The PJs
Bebe Ho (voice)
Panther
Rita
Deconstructing Sarah
Betty
Promised Land
Queenie
The Chris Rock Show
Self
Day Break
Elizabeth Hopper
The Wedding Ringer
Doris Jenkins
Think Like a Man Too
Loretta
Rebel Highway
Amanda
Nora's Hair Salon
Nora
An Unexpected Life
Camille
The Preacher's Wife
Margueritte Coleman
Sunday in Paris
Taylor Chase
Roc
Charlaine
Forbidden
Rhona Who Lives by the River
Missy
Time of Your Life
Ado
Ms. Hopkins
Redrum
Therapist
Geared-Up
Think Like a Man
Loretta Hanover
The Brothers
Louise Smith
Bette Midler: No Frills
Herself
Hiccups
Flo (voice)
Baggage Claim
Catherine Moore
Meet the Browns
Vera
Grown Ups
Mystery Men
Lucille
The Temptations
Mama Rose
Dead Presidents
Mrs. Curtis
Hereafter
Candace
Madea's Family Reunion
Milay Jenay Lori
The Playboy Club
Pearl
Poetic Justice
Annie
Jewel's Catch One
Self
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
Self - Harlette
I Love That for You
Patricia Cochran
Bette
Earth to America
Self
Courthouse
Judge Rosetta Reide
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
Margeline
What's Love Got to Do with It
Zelma Bullock
Antwone Fisher
Aunt Mary Williams (uncredited)
The Meteor Man
Mrs. Williams
A Different World
Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport
Jackie's Back!
Jackie Washington
Frozen Assets
Jomisha
The Radiator Springs 500½
Flo (voice)
Finding Kendrick Johnson
Narrator (voice)
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
Retirement Home Waitress (uncredited)
Jenifer Lewis and Shangela
Jenifer Lewis
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
Self
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Self (archive footage)
Little Richard
Muh Penniman
Dancing in September
Judge Warner
Rituals
Carmen
Prop 8: The Musical
Riffing Prop 8'er
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Amanda
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Self
Secrets of the Magic City
Aunt Valerie
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Denice Cooper
All Boys Aren't Blue
The Daily Show
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Sherri
Self - Guest
The $100,000 Pyramid
Self