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