Jenifer Lewis [15899] Gender: Female Popularity: 2.3556 Birthplace: Kinloch, Missouri, USA Birthday: 1957-01-25 Age: 68 years Movies: 70 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. GOAT2026-02-12 ADO2025-01-21 Spellbound2024-11-22 The Greatest Lov2024-02-26 This Is Me…Now2024-02-15 black-ish: A Cel2022-04-19 Finding Kendrick2021-07-30 All Boys Aren't 2021-08-13 Dolly Parton's C2020-11-22 Maurice Hines: B2019-11-10 The Addams Famil2019-10-10 Forbidden2018-03-15 Cars 32017-06-15 Jewel's Catch On2017-01-07 Secrets of the M2015-06-26 The Wedding Ring2015-01-16 Think Like a Man2014-06-20 The Radiator Spr2014-05-20 Baggage Claim2013-09-27 Hiccups2013-03-22 Zambezia2012-06-05 Think Like a Man2012-04-20 Five2011-10-10 Cars 22011-06-11 When Harry Met S2011-04-06 Hereafter2010-10-22 The Princess and2009-12-08 Not Easily Broke2009-01-09 Meet the Browns2008-03-21 Redrum2007-10-30 Who's Your Caddy2007-07-27 Dirty Laundry2006-07-15 Cars2006-06-08 Madea's Family R2006-02-24 Earth to America2005-11-20 Shark Tale2004-09-20 The Cookout2004-09-03 Nora's Hair Salo2004-05-25 Juwanna Mann2002-06-21 The Brothers2001-03-23 Dancing in Septe2001-02-03 Cast Away2000-12-22 Partners2000-07-20 Little Richard2000-02-20 Mystery Men1999-08-06 Jackie's Back!1999-06-14 Blast from the P1999-02-12 Get Bruce!1999-01-01 An Unexpected Li1998-06-24 The Mighty1998-06-01 The Preacher's W1996-12-13 Girl 61996-03-22 Dead Presidents1995-09-29 Deadline for Mur1995-05-08 Panther1995-05-03 Deconstructing S1994-12-16 Shake, Rattle an1994-08-26 Corrina, Corrina1994-08-12 Renaissance Man1994-06-03 Sister Act 2: Ba1993-12-09 Undercover Blues1993-09-10 The Meteor Man1993-08-06 Poetic Justice1993-07-23 What's Love Got 1993-06-09 Frozen Assets1992-10-23 Sister Act1992-05-28 Sunday in Paris1991-07-07 Beaches1988-12-21 Bette Midler: Ar1984-08-18 Bette Midler: No1983-08-23