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.

GOAT
2026-02-12
ADO
2025-01-21
Spellbound
2024-11-22
The Greatest Lov
2024-02-26
This Is Me…Now
2024-02-15
black-ish: A Cel
2022-04-19
Finding Kendrick
2021-07-30
All Boys Aren't
2021-08-13
Dolly Parton's C
2020-11-22
Maurice Hines: B
2019-11-10
The Addams Famil
2019-10-10
Forbidden
2018-03-15
Cars 3
2017-06-15
Jewel's Catch On
2017-01-07
Secrets of the M
2015-06-26
The Wedding Ring
2015-01-16
Think Like a Man
2014-06-20
The Radiator Spr
2014-05-20
Baggage Claim
2013-09-27
Hiccups
2013-03-22
Zambezia
2012-06-05
Think Like a Man
2012-04-20
Five
2011-10-10
Cars 2
2011-06-11
When Harry Met S
2011-04-06
Hereafter
2010-10-22
The Princess and
2009-12-08
Not Easily Broke
2009-01-09
Meet the Browns
2008-03-21
Redrum
2007-10-30
Who's Your Caddy
2007-07-27
Dirty Laundry
2006-07-15
Cars
2006-06-08
Madea's Family R
2006-02-24
Earth to America
2005-11-20
Shark Tale
2004-09-20
The Cookout
2004-09-03
Nora's Hair Salo
2004-05-25
Juwanna Mann
2002-06-21
The Brothers
2001-03-23
Dancing in Septe
2001-02-03
Cast Away
2000-12-22
Partners
2000-07-20
Little Richard
2000-02-20
Mystery Men
1999-08-06
Jackie's Back!
1999-06-14
Blast from the P
1999-02-12
Get Bruce!
1999-01-01
An Unexpected Li
1998-06-24
The Mighty
1998-06-01
The Preacher's W
1996-12-13
Girl 6
1996-03-22
Dead Presidents
1995-09-29
Deadline for Mur
1995-05-08
Panther
1995-05-03
Deconstructing S
1994-12-16
Shake, Rattle an
1994-08-26
Corrina, Corrina
1994-08-12
Renaissance Man
1994-06-03
Sister Act 2: Ba
1993-12-09
Undercover Blues
1993-09-10
The Meteor Man
1993-08-06
Poetic Justice
1993-07-23
What's Love Got
1993-06-09
Frozen Assets
1992-10-23
Sister Act
1992-05-28
Sunday in Paris
1991-07-07
Beaches
1988-12-21
Bette Midler: Ar
1984-08-18
Bette Midler: No
1983-08-23