Jenifer Lewis
25. jaanuar 1957 (69 aastat), Kinloch, Missouri, USA
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.
Tuntud rollide järgi
5.0 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
6.4 The Daily Show
1996
8.4 Sõbrad
1994
7.0 Ameerika paps
2005
6.4 Teen Titans Go!
2013
2.6 Sherri
2022
8.4 Young Justice
2010
5.6 The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
6.1 Dancing with the Stars
2005
7.9 Boston Legal
2004
8.1 Väike kits. Suur mäng
2026
7.4 Strong Medicine
2000
Filmograafia
- 2026Väike kits. Suur mäng (Flo Everson (voice))
- 2025Haunted Hotel (Additional Voices (voice))
- 2025Tiana's Bayou Adventure | Disneyland Resort (Mama Odie (Voice))
- 2025Ado (Ms. Hopkins)
- 2024Spellbound (Nazara (voice))
- 2024The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish (Mother Nature (voice))
- 2024The Greatest Love Story Never Told (Self)
- 2024This Is Me…Now (Gemini)
- 2023History of the World: Part II (Grandma)
- 2023Commitment to Life (Self (archive footage))
- 2022black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special (Self)
- 2021All Boys Aren't Blue
- 2021Finding Kendrick Johnson (Narrator (voice))
- 2020Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square (Margeline)
- 2019Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back (Self (archive footage))
- 2019Addamsite suguvõsa (Great Auntie Sloom (Voice))
- 2018Forbidden
- 2017Autod 3 (Flo (voice))
- 2017Jewel's Catch One (Self)
- 2015Secrets of the Magic City (Aunt Valerie)
- 2015The Wedding Ringer (Doris Jenkins)
- 2014Think Like a Man Too (Loretta)
- 2014The Radiator Springs 500½ (Flo (voice))
- 2013Baggage Claim (Catherine Moore)
- 2013Hiccups (Flo (voice))
- 2012Zambezia (Gogo (voice))
- 2012Think Like a Man (Loretta Hanover)
- 2011Five (Maggie)
- 2011Autod 2 (Flo (voice))
- 2011When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren (Retirement Home Waitress (uncredited))
- 2010Hereafter (Candace)
- 2009Printsess ja konn (Mama Odie (voice))
- 2009Not Easily Broken (Mary 'Mama' Clark)
- 2008Prop 8: The Musical (Riffing Prop 8'er)
- 2008Meet the Browns (Vera)
- 2007Redrum (Therapist)
- 2007Who's Your Caddy? (C-Note's Mom)
- 2006Geared-Up
- 2006Dirty Laundry (Aunt Lettuce)
- 2006Autod (Flo (voice))
- 2006Madea's Family Reunion (Milay Jenay Lori)
- 2005Earth to America (Self)
- 2004Haikala lugu (Motown Turtle (voice))
- 2004The Cookout (Lady Em)
- 2004Nora's Hair Salon (Nora)
- 2002Antwone Fisher (Aunt Mary Williams (uncredited))
- 2002Juwanna Mann (Aunt Ruby)
- 2001The Brothers (Louise Smith)
- 2001Dancing in September (Judge Warner)
- 2000Kaldale uhutud (Becca Twig)
- 2000Partners (Detective Lancy)
- 2000Little Richard (Muh Penniman)
- 1999Mystery Men (Lucille)
- 1999Jackie's Back! (Jackie Washington)
- 1999Blast from the Past (Dr. Aron)
- 1999Get Bruce! (Self)
- 1998An Unexpected Life (Camille)
- 1998The Mighty (Mrs. Addison)
- 1998Rituals (Carmen)
- 1996The Preacher's Wife (Margueritte Coleman)
- 1996Girl 6 (Boss #1 - Lil)
- 1995Dead Presidents (Mrs. Curtis)
- 1995Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (Denice Cooper)
- 1995Panther (Rita)
- 1994Deconstructing Sarah (Betty)
- 1994Shake, Rattle and Rock! (Amanda)
- 1994Corrina, Corrina (Jevina)
- 1994Renaissance Man (Mrs. Coleman)
- 1993Nunnad hoos 2 (Vegas Backup Singer #1)
- 1993Undercover Blues (Cab Driver)
- 1993The Meteor Man (Mrs. Williams)
- 1993Poetic Justice (Annie)
- 1993What's Love Got to Do with It (Zelma Bullock)
- 1992Frozen Assets (Jomisha)
- 1992Nunnad hoos (Michelle)
- 1991Sunday in Paris (Taylor Chase)
- 1988Beaches (Diva)
- 1984Bette Midler: Art or Bust (Self - Harlette)
- 1983Bette Midler: No Frills (Herself)
- -Women Like Us
- 2023Not Dead Yet (Donna)
- 2023Night Court (Erika)
- 2022Aita mind, Todd (Jacqueline Burton)
- 2022Sherri (Self - Guest)
- 2022The Jennifer Hudson Show (Self - Guest)
- 2022Cars on the Road (Flo (voice))
- 2022I Love That for You (Patricia Cochran)
- 2021And Just Like That… (Lucille Highwater)
- 2021The Ghost and Molly McGee (Patty (voice))
- 2021Mickey Mouse Funhouse (Wheezelene (voice))
- 2021Mickey Mouse Funhouse
- 2021Monsters at Work (Grandma Tuskmon (voice))
- 2021Rugrats (Ms. Marjorie / Narrator (voice))
- 2021Rugrats (Ms. Marjorie (voice))
- 2021The Upshaws (Dr. Pearl Edmunds)
- 2021Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (Self - Contestant)
- 2020Star Trek: Lower Decks (Bartender (voice))
- 2020Stars in the House (Self - Special Guest)
- 2019Amphibia (Mama Hasselback (voice))
- 2018grown-ish (Ruby Johnson)
- 2017Big Hero 6 The Series (Professor Granville (voice))
- 2016The $100,000 Pyramid (Self)
- 2016Match Game (Self - Panelist)
- 2016To Tell the Truth (Self - Panelist)
- 2014black-ish (Ruby Johnson)
- 2013Teen Titans Go! (Microwavabelle (voice))
- 2012RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Self - Guest Judge)
- 2012Jenifer Lewis and Shangela (Jenifer Lewis)
- 2011The Playboy Club (Pearl)
- 2010Young Justice (Olympia Savage (voice))
- 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Self - Guest)
- 2006Day Break (Elizabeth Hopper)
- 2006Shark (Ellie Broussard)
- 2005The Boondocks (Boss Willona (voice))
- 2005The Boondocks (Geraldine (voice))
- 2005Dancing with the Stars (Self - Musical Guest)
- 2005Ameerika paps (Lessie (voice))
- 2004Boston Legal (Judge Isabel Fisher)
- 2003That's So Raven (Vivian)
- 2000Bette
- 2000Girlfriends (Veretta Childs)
- 2000Strong Medicine (Lana Hawkins)
- 1999Time of Your Life
- 1999Grown Ups (Kathy)
- 1999The PJs (Bebe Ho (voice))
- 1998The Temptations (Mama Rose)
- 1997The Chris Rock Show (Self)
- 1996Promised Land (Queenie)
- 1996The Jamie Foxx Show (Josie)
- 1996The Daily Show
- 1996Moesha (Mrs. Biggs)
- 1995Courthouse (Rosetta Reide)
- 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (Female Black Widow Spider (voice))
- 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (Hazel (voice))
- 1995The Parent 'Hood
- 1994Sõbrad (Paula)
- 1994Touched by an Angel (Queenie)
- 1994New York Undercover
- 1994Rebel Highway (Amanda Baldwin Cooper)
- 1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (Mystique)
- 1993Living Single
- 1992Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (Georgia Rodman)
- 1991Roc (Charlaine)
- 1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Aunt Helen)
- 1990Dream On (Carolyn)
- 1990In Living Color
- 1987A Different World (Susan Clayton)
- 1987A Different World (Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport)
- -Rhona Who Lives by the River (Missy)