10.0
10.0
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
2022
as Self
Jenifer Lewis
Also known as: Jenifer Jeanette Lewis
Acting
Nationality:United States
Education:Kinloch High School, Webster University
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Jenifer Jeanette Lewis (born January 25, 1957) is an American actress and singer. She began her career appearing in Broadway musicals and worked as a back-up singer for Bette Midler before appearing in films Beaches (1988) and Sister Act (1992). Lewis is known for playing roles of mothers in the films What's Love Got to Do With It (1993), Poetic Justice (1993), The Preacher's Wife (1996), The Brothers (2001), The Cookout (2004), Think Like a Man (2012) and in the sequel Think Like a Man Too (2014), Baggage Claim (2013) and The Wedding Ringer (2015), as well as in The Temptations miniseries (1998). Lewis is known unofficially as "The Mother of Black Hollywood" (also the name of her memoir) given her frequent matriarchal film and television roles. She also provided the voice for Mama Odie in Disney's animated feature The Princess and the Frog (2009), and Flo in Pixar's Cars series. Additional film roles include Dead Presidents (1995), Cast Away (2000) and Hereafter (2010). On television, Lewis starred as Lana Hawkins in the Lifetime medical drama Strong Medicine from 2000 to 2006. She also had recurring roles on sitcoms A Different World, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Girlfriends. In 2014, Lewis began starring as Ruby Johnson in the ABC comedy series Black-ish, for which she received two Critics' Choice Television Award nominations.
Filmography (64 movies)
8.2
8.2
Forbidden
2018
8.1
8.1
GOAT
2026
as Flo Everson (voice)
8.0
8.0
Earth to America
2005
as Self
7.8
7.8
Nora's Hair Salon
2004
as Nora
7.8
7.8
Finding Kendrick Johnson
2021
as Narrator (voice)
7.2
7.2
The Mighty
1998
as Mrs. Addison
7.2
7.2
The Princess and the Frog
2009
as Mama Odie (voice)
7.1
7.1
Five
2011
as Maggie
7.1
7.1
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
as Zelma Bullock
7.1
7.1
Cars
2006
as Flo (voice)
7.0
7.0
Jewel's Catch One
2017
as Self
7.0
7.0
Prop 8: The Musical
2008
as Riffing Prop 8'er
6.9
6.9
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
2011
as Retirement Home Waitress (uncredited)
6.8
6.8
Sister Act
1992
as Michelle
6.8
6.8
Think Like a Man
2012
as Loretta Hanover
6.8
6.8
Blast from the Past
1999
as Dr. Aron
6.7
6.7
Corrina, Corrina
1994
as Jevina
6.7
6.7
Spellbound
2024
as Nazara (voice)
6.7
6.7
Dead Presidents
1995
as Mrs. Curtis
6.6
6.6
The Addams Family
2019
as Great Auntie Sloom (Voice)
6.6
6.6
Meet the Browns
2008
as Vera
6.5
6.5
Dancing in September
2001
as Judge Warner
6.5
6.5
Jackie's Back!
1999
as Jackie Washington
6.5
6.5
The Wedding Ringer
2015
as Doris Jenkins
6.5
6.5
The Brothers
2001
as Louise Smith
6.4
6.4
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
as Milay Jenay Lori
6.4
6.4
Think Like a Man Too
2014
as Loretta
6.4
6.4
Little Richard
2000
as Muh Penniman
6.2
6.2
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
as Flo (voice)
6.2
6.2
Not Easily Broken
2009
as Mary 'Mama' Clark
6.2
6.2
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
2024
as Self
6.2
6.2
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
6.2
6.2
Zambezia
2012
as Gogo (voice)
6.2
6.2
Panther
1995
as Rita
6.1
6.1
Hiccups
2013
as Flo (voice)
6.1
6.1
Renaissance Man
1994
as Mrs. Coleman
6.0
6.0
Undercover Blues
1993
as Cab Driver
6.0
6.0
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
1984
as Self - Harlette
6.0
6.0
Tiana's Bayou Adventure | Disneyland Resort
2025
as Mama Odie (voice)
5.8
5.8
Mystery Men
1999
as Lucille
5.8
5.8
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1994
as Amanda
5.8
5.8
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
2020
as Margeline
5.8
5.8
The Preacher's Wife
1996
as Margueritte Coleman
5.7
5.7
Dirty Laundry
2006
as Aunt Lettuce
5.5
5.5
Secrets of the Magic City
2015
as Aunt Valerie
5.2
5.2
Baggage Claim
2013
as Catherine Moore
5.2
5.2
This Is Me…Now
2024
as Gemini
5.0
5.0
Juwanna Mann
2002
as Aunt Ruby
5.0
5.0
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995
as Denice Cooper
4.9
4.9
Girl 6
1996
as Boss #1 - Lil
4.8
4.8
Partners
2000
as Detective Lancy
4.6
4.6
The Cookout
2004
as Lady Em
4.0
4.0
An Unexpected Life
1998
as Camille
4.0
4.0
Sunday in Paris
1991
as Taylor Chase
3.5
3.5
Who's Your Caddy?
2007
as C-Note's Mom
3.3
3.3
Frozen Assets
1992
as Jomisha
2.0
2.0
Deconstructing Sarah
1994
as Betty
1.5
1.5
Redrum
2007
as Therapist
ADO
2025
as Ms. Hopkins
Cars Wal-Mart Exclusive Geared UP
2006
Bette Midler: No Frills
1983
as Herself
All Boys Aren't Blue
2021
Rituals
1998
as Carmen
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