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Jenifer Jeanette Lewis is an American actress, singer and activist. 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), Think Like a Man and in the sequel Think Like a Man Too (2014), Baggage Claim (2013), and The Wedding Ringer (2015), as well as in The Temptations TV miniseries (1998).
Birth Name
Jenifer Jeanette Lewis
Born
Friday, 25 January 1957
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Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Greatest Love Story Never Told | Self | 2024 |
This Is Me... Now | Gemini | 2024 |
Commitment to Life | Self | 2023 |
History of the World: Part II | Grandma | 2023 |
Night Court | Erika Ellis | 2023 |
Spellbound | Minister Nazara Prone / Minister Nazara Prone (voice) | 2024 |
Sherri | Self | 2022 |
Cars on the Road | Flo | 2022 |
I Love That for You | Patricia | 2022 |
The Ghost and Molly McGee | Patty | 2021 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Greatest Love Story Never Told | Self | 2024 |
This Is Me... Now | Gemini | 2024 |
Commitment to Life | Self | 2023 |
History of the World: Part II | Grandma | 2023 |
Night Court | Erika Ellis | 2023 |
Spellbound | Minister Nazara Prone / Minister Nazara Prone (voice) | 2024 |
Sherri | Self | 2022 |
Cars on the Road | Flo | 2022 |
I Love That for You | Patricia | 2022 |
The Ghost and Molly McGee | Patty | 2021 |
The Problem with Jon Stewart | Self | 2021 |
Finding Kendrick Johnson | Narrator | 2021 |
Mickey Mouse Funhouse | Wheezelene | 2021 |
Rugrats | Ms. Marjorie / Narrator | 2021 |
The Upshaws | Dr. Pearl Edmunds | 2021 |
Senior Entourage | Self | 2021 |
All Boys Aren't Blue | Nanny | 2021 |
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 2021 |
Christmas on the Square | Margeline | 2020 |
Star Trek: Lower Decks | Bartender | 2020 |
Central Park | Celeste | 2020 |
Twenties | Jenifer Lewis | 2020 |
The Addams Family | Great Auntie Sloom / Great Auntie Sloom (Voice) | 2019 |
Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019 |
Amphibia | Mama Hasselback | 2019 |
Tuca & Bertie | Tallulah | 2019 |
Fahrenheit 11/9 | Self | 2018 |
The $100,000 Pyramid | Self - Celebrity Player | 2018 |
Uncensored | Self | 2018 |
49th NAACP Image Awards | Self | 2018 |
Grown-ish | Ruby | 2018 |
Big Hero 6: The Series | Professor Granville / Sara / Sarah / Pregnant Wife / Manager / Female Student / Granville / Blogger Girl | 2017 |
Cars 3 | Flo (voice) / Flo | 2017 |
The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - Nominee | 2017 |
Jewel's Catch One | Self | 2017 |
Match Game | Self - Celebrity Panelist | 2016 |
Elena of Avalor | Tornado | 2016 |
To Tell the Truth | Self - Celebrity Panelist | 2016 |
It Had to Be You | Reggie | 2015 |
Secrets of the Magic City | Aunt Valerie | 2015 |
Playin' for Love | Alize Gates | 2015 |
The Wedding Ringer | Doris Jenkins | 2015 |
Black-ish | Ruby / Rosy | 2014 |
Think Like a Man Too | Loretta | 2014 |
Instant Mom | Delois | 2013 |
Baggage Claim | Catherine / Catherine Moore | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
The Real | Self | 2013 |
Exhale | Self - Actress, Singer | 2013 |
Tales from Radiator Springs | Flo | 2013 |
Of Two Minds | Self | 2012 |
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Self - Guest Judge | 2012 |
Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
Adventures in Zambezia | Gogo (voice) / Gogo | 2012 |
Think Like a Man | Loretta / Loretta Hanover | 2012 |
The Exes | Caren Dupree | 2011 |
Five | Maggie | 2011 |
The Playboy Club | Pearl | 2011 |
State of Georgia | Patrice | 2011 |
Cars 2 | Flo / Flo (voice) | 2011 |
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal and Helen Mirren | Retirement Home Waitress | 2011 |
Young Justice | Olympia Savage | 2010 |
The Talk | Self | 2010 |
Hereafter | Candace | 2010 |
Piper's QUICK Picks | Self - Guest | 2010 |
The Princess and the Frog | Mama Odie / Mama Odie (voice) | 2009 |
The Cleveland Show | Receptionist / Middle-Aged Woman / Woman / Kevin Garnett's Mom | 2009 |
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009 |
Not Easily Broken | Mary 'Mama' Clark | 2009 |
Meet the Browns | Vera Brown | 2009 |
Prop 8: The Musical | Riffing Prop 8'er | 2008 |
The Doctors | Self | 2008 |
Celebrity Family Feud | Self - Contestant | 2008 |
Piper's Picks TV | Self - Guest | 2008 |
Meet the Browns | Vera | 2008 |
Redrum | Therapist | 2007 |
Who's Your Caddy? | C-Note's Mom | 2007 |
American Greed | Self - Actress and Singer | 2007 |
Day Break | Elizabeth Hopper | 2006 |
Shark | Ellie Broussard | 2006 |
The Heart Specialist | Nurse Jackson | 2006 |
Dirty Laundry | Aunt Lettuce | 2006 |
Cars | Flo / Flo (voice) | 2006 |
Madea's Family Reunion | Milay Jenay Lori | 2006 |
The Boondocks | Geraldine / Boss Willona | 2005 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
Dancing with the Stars | Self / Self - Singer | 2005 |
American Dad! | Lessie | 2005 |
Boston Legal | Judge Isabel Fisher | 2004 |
Shark Tale | Motown Turtle | 2004 |
The Cookout | Lady Em | 2004 |
Nora's Hair Salon | Nora Harper / Nora | 2004 |
That's So Raven | Vivian Baxter | 2003 |
Antwone Fisher | Aunt | 2002 |
Family Affair | Mrs. Summers | 2002 |
Juwanna Mann | Aunt Ruby | 2002 |
The Ponder Heart | Narcissa Wingfield | 2001 |
The Proud Family | Aunt Spice | 2001 |
Princess Power | Hilda | 2001 |
The Brothers | Louise Smith | 2001 |
Dancing in September | Judge Warner | 2001 |
Cast Away | Becca Twig | 2000 |
Bette | Inez | 2000 |
Girlfriends | Veretta Childs | 2000 |
Strong Medicine | Lana Hawkins | 2000 |
Partners | Detective Lancy | 2000 |
Little Richard | Muh Penniman | 2000 |
Time of Your Life | Joss's Mother | 1999 |
Grown Ups | Melissa's Mother | 1999 |
Mystery Men | Lucille | 1999 |
Jackie's Back! | Jackie Washington | 1999 |
Blast from the Past | Dr. Aron | 1999 |
The PJs | Bebe Ho | 1999 |
Get Bruce | Herself / Self | 1999 |
The Temptations | Mama Rose | 1998 |
The Mighty | Mrs. Addison | 1998 |
The Roseanne Show | Self - Guest | 1998 |
Linc's | Ivy | 1998 |
An Unexpected Life | Camille | 1998 |
For Your Love | Sylvia Ellis / Mel and Reggie's Mother | 1998 |
The View | Herself | 1997 |
The Chris Rock Show | Self - Guest | 1997 |
The Preacher's Wife | Margueritte Coleman | 1996 |
Cosby | Bernice | 1996 |
Promised Land | Queenie | 1996 |
The Jamie Foxx Show | Josie | 1996 |
The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
Girl 6 | Boss #1 - Lil | 1996 |
Moesha | Mrs. Biggs | 1996 |
Dead Presidents | Mrs. Curtis | 1995 |
Courthouse | Judge Rosetta Reide | 1995 |
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan | Denice Cooper | 1995 |
Panther | Rita | 1995 |
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Black Widow Spider / Hazel | 1995 |
The Parent 'Hood | Linda | 1995 |
Friends | Paula | 1994 |
Touched by an Angel | Queenie | 1994 |
New York Undercover | Medina | 1994 |
Corrina, Corrina | Jevina | 1994 |
Shake, Rattle and Rock! | Amanda | 1994 |
Rebel Highway | Amanda Baldwin Cooper | 1994 |
Deconstructing Sarah | Betty | 1994 |
Renaissance Man | Mrs. Coleman | 1994 |
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Vegas Backup Singer #1 | 1993 |
Moon Over Miami | Aurora Tyler | 1993 |
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Mystique | 1993 |
Undercover Blues | Cab Driver | 1993 |
Living Single | Delia Deveaux | 1993 |
The Meteor Man | Mrs. Williams | 1993 |
Poetic Justice | Annie | 1993 |
What's Love Got to Do with It | Zelma Bullock | 1993 |
Frozen Assets | Jomisha | 1992 |
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Georgia Rodman | 1992 |
Sister Act | Michelle | 1992 |
Roc | Charlaine | 1991 |
Stat | Felicia Brown | 1991 |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Aunt Helen | 1990 |
Dream On | Carolyn | 1990 |
In Living Color | Snookie / The Phone Lady / Tonya Hodges / Various | 1990 |
Beaches | Diva | 1988 |
Murphy Brown | Sales Person | 1988 |
Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
Red Heat | Judge Jenifer Lewis | 1988 |
A Different World | Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport / Susan Clayton | 1987 |
Bette Midler: Art or Bust! | Harlette / Self - Harlette | 1984 |
Entertainment Tonight | Herself / Self | 1981 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Finding Kendrick Johnson | 2021 |
Jackie's Back! | 1999 |