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Jenifer Lewis
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 appearance…
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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.
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2026
GOAT
Movie Flo Everson (voice)
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2025
Haunted Hotel
TV show Additional Voices (voice)
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2025
Ado
Movie Ms. Hopkins
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2024
Spellbound
Movie Nazara (voice)
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2024
The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish
TV show Mother Nature (voice)
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2024
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
Movie Self
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2024
This Is Me…Now
Movie Gemini
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2023
History of the World: Part II
TV show Grandma
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2023
Commitment to Life
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Not Dead Yet
TV show Donna
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2023
Night Court
TV show Erika
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2022
So Help Me Todd
TV show Jacqueline Burton
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Cars on the Road
TV show Flo (voice)
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2022
I Love That for You
TV show Patricia Cochran
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2021
And Just Like That…
TV show Lucille Highwater
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2021
The Ghost and Molly McGee
TV show Patty (voice)
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2021
Mickey Mouse Funhouse
TV show Wheezelene (voice)
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2021
All Boys Aren't Blue
Movie
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2021
Finding Kendrick Johnson
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2021
Monsters at Work
TV show Grandma Tuskmon (voice)
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2021
Rugrats
TV show Ms. Marjorie / Narrator (voice)
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2021
The Upshaws
TV show Dr. Pearl Edmunds
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2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV show Self - Contestant
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2020
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
Movie Margeline
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2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks
TV show Bartender (voice)
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2020
Stars in the House
TV show Self - Special Guest
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2019
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
The Addams Family
Movie Great Auntie Sloom (Voice)
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2019
Amphibia
TV show Mama Hasselback (voice)
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2018
Forbidden
Movie
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2018
grown-ish
TV show Ruby Johnson
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2017
Big Hero 6 The Series
TV show Professor Granville (voice)
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2017
Cars 3
Movie Flo (voice)
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2017
Jewel's Catch One
Movie Self
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2016
The $100,000 Pyramid
TV show Self
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2016
Match Game
TV show Self - Panelist
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2016
To Tell the Truth
TV show Self - Panelist
