Birthday
1957/01/25 (67 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Kinloch, Missouri, USA
Also know as
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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 W...Read more
(2006) Cars
as Flo (voice)
(2008) Prop 8: The Musical
as Riffing Prop 8'er
(2009) The Princess and the Frog
as Mama Odie (voice)
(1988) Beaches
as Diva
(1992) Sister Act
as Michelle
(2001) The Brothers
as Louise Smith
(1996) The Preacher's Wife
as Margueritte Coleman
(1998) The Mighty
as Mrs. Addison
(1999) Mystery Men
as Lucille
(2006) Dirty Laundry
as Aunt Lettuce
(1995) Panther
as Rita
(1999) Jackie's Back!
as Jackie Washington
(2009) Not Easily Broken
as Mary 'Mama' Clark
(2006) Madea's Family Reunion
as Milay Jenay Lori
(2004) The Cookout
as Lady Em
(1999) Get Bruce!
as Self
(2012) Think Like a Man
as Loretta Hanover
(2004) Nora's Hair Salon
as Nora
(2008) Meet the Browns
as Vera
(2004) Shark Tale
as Motown Turtle (voice)
(2011) When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
as Retirement Home Waitress (uncredited)
(2022) black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
as Self
(2014) Think Like a Man Too
as Loretta
(1993) Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Vegas Backup Singer #1
(2000) Partners
as Detective Lancy
(1994) Deconstructing Sarah
as Betty
(2015) The Wedding Ringer
as Doris Jenkins
(2013) Baggage Claim
as Catherine Moore
(2024) Spellbound
as Nazara (voice)
(2001) Dancing in September
as Judge Warner
(1993) Undercover Blues
as Cab Driver
(2012) Zambezia
as Gogo (voice)
(1983) Bette Midler: No Frills
as Herself
The Temptations Le film de leur ascension vers la gloire
as Mama Rose
(1998) An Unexpected Life
as Camille
(1994) Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Amanda
(2005) Earth to America
as Self
(2024) This Is Me…Now
as Gemini
(2011) Cars 2
as Flo (voice)
(2024) The Greatest Love Story Never Told
as Self
(2021) Finding Kendrick Johnson
as Narrator (voice)
(2006) Cars Wal-Mart Exclusive Geared UP
as ---
(1993) What's Love Got to Do with It
as Zelma Bullock
(2011) Five
as Maggie
(1992) Frozen Assets
as Jomisha
(1995) Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
as Denice Cooper
(2002) Juwanna Mann
as Aunt Ruby
(2017) Cars 3
as Flo (voice)
(1999) Blast from the Past
as Dr. Aron
(1984) Bette Midler: Art or Bust
as Self - Harlette
(2010) Hereafter
as Candace
(2000) Little Richard
as Muh Penniman
(2013) Hiccups
as Flo (voice)
(2014) The Radiator Springs 500½
as Flo (voice)
(2017) Jewel's Catch One
as Self
(2018) Forbidden
as ---
(1996) Girl 6
as Boss #1 - Lil
(1991) Sunday in Paris
as Taylor Chase
(1994) Corrina, Corrina
as Jevina
(2019) The Addams Family
as Great Auntie Sloom (Voice)
(2000) Cast Away
as Becca Twig
(1995) Dead Presidents
as Mrs. Curtis
(2015) Secrets of the Magic City
as Aunt Valerie
(2007) Who's Your Caddy?
as C-Note's Mom
(2007) Redrum
as Therapist
(2020) Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
as Margeline
(1994) Renaissance Man
as Mrs. Coleman
(2021) All Boys Aren't Blue
as ---
(1993) Poetic Justice
as Annie
(1993) The Meteor Man
as Mrs. Williams
(2019) Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
as Self (archive footage)
Sister Act 3: Kicking the Habit
as ---
(2006) Shark
as ---
(2005) American Dad!
as Lessie (voice)
(1994) Friends
as Paula
(1990) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Aunt Helen
(1996) The Jamie Foxx Show
as ---
(2000) Girlfriends
as ---
(1999) Grown Ups
as ---
(1995) The Parent 'Hood
as ---
(1996) Moesha
as ---
(1994) New York Undercover
as ---
(2000) Bette
as ---
(1993) Living Single
as ---
(1993) Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as ---
(2000) Strong Medicine
as Lana Hawkins
(1990) In Living Color
as ---
(1992) Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
as Georgia Rodman
(1999) The PJs
as Bebe Ho (voice)
(2004) Boston Legal
as Judge Isabel Fisher
(1999) Time of Your Life
as ---
(1995) Courthouse
as Judge Rosetta Reide
(2021) Rugrats
as Ms. Marjorie / Narrator (voice)
(2014) black-ish
as Ruby Johnson
(2020) Star Trek: Lower Decks
as Bartender (voice)
(2021) Rugrats
as Ms. Marjorie (voice)
(1994) Rebel Highway
as Amanda
(1997) The Chris Rock Show
as ---
(2018) grown-ish
as Ruby Johnson
(2010) Young Justice
as Olympia Savage (voice)
(2016) The $100,000 Pyramid
as Self
(2022) I Love That for You
as Patricia Cochran
(1998) The Temptations
as Mama Rose
(1991) Roc
as Charlaine
(1987) A Different World
as Susan Clayton
(1987) A Different World
as Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport
(2022) Sherri
as Self - Guest
(1996) Promised Land
as Queenie
(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Female Black Widow Spider (voice)
(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Hazel (voice)
(2012) RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
as Self - Guest Judge
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(2006) Day Break
as ---
(2023) Night Court
as Erika
(1996) The Daily Show
as ---
(2016) To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
(2012) Jenifer Lewis and Shangela
as Jenifer Lewis
(2003) That's So Raven
as Vivian Baxter
(2016) Match Game
as Self - Panelist
(2022) Cars on the Road
as Flo (voice)
(2021) The Upshaws
as Dr. Pearl Edmunds
(2021) Monsters at Work
as Grandma Tuskmon (voice)
(2023) Not Dead Yet
as Donna
(2022) So Help Me Todd
as Jacqueline Burton
(2020) Stars in the House
as Self - Special Guest
(1990) Dream On
as Carolyn
(2005) The Boondocks
as Boss Willona (voice)
(2005) The Boondocks
as Geraldine (voice)
(2011) The Playboy Club
as Pearl
(2021) The Ghost and Molly McGee
as Patty (voice)
(2023) History of the World: Part II
as Grandma
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Queenie
(2017) Big Hero 6 The Series
as Professor Granville (voice)
(2019) Amphibia
as Mama Hasselback (voice)
(2021) Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant
(2021) Mickey Mouse Funhouse
as Wheezelene (voice)