Jenifer Lewis
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1957-01-25 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Kinloch, Missouri, USA
Also known As
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Jenifer Lewis
Biography
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 di...
Acting
2006
as Flo (voice)
2008
as Riffing Prop 8'er
2009
as Mama Odie (voice)
1988
as Diva
1992
as Michelle
2001
as Louise Smith
1996
as Margueritte Coleman
1998
as Mrs. Addison
1999
as Lucille
2006
as Aunt Lettuce
1995
as Rita
1999
as Jackie Washington
2009
as Mary 'Mama' Clark
2006
as Milay Jenay Lori
2004
as Lady Em
1999
as Self
2012
as Loretta Hanover
2004
as Nora
2008
as Vera
2004
as Motown Turtle (voice)
2011
as Retirement Home Waitress (uncredited)
2014
as Loretta
1993
as Vegas Backup Singer #1
2000
as Detective Lancy
1994
as Betty
2015
as Doris Jenkins
2013
as Catherine Moore
2024
as Nazara (voice)
2001
as Judge Warner
1993
as Cab Driver
2012
as Gogo (voice)
1983
as Herself
1998
as Camille
1994
as Amanda
2005
as Self
2024
as Gemini
2011
as Flo (voice)
2024
2021
as Narrator (voice)
1993
as Zelma Bullock
2011
as Maggie
1992
as Jomisha
1995
as Denice Cooper
2002
as Aunt Ruby
2017
as Flo (voice)
1999
as Dr. Aron
1984
as Self - Harlette
2010
as Candace
2000
as Muh Penniman
2013
as Flo (voice)
2014
as Flo (voice)
2017
as Self
2018
1996
as Boss #1 - Lil
1991
as Taylor Chase
1994
as Jevina
2019
as Great Auntie Sloom (Voice)
2000
as Becca Twig
1995
as Mrs. Curtis
2015
as Aunt Valerie
2007
as C-Note's Mom
2007
as Therapist
2020
as Margeline
1994
as Mrs. Coleman
1993
as Annie
1993
as Mrs. Williams
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2025
as Ms. Hopkins
2026
as Florence Everson (voice)
1987
as Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport
Production
1999
as Co-Producer
2013
as Thanks
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