Jenifer Lewis
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 W...
Known For
Filmography
GOAT
2026
as Flo Everson (voice)
Ado
2025
as Ms. Hopkins
Haunted Hotel
2025
as Additional Voices (voice)
Spellbound
2024
as Nazara (voice)
This Is Me…Now
2024
as Gemini
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
2024
as Self
The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish
2024
as Mother Nature (voice)
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Night Court
2023
as Erika
Not Dead Yet
2023
as Donna
History of the World: Part II
2023
as Grandma
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
2022
as Self
I Love That for You
2022
as Patricia Cochran
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022
as Self - Guest
Cars on the Road
2022
as Flo (voice)
So Help Me Todd
2022
as Jacqueline Burton
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
Finding Kendrick Johnson
2021
as Narrator (voice)
All Boys Aren't Blue
2021
Rugrats
2021
as Ms. Marjorie / Narrator (voice)
Rugrats
2021
as Ms. Marjorie (voice)
The Upshaws
2021
as Dr. Pearl Edmunds
Monsters at Work
2021
as Grandma Tuskmon (voice)
The Ghost and Molly McGee
2021
as Patty (voice)
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
as Self - Contestant
Mickey Mouse Funhouse
2021
as Wheezelene (voice)
And Just Like That…
2021
as Lucille Highwater
Mickey Mouse Funhouse
2021
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
2020
as Margeline
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
as Bartender (voice)
Stars in the House
2020
as Self - Special Guest
The Addams Family
2019
as Great Auntie Sloom (Voice)
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Amphibia
2019
as Mama Hasselback (voice)
Forbidden
2018
grown-ish
2018
as Ruby Johnson
Cars 3
2017
as Flo (voice)
Jewel's Catch One
2017
as Self
Big Hero 6 The Series
2017
as Professor Granville (voice)
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
as Self
To Tell the Truth
2016
as Self - Panelist
Match Game
2016
as Self - Panelist
The Wedding Ringer
2015
as Doris Jenkins
Secrets of the Magic City
2015
as Aunt Valerie
Think Like a Man Too
2014
as Loretta
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
as Flo (voice)
black-ish
2014
as Ruby Johnson
Baggage Claim
2013
as Catherine Moore
Hiccups
2013
as Flo (voice)
Teen Titans Go!
2013
as Microwavabelle (voice)
Think Like a Man
2012
as Loretta Hanover
Zambezia
2012
as Gogo (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
as Self - Guest Judge
Jenifer Lewis and Shangela
2012
as Jenifer Lewis
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
2011
as Retirement Home Waitress (uncredited)
Cars 2
2011
as Flo (voice)
Five
2011
as Maggie
The Playboy Club
2011
as Pearl
Hereafter
2010
as Candace
Young Justice
2010
as Olympia Savage (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
2009
as Mama Odie (voice)
Not Easily Broken
2009
as Mary 'Mama' Clark
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Prop 8: The Musical
2008
as Riffing Prop 8'er
Meet the Browns
2008
as Vera
Who's Your Caddy?
2007
as C-Note's Mom
Redrum
2007
as Therapist
Cars
2006
as Flo (voice)
Dirty Laundry
2006
as Aunt Lettuce
Madea's Family Reunion
2006
as Milay Jenay Lori
Geared-Up
2006
Shark
2006
as Ellie Broussard
Day Break
2006
as Elizabeth Hopper
Earth to America
2005
as Self
American Dad!
2005
as Lessie (voice)
The Boondocks
2005
as Boss Willona (voice)
The Boondocks
2005
as Geraldine (voice)
Dancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Musical Guest
The Cookout
2004
as Lady Em
Nora's Hair Salon
2004
as Nora
Shark Tale
2004
as Motown Turtle (voice)
Boston Legal
2004
as Judge Isabel Fisher
That's So Raven
2003
as Vivian
Juwanna Mann
2002
as Aunt Ruby
Antwone Fisher
2002
as Aunt Mary Williams (uncredited)
The Brothers
2001
as Louise Smith
Dancing in September
2001
as Judge Warner
Partners
2000
as Detective Lancy
Little Richard
2000
as Muh Penniman
Cast Away
2000
as Becca Twig
Girlfriends
2000
as Veretta Childs
Bette
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
as Lana Hawkins
Mystery Men
1999
as Lucille
Jackie's Back!
1999
as Jackie Washington
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
Blast from the Past
1999
as Dr. Aron
Grown Ups
1999
as Kathy
The PJs
1999
as Bebe Ho (voice)
Time of Your Life
1999
The Mighty
1998
as Mrs. Addison
An Unexpected Life
1998
as Camille
Rituals
1998
as Carmen
The Temptations
1998
as Mama Rose
The Chris Rock Show
1997
as Self
The Preacher's Wife
1996
as Margueritte Coleman
Girl 6
1996
as Boss #1 - Lil
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
as Josie
Moesha
1996
as Mrs. Biggs
Promised Land
1996
as Queenie
The Daily Show
1996
Panther
1995
as Rita
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995
as Denice Cooper
Dead Presidents
1995
as Mrs. Curtis
The Parent 'Hood
1995
Courthouse
1995
as Rosetta Reide
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Female Black Widow Spider (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Hazel (voice)
Deconstructing Sarah
1994
as Betty
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1994
as Amanda
Corrina, Corrina
1994
as Jevina
Renaissance Man
1994
as Mrs. Coleman
Friends
1994
as Paula
New York Undercover
1994
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Queenie
Rebel Highway
1994
as Amanda Baldwin Cooper
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Vegas Backup Singer #1
Undercover Blues
1993
as Cab Driver
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
as Zelma Bullock
Poetic Justice
1993
as Annie
The Meteor Man
1993
as Mrs. Williams
Living Single
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Mystique
Sister Act
1992
as Michelle
Frozen Assets
1992
as Jomisha
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992
as Georgia Rodman
Sunday in Paris
1991
as Taylor Chase
Roc
1991
as Charlaine
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
as Aunt Helen
In Living Color
1990
Dream On
1990
as Carolyn
Beaches
1988
as Diva
A Different World
1987
as Susan Clayton
A Different World
1987
as Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
1984
as Self - Harlette
Bette Midler: No Frills
1983
as Herself