Acting credits
138
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Jenifer Lewis
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.7
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Movies: 75Series: 64Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 15899
IMDb ID: nm0507338
Known for: Acting
Born: January 25, 1957
Age: 69
Place of birth: Kinloch, Missouri, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2026
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 6.75
Wikidata: Q542262
Other jobs
Co-Producer (1)Thanks (1)Theme Song Performance (1)
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 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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jenifer Lewis.
7.2
GOAT
as Florence Everson (voice)
2026 Movie
2.0
Ado
as Ms. Hopkins
2025 Movie
5.7
Tiana's Bayou Adventure | Disneyland Resort
as Mama Odie (Voice)
2025 Movie
6.6
Spellbound
as Nazara (voice)
2024 Movie
6.2
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
as Self
2024 Movie
5.3
This Is Me…Now
as Gemini
2024 Movie
4.0
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
as Self
2022 Movie
All Boys Aren't Blue
2021 Movie
7.8
Finding Kendrick Johnson
as Narrator (voice)
2021 Movie
5.8
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
as Margeline
2020 Movie
5.0
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
6.6
The Addams Family
as Great Auntie Sloom (Voice)
2019 Movie
8.2
Forbidden
2018 Movie
6.9
Cars 3
as Flo (voice)
2017 Movie
7.0
Jewel's Catch One
as Self
2017 Movie
5.5
Secrets of the Magic City
as Aunt Valerie
2015 Movie
6.5
The Wedding Ringer
as Doris Jenkins
2015 Movie
6.4
Think Like a Man Too
as Loretta
2014 Movie
6.3
The Radiator Springs 500½
as Flo (voice)
2014 Movie
5.3
Baggage Claim
as Catherine Moore
2013 Movie
LaQuifa is Halleloosin' It!
Thanks
2013 Movie
6.0
Hiccups
as Flo (voice)
2013 Movie
6.2
Zambezia
as Gogo (voice)
2012 Movie
6.8
Think Like a Man
as Loretta Hanover
2012 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jenifer Lewis.
8.0
Haunted Hotel
as Additional Voices (voice) • 1 eps
2025 Series
8.2
The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish
as Mother Nature (voice) • 1 eps
2024 Series
5.6
History of the World: Part II
as Grandma • 1 eps
2023 Series
7.0
Not Dead Yet
as Donna • 2 eps
2023 Series
6.6
Night Court
as Erika • 1 eps
2023 Series
7.4
So Help Me Todd
as Jacqueline Burton • 1 eps
2022 Series
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
2.7
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.4
Cars on the Road
as Flo (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.4
I Love That for You
as Patricia Cochran • 8 eps
2022 Series
7.3
And Just Like That…
as Lucille Highwater • 1 eps
2021 Series
8.0
The Ghost and Molly McGee
as Patty (voice) • 7 eps
2021 Series
6.5
Mickey Mouse Funhouse
as Wheezelene (voice) • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.2
Monsters at Work
as Grandma Tuskmon (voice) • 5 eps
2021 Series
6.9
Rugrats
as Ms. Marjorie / Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.6
The Upshaws
as Dr. Pearl Edmunds • 5 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.6
Star Trek: Lower Decks
as Bartender (voice) • 1 eps
2020 Series
Stars in the House
as Self - Special Guest • 1 eps
2020 Series
8.5
Amphibia
as Mama Hasselback (voice) • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.9
grown-ish
as Ruby Johnson • 2 eps
2018 Series
7.5
Big Hero 6 The Series
as Professor Granville (voice) • 2 eps
2017 Series
7.0
The $100,000 Pyramid
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.4
Match Game
as Self - Panelist • 1 eps
2016 Series