Jenifer Lewis
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1957-01-25
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Kinloch, Missouri, USA
Biografía
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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Filmografía
Un mundo diferente
GOAT: Como cabras
El hotel embrujado
Ado
Hechizados
Los padrinos mágicos: Un nuevo deseo
La mayor historia de amor jamás contada
This Is Me…Now: Una historia de amor
La loca historia del mundo. Parte 2
Commitment to Life
Casi muertos (La muerte puede esperar)
Juzgado de guardia
So Help Me Todd
Sherri
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Cars: En la carretera
Me alegro por ti
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
And Just Like That…
La maldición de Molly McGee
Mickey Mouse Funhouse
All Boys Aren't Blue
Finding Kendrick Johnson
Monstruos a la obra
Los Rugrats
La familia Upshaw
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Dolly Parton: Navidad en la plaza
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Stars in the House
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
La familia Addams
Anfibilandia
Forbidden
grown-ish
Big Hero 6: La serie
Cars 3
Jewel's Catch One
The $100,000 Pyramid
Match Game
To Tell the Truth
Secrets of the Magic City
El gurú de las bodas
Black-ish
En qué piensan los hombres 2
Historias de Radiador Springs: Las 500 millas y ½ de Radiador Springs
Ligera de equipaje
Teen Titans Go!
Historias de Radiador Springs: El hipo
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Jenifer Lewis and Shangela
Zambezia
En qué piensan los hombres
Five
The Playboy Club
Cars 2
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
La joven Liga de la Justicia
Más allá de la vida
Tiana y el sapo
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Separados por accidente
Prop 8: The Musical
Meet the Browns
Redrum
Who's Your Caddy?
Day Break
Geared-Up
Shark
Dirty Laundry
Cars
La gran reunión de Madea
Earth to America
The Boondocks
Dancing with the Stars
Padre made in USA
Justicia Ciega
El espantatiburones
The Cookout
Nora's Hair Salon
Raven
Antwone Fisher
Family Affair
Juwanna Mann
The Brothers
Dancing in September
Náufrago
Bette
Girlfriends
Doctoras de Filadelfia
Partners
Little Richard
Time of Your Life
Grown Ups
Mystery Men (Hombres misteriosos)
Jackie's Back!
Buscando a Eva
Los PJ
Get Bruce!
The Temptations
An Unexpected Life
Un mundo a su medida
Rituals
The Chris Rock Show
La mujer del predicador
Promised Land
The Jamie Foxx Show
The Daily Show
Girl 6
Moesha
Dinero para quemar
Courthouse
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Panther
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Parent 'Hood
Deconstructing Sarah
Friends
Tocados por un ángel
New York Undercover
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Corina, Corina
Rebel Highway
Un poeta entre reclutas
Sister Act 2: De vuelta al convento
Lois y Clark: Las nuevas aventuras de Superman
Cuidado con la familia Blue
Living Single
Meteor Man
Justicia poética
Tina
Frozen Assets
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Sister Act (Una monja de cuidado)
Roc
Sunday in Paris
El príncipe de Bel-Air
Sigue soñando
In Living Color
Eternamente amigas
A Different World
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
Bette Midler: No Frills
Women Like Us