Jenifer Lewis
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1957-01-25
- Lieu de naissance:
- Kinloch, Missouri, USA
Biographie
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.
Connu pour
Filmographie
A Different World
GOAT : Rêver plus haut
Haunted Hotel
Ado
Ellian et le sortilège
Mes parrains sont magiques : Un nouveau souhait
La plus grande histoire d'amour jamais racontée
This Is Me… Now
La Folle Histoire du monde 2
Commitment to Life
Not Dead Yet : Confessions d’une quadra à la ramasse
Night Court
So Help Me Todd
Sherri
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Cars : Sur la route
I Love That for You
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
And Just Like That…
Molly McGee et le Fantôme
La maison magique de Mickey
All Boys Aren't Blue
Finding Kendrick Johnson
Monstres & Cie : Au travail
Les Razmoket
La Famille Upshaw
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Dolly Parton: C'est Noël chez nous
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Stars in the House
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
La Famille Addams
Amphibia
Forbidden
grown-ish
Baymax et les nouveaux héros
Cars 3
Jewel's Catch One
The $100,000 Pyramid
Match Game
To Tell the Truth
Secrets of the Magic City
Témoin à louer
'black•ish
Think Like a Man Too
Les 500 miles ½ de Radiator Springs
Destination Love
Teen Titans Go!
Hoquet
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Jenifer Lewis and Shangela
Drôles d'oiseaux
Think Like a Man
Five
The Playboy Club
Cars 2
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
La Ligue des justiciers : Nouvelle génération
Au-delà
La Princesse et la Grenouille
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Les Liens Sacrés
Prop 8: The Musical
Meet the Browns
Redrum
Who's Your Caddy?
Day Break
Geared-Up
Shark
Dirty Laundry
Cars : Quatre roues
Affaire de femmes
Earth to America
The Boondocks
Dancing with the Stars
American Dad!
Boston Justice
Gang de Requins
Barbecue Party
Nora's Hair Salon
Phénomène Raven
Antwone Fisher
Family Affair
Juwanna Mann
The Brothers
Dancing in September
Seul au monde
Bette
Girlfriends
Strong Medicine (La Vie avant tout)
Deux escrocs, un fiasco
Little Richard
Sarah
Grown Ups
Mystery Men
Jackie's Back!
Première sortie
The PJs
Get Bruce!
The Temptations
An Unexpected Life
Les Puissants
Rituals
The Chris Rock Show
La Femme du pasteur
Promised Land
The Jamie Foxx Show
Le Daily Show
Girl 6
Moesha
Génération sacrifiée
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
Les Anges du bonheur
New York Undercover
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Corrina, Corrina
Rebel Highway
Opération Shakespeare
Sister Act : Acte 2
Loïs et Clark : Les Nouvelles Aventures de Superman
Pas de vacances pour les Blues
Living Single
The Meteor Man
Poetic Justice
Tina
Frozen Assets
Cooper et nous
Sister Act
Roc
Sunday in Paris
Le Prince de Bel-Air
Dream On
In Living Color
Au fil de la vie
Campus Show
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
Bette Midler: No Frills
Women Like Us