Jenifer Lewis

Highest Rated: 96% What's Love Got To Do With It? (1993)

Lowest Rated: 5% The Cookout (2004)

Birthday: Jan 25, 1957

Birthplace: Kinloch, Missouri, USA

Best known for playing unapologetically mature, assertive, and intelligent adult women, African-American supporting actress Jenifer Lewis originally launched her career as a vocalist, singing in a church choir in Kinloch, MO. Lewis' passion (and gift) for singing carried her to the Great White Way, where she appeared in a number of sell-out Broadway musicals -- including Ain't Misbehavin' and Dreamgirls. She subsequently migrated to the West Coast for a string of appearances in TV programs such as Roc, A Different World, Murphy Brown, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Touched by an Angel, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and graduated to features in 1992. The films in which Lewis has appeared run the gamut of quality, from outstanding (What's Love Got to Do With It?, 1993) to satisfactory (Sister Act, 1992; The Preacher's Wife, 1996) to downright abominable (Frozen Assets, 1992); many, however, demonstrated her fine gifts. More recently, Lewis attained some much-deserved recognition (and ascended to higher than usual billing) with her multi-season portrayal of Lana Hawkins in the prime-time medical drama Strong Medicine (2000).

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
64%	Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square	Actor	—	2020
69%	Cars 3	Flo	$152.7M	2017
No Score Yet	Jewel's Catch One	Actor	—	2016
No Score Yet	The List	Producer	—	2015
No Score Yet	Playin' for Love	Actor	—	2015
29%	The Wedding Ringer	Doris Jenkins	—	2015
23%	Think Like a Man Too	Loretta	—	2014
15%	Baggage Claim	Catherine	$17.3M	2013
No Score Yet	It Had to Be You	Actor	—	2013
No Score Yet	The Magic City	Actor	—	2013
25%	Zambezia	Gogo	$1.1M	2013
54%	Think Like a Man	Loretta	$91.6M	2012
40%	Cars 2	Flo	$191.5M	2011
No Score Yet	The Heart Specialist	Nurse Jackson	$1.1M	2011
No Score Yet	Five	Maggie	—	2011
47%	Hereafter	Candace	$32.8M	2010
85%	The Princess and the Frog	Mama Odie	$104.4M	2009
31%	Not Easily Broken	Mary	$10.6M	2009
33%	Meet The Browns	Vera	$42M	2008
No Score Yet	Redrum	Therapist	—	2007
6%	Who's Your Caddy?	Mrs. Hawkins	$5.6M	2007
50%	Dirty Laundry	Aunt Lettuce	—	2006
74%	Cars	Flo	$244.1M	2006
26%	Madea's Family Reunion	Milay	$63.2M	2006
No Score Yet	Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns	Vera	—	2005
36%	Shark Tale	Motown Turtle	$160.8M	2004
5%	The Cookout	Lady Em	$11.6M	2004
No Score Yet	Partners	Detective	—	2004
No Score Yet	Nora's Hair Salon	Nora	—	2004
10%	Juwanna Mann	Aunt Ruby	$13.5M	2002
63%	The Brothers	Louise Smith	$26.6M	2001
No Score Yet	Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection	Narcissa Wingfield	—	2001
89%	Cast Away	Becca Twig	—	2000
No Score Yet	Little Richard	Muh Penniman	—	2000
No Score Yet	Dancing in September	Judge Warner	—	2000
No Score Yet	Jackie's Back	Jackie Washington Producer	—	1999
71%	Get Bruce	Actor	—	1999
61%	Mystery Men	Lucille	—	1999
58%	Blast From the Past	Dr. Aron	—	1999
No Score Yet	Partners	Actor	—	1999
No Score Yet	The Temptations	Mama Rose	—	1998
75%	The Mighty	Mrs. Addison	—	1998
No Score Yet	An Unexpected Life	Camille	—	1997
60%	The Preacher's Wife	Marguerite Coleman	—	1996
33%	Girl 6	Boss 1, Lil	—	1996
45%	Dead Presidents	Mrs. Curtis	—	1995
27%	Panther	Rita	—	1995
39%	Corrina, Corrina	Jevina	—	1994
12%	Renaissance Man	Mrs. Coleman	—	1994
No Score Yet	Deconstructing Sarah	Betty	—	1994
19%	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	Backup Singer #1	—	1993
37%	Undercover Blues	Cab Driver	—	1993
25%	The Meteor Man	Mrs. Williams	—	1993
34%	Poetic Justice	Lucky's Mother	—	1993
96%	What's Love Got To Do With It?	Zelma Bullock	—	1993
74%	Sister Act	Michelle	$139.7M	1992
No Score Yet	Frozen Assets	Jomisha	—	1992
No Score Yet	Daddy, (Danielle Steel's 'Daddy')	Actor	—	1991
No Score Yet	My Father, My Son	Actor	—	1988
No Score Yet	Star Tours	Actor	—	1987
No Score Yet	The Magic City (Magiki polis)	Actor	—	1954

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Big Hero 6: The Series 2017	Voice Actor	2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
92%	black-ish 2014	Ruby/Florida Ruby	2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
70%	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 2012	Guest	2020 2019 2018 2016
No Score Yet	Elena of Avalor 2016	Voice	2019
No Score Yet	Match Game 2016-2020	Panelist	2018
No Score Yet	The $100,000 Pyramid 2016-2019	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 2015	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	The Talk 2010	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest	2017
No Score Yet	The Doctors 2008	Guest	2013
No Score Yet	The Cleveland Show 2009-2013	Voice	2011
22%	The Playboy Club 2011	Pearl	2011
No Score Yet	Meet the Browns 2009	Vera	2010 2009
No Score Yet	Dr. Phil 2002	Guest	2009
50%	Day Break 2006	Elizabeth Hopper	2008
86%	Boston Legal 2004-2008	Judge Isabel Fisher	2008 2007
52%	Shark 2006-2008	Ellie Broussard	2007
No Score Yet	Girlfriends 2000-2008	Veretta Childs	2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
No Score Yet	Strong Medicine 2000-2006	Lana Hawkins	2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
No Score Yet	That's So Raven 2003-2007	Vivian Baxter	2004
No Score Yet	The Proud Family 2001-2005	Voice	2003
No Score Yet	The PJs 1999-2001	Voice	2001 2000 1999
No Score Yet	For Your Love 1998-2002	Sylvia	2000 1998
33%	Grown Ups 1999-2000	Kathy Daniels	1999
No Score Yet	Moesha 1996-2001	Actor	1999
45%	Time of Your Life 1999-2000	Joss's Mother	1999
No Score Yet	The Jamie Foxx Show 1996-2001	Actor	1999 1997
No Score Yet	Touched by an Angel 1994-2003	Guest	1997
No Score Yet	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990-1996	Aunt Helen Helen	1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
No Score Yet	New York Undercover 1994-1998	Medina	1995
No Score Yet	Living Single 1993-1998	Actor	1995 1994
No Score Yet	Hangin' With Mr. Cooper 1992-1997	Mrs. Rodman Georgia	1995 1994 1993
86%	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 1993-1997	Mystique	1994
No Score Yet	Roc 1991-1994	Charlaine	1993 1991
No Score Yet	A Different World 1987-1993	Susan Clayton Dean Davenport Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport	1993 1992 1990 1988
No Score Yet	Murphy Brown 1988-2019	Saleswoman No. 2 Salesperson	1991 1990
17%	Courthouse 1995	Rosetta Reide