Jenifer Lewis

Personal Info

Birthday

January 25, 1957

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

Kinloch, Missouri, USA

Jenifer Lewis

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.

Known For

Friends

American Dad!

Boston Legal

Young Justice

Star Trek: Lower Decks

The Boondocks

Night Court

Girlfriends

Filmography

2026
GOAT
as Florence Everson (voice)
2025
ADO
as Ms. Hopkins
2024
Spellbound
as Nazara (voice)
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
as Self
This Is Me…Now
as Gemini
2022
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
as Self
2021
Finding Kendrick Johnson
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
as Margeline
2019
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
as Self (archive footage)
The Addams Family
as Great Auntie Sloom (Voice)
2017
Cars 3
as Flo (voice)
Jewel's Catch One
as Self
2015
Secrets of the Magic City
as Aunt Valerie
The Wedding Ringer
as Doris Jenkins
2014
Think Like a Man Too
as Loretta
The Radiator Springs 500½
as Flo (voice)
2013
Baggage Claim
as Catherine Moore
Hiccups
as Flo (voice)
2012
Zambezia
as Gogo (voice)
Think Like a Man
as Loretta Hanover
2011
Five
as Maggie
Cars 2
as Flo (voice)
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
as Retirement Home Waitress (uncredited)
2010
Hereafter
as Candace
2009
The Princess and the Frog
as Mama Odie (voice)
Not Easily Broken
as Mary 'Mama' Clark
2008
Prop 8: The Musical
as Riffing Prop 8'er
Meet the Browns
as Vera
2007
Redrum
as Therapist
Who's Your Caddy?
as C-Note's Mom
2006
Dirty Laundry
as Aunt Lettuce
Cars
as Flo (voice)
Madea's Family Reunion
as Milay Jenay Lori
2005
Earth to America
as Self
2004
Shark Tale
as Motown Turtle (voice)
The Cookout
as Lady Em
Nora's Hair Salon
as Nora
2002
Juwanna Mann
as Aunt Ruby
2001
The Brothers
as Louise Smith
Dancing in September
as Judge Warner
2000
Cast Away
as Becca Twig
Partners
as Detective Lancy
Little Richard
as Muh Penniman
1999
Mystery Men
as Lucille
Jackie's Back!
as Jackie Washington
Blast from the Past
as Dr. Aron
Get Bruce!
as Self
1998
An Unexpected Life
as Camille
The Mighty
as Mrs. Addison
1996
The Preacher's Wife
as Margueritte Coleman
Girl 6
as Boss #1 - Lil
1995
Dead Presidents
as Mrs. Curtis
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
as Denice Cooper
Panther
as Rita
1994
Deconstructing Sarah
as Betty
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Amanda
Corrina, Corrina
as Jevina
Renaissance Man
as Mrs. Coleman
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Vegas Backup Singer #1
Undercover Blues
as Cab Driver
The Meteor Man
as Mrs. Williams
Poetic Justice
as Annie
What's Love Got to Do with It
as Zelma Bullock
1992
Frozen Assets
as Jomisha
Sister Act
as Michelle
1991
Sunday in Paris
as Taylor Chase
1988
Beaches
as Diva
1984
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
as Self - Harlette
1983
Bette Midler: No Frills
as Herself