Jenifer Lewis
- Schauspiel
- 25. Januar 1957 · Kinloch, Missouri, USA
Biografie
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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Filmografie
- A Different World · President Davenport
- G.O.A.T. - Bock auf grosse Sprünge · Flo Everson (Stimme)
- Haunted Hotel · Additional Voices (Stimme)
- No Friends · Paula
- Ado · Ms. Hopkins
- Spellbound · Nazara (Stimme)
- Cosmo & Wanda – Ein neuer Wunsch · Mother Nature (Stimme)
- Die schönste Liebesgeschichte, die nie erzählt wurde · Selbst
- This Is Me…Now · Gemini
- Die verrückte Geschichte der Welt, Teil II · Grandma
- Commitment to Life · Selbst
- Noch nicht ganz tot · Donna
- Night Court · Erika
- So Help Me Todd · Jacqueline Burton
- Sherri · Selbst
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Selbst
- Cars on the Road · Flo (Stimme)
- I Love That for You · Patricia Cochran
- black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special · Selbst
- And Just Like That… · Lucille Highwater
- Der Geist und Molly McGee · Patty (Stimme)
- Micky Maus Spielhaus · Wheezelene (Stimme)
- All Boys Aren't Blue
- Finding Kendrick Johnson · Narrator (Stimme)
- Monster bei der Arbeit · Grandma Tuskmon (Stimme)
- Rugrats · Ms. Marjorie / Narrator (Stimme), Ms. Marjorie (Stimme)
- The Upshaws · Dr. Pearl Edmunds
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune · Selbst
- Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square · Margeline
- Star Trek: Lower Decks · Bartender (Stimme)
- Stars in the House · Selbst
- Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back · Selbst
- Die Addams Family · Great Auntie Sloom (Stimme)
- Amphibia · Mama Hasselback (Stimme)
- Forbidden
- grown-ish · Ruby Johnson
- Baymax – Robowabohu in Serie · Professor Granville (Stimme)
- Cars 3 - Evolution · Flo (Stimme)
- Jewel's Catch One · Selbst
- The $100,000 Pyramid · Selbst
- Match Game · Selbst
- To Tell the Truth · Selbst
- Secrets of the Magic City · Aunt Valerie
- Die Trauzeugen AG · Doris Jenkins
- black-ish · Ruby Johnson
- Denk wie ein Mann 2 · Loretta
- Radiator Springs 500 ½ · Flo (Stimme)
- Liebe im Gepäck · Catherine Moore
- LaQuifa is Halleloosin' It! · Dank
- Teen Titans Go! · Microwavabelle (Stimme)
- Schluckauf · Flo (Stimme)
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars · Selbst
- Jenifer Lewis and Shangela · Jenifer Lewis, Produktion
- Zambezia - In jedem steckt ein kleiner Held! · Gogo (Stimme)
- Denk wie ein Mann · Loretta Hanover
- Five · Maggie
- The Playboy Club · Pearl
- Cars 2 · Flo (Stimme)
- When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren · Retirement Home Waitress (uncredited)
- Young Justice · Olympia Savage (Stimme)
- Hereafter - Das Leben danach · Candace
- Küss den Frosch · Mama Odie (Stimme)
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Selbst
- Not Easily Broken - Gib niemals auf! · Mary 'Mama' Clark
- Prop 8: The Musical · Riffing Prop 8'er
- Meet the Browns · Vera
- Redrum · Therapist
- Who's Your Caddy? · C-Note's Mom
- Day Break · Elizabeth Hopper
- Geared-Up
- Shark · Ellie Broussard
- Dirty Laundry · Aunt Lettuce
- Cars · Flo (Stimme)
- Das verrückte Familienfest · Milay Jenay Lori
- Earth to America · Selbst
- The Boondocks · Boss Willona (Stimme), Geraldine (Stimme)
- Dancing with the Stars · Selbst
- American Dad · Lessie (Stimme)
- Boston Legal · Judge Isabel Fisher
- Große Haie - Kleine Fische · Motown Turtle (Stimme)