Jenifer Lewis
American actress · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1957 · age 69
Jenifer Jeanette Lewis is an American actress and singer. She began her career appearing in Broadway musicals and worked as a back-up singer for Bette Midler before appearing in films Beaches (1988) and Sister Act (1992).
Jenifer Lewis is read about 1,178 times a day, in 25 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 115 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
GOATFilm, Flo Everson (voice)2025
Haunted HotelSeries, Additional Voices (voice)2022“I can do what I want, when I want, how I want. Go where I want. Sleep in the temperature I want to sleep in. I have a freedom that’s overwhelming sometimes. I love being free.”In their wordsNobody Says No to Jenifer Lewis by Yohana Desta. August 31,2022. Retrieved 9/11/2023.2021
The Ghost and Molly McGeeSeries, Patty (voice)2020
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the SquareFilm, Margeline2019
AmphibiaSeries, Mama Hasselback (voice)2017
Cars 3Film, Flo (voice)2014
black-ishSeries, Ruby Johnson
The Radiator Springs 500½Film, 2014Flo (voice)2012
Think Like a ManFilm, Loretta Hanover2010
Young JusticeSeries, Olympia Savage (voice)
HereafterFilm, 2010Candace2008
Meet the BrownsFilm, Vera2007
Who's Your Caddy?Film, C-Note's Mom2005
American Dad!Series, Lessie (voice)2004
Shark TaleFilm, Motown Turtle (voice)2003
That's So RavenSeries, Vivian2000
Cast AwayFilm, Becca Twig1998
The MightyFilm, Mrs. Addison1996
The Daily ShowSeries1995
Dead PresidentsFilm, Mrs. Curtis1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanSeries, Mystique
Poetic JusticeFilm, 1993Annie1988
BeachesFilm, Diva1987
A Different WorldSeries, Susan Clayton1957Born25 January 1957People around Jenifer
Close ties
Larry the Cable Guy Also in Cars, Cars 2 and Hiccups
Bonnie Hunt Also in Cars, Cars 2 and Hiccups
Michael Wallis Also in Cars, Cars 2 and Hiccups
Guido Quaroni Also in Cars, Cars 2 and Hiccups
Kevin Hart Also in The Wedding Ringer (2015)
Penny Marshall Directed Renaissance Man and The Preacher's Wife
Tyler Perry Produced Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
Richard Kind Also in History of the World, Part II and Cars
Gabrielle Union Also in Think like a Man and The Brothers
Lloyd Sherr Also in Cars 2 and Hiccups
Katherine Helmond Also in Cars and Cars 2
John Ratzenberger Also in Cars, Cars 2 and Cars 3
Scott Rudin Produced Sister Act (1992)
Paul Dooley Also in Cars and Cars 2
Bill Duke Directed Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1994)
Tim Story Directed Think like a Man (2012)
Robert Townsend Directed The Meteor Man and Jackie's Back
Tom Hanks Produced Cast Away (2001), also in Cars (2006)
Whoopi Goldberg Also in Sister Act (1992)
Tony Shalhoub Also in Cars, Cars 2 and Cars 3
Cheech Marin Also in Cars, Cars 2 and Cars 3
Marla Gibbs Also in The Meteor Man (1993)
Marc Shaiman Wrote Sister Act (1992), also in Beaches (1989)
La La Anthony Also in Think Like a Man Too and Baggage Claim
Known for
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GOAT 2026
Cast Away 2000
The Princess and the Frog 2009
The Mighty 1998
Cars 2006
Filmography 40
154 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Listen
SpotifyPhotos 1
In their own words 4
, When I’m out in the world on tour with my books, I’m not selling books. I don’t need that money.
We celebrities are human beings. We hurt. We get our hearts broken. We break hearts. It all comes back to who you are. Who am I today? Am I living on purpose?
Heavy is the head that wears the crown. I know, because I wear one.
About this person
Lewis is known for playing roles of mothers in the films What's Love Got to Do With It (1993), Poetic Justice (1993), The Preacher's Wife (1996), The Brothers (2001), The Cookout (2004), Think Like a Man (2012) and in the sequel Think Like a Man Too (2014), Baggage Claim (2013) and The Wedding Ringer (2015), as well as in The Temptations miniseries (1998).
