Jenifer Lewis

ActorCrewProducerSoundProduction Jan 25 (age 69) Kinloch, Missouri, USA 1983–2026 (43 year career)

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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 W…

Known For

Film

Cast Away

Becca Twig

Film

Cars

Flo (voice)

Film

The Princess and the Frog

Mama Odie (voice)

Film

Cars 3

Flo (voice)

Film

Cars 2

Flo (voice)

Film

Sister Act

Michelle

Film

Shark Tale

Motown Turtle (voice)

Film

The Addams Family

Great Auntie Sloom (Voice)

Filmography

Acting (145)

Movies (77)

GOAT

2026

as Flo Everson (voice)

7.7

Ado

2025

as Ms. Hopkins

2.0

Tiana's Bayou Adventure | Disneyland Resort

as Mama Odie (Voice)

Spellbound

as Nazara (voice)

This Is Me…Now

as Gemini

The Greatest Love Story Never Told

2024

as Self

6.2

black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special

2022

as Self

5.5

Finding Kendrick Johnson

2021

as Narrator (voice)

7.8

All Boys Aren't Blue

2021

Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square

2020

as Margeline

5.8

The Addams Family

2019

as Great Auntie Sloom (Voice)

6.6

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Forbidden

Cars 3

as Flo (voice)

Jewel's Catch One

as Self

The Wedding Ringer

as Doris Jenkins

Secrets of the Magic City

as Aunt Valerie

Think Like a Man Too

as Loretta

The Radiator Springs 500½

as Flo (voice)

Hiccups

as Flo (voice)

Baggage Claim

as Catherine Moore

Zambezia

as Gogo (voice)

Think Like a Man

as Loretta Hanover

Cars 2

as Flo (voice)

Five

as Maggie

When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren

2011

as Retirement Home Waitress (uncredited)

6.9

Hereafter

2010

as Candace

6.1

The Princess and the Frog

as Mama Odie (voice)

Not Easily Broken

as Mary 'Mama' Clark

Meet the Browns

as Vera

Prop 8: The Musical

as Riffing Prop 8'er

Redrum

as Therapist

Who's Your Caddy?

as C-Note's Mom

Cars

as Flo (voice)

Madea's Family Reunion

as Milay Jenay Lori

Dirty Laundry

as Aunt Lettuce

Geared-Up

Earth to America

as Self

Shark Tale

as Motown Turtle (voice)

The Cookout

as Lady Em

Nora's Hair Salon

as Nora

Antwone Fisher

as Aunt Mary Williams (uncredited)

Juwanna Mann

as Aunt Ruby

The Brothers

as Louise Smith

Dancing in September

as Judge Warner

Cast Away

as Becca Twig

Partners

as Detective Lancy

Little Richard

as Muh Penniman

Blast from the Past

as Dr. Aron

Mystery Men

as Lucille

Get Bruce!

as Self

Jackie's Back!

as Jackie Washington

The Mighty

as Mrs. Addison

An Unexpected Life

as Camille

Rituals

as Carmen

Girl 6

1996

as Boss #1 - Lil

5.0

The Preacher's Wife

1996

as Margueritte Coleman

Panther

as Rita

Dead Presidents

as Mrs. Curtis

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

as Denice Cooper

Corrina, Corrina

as Jevina

Deconstructing Sarah

as Betty

Renaissance Man

as Mrs. Coleman

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

1994

as Amanda

5.8

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993

as Vegas Backup Singer #1

6.4

Poetic Justice

1993

as Annie

6.8

What's Love Got to Do with It

as Zelma Bullock

Undercover Blues

as Cab Driver

The Meteor Man

as Mrs. Williams

Sister Act

as Michelle

Frozen Assets

as Jomisha

Sunday in Paris

as Taylor Chase

Beaches

as Diva

A Different World

as Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport

9.0

Bette Midler: Art or Bust

1984

as Self - Harlette

6.0

Bette Midler: No Frills

1983

as Herself

GOAT 2

as Flo Everson (voice)

Television (68)

Haunted Hotel

2025

as Additional Voices (voice)

7.9

The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish

2024

as Mother Nature (voice)

8.2

History of the World: Part II

as Grandma

Night Court

as Erika

Not Dead Yet

as Donna

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self - Guest

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Cars on the Road

as Flo (voice)

So Help Me Todd

as Jacqueline Burton

I Love That for You

as Patricia Cochran

Rugrats

as Ms. Marjorie / Narrator (voice)

And Just Like That…

as Lucille Highwater

Monsters at Work

as Grandma Tuskmon (voice)

7.2

The Ghost and Molly McGee

as Patty (voice)

The Upshaws

as Dr. Pearl Edmunds

Mickey Mouse Funhouse

2021

as Wheezelene (voice)

6.5

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

2021

as Self - Contestant

7.0

Star Trek: Lower Decks

2020

as Bartender (voice)

7.6

Stars in the House

2020

as Self - Special Guest

Amphibia

2019

as Mama Hasselback (voice)

8.5

grown-ish

2018

as Ruby Johnson

7.9

Big Hero 6 The Series

2017

as Professor Granville (voice)

The $100,000 Pyramid

as Self

To Tell the Truth

as Self - Panelist

Match Game

as Self - Panelist

black-ish

as Ruby Johnson

black-ish

as Ruby Johnson

Teen Titans Go!

as Microwavabelle (voice)

6.5

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

2012

as Self - Guest Judge

7.2

Jenifer Lewis and Shangela

2012

as Jenifer Lewis

The Playboy Club

2011

as Pearl

5.4

Young Justice

2010

as Olympia Savage (voice)

8.4

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Shark

as Ellie Broussard

Day Break

as Elizabeth Hopper

American Dad!

as Lessie (voice)

Dancing with the Stars

2005

as Self - Musical Guest

6.1

The Boondocks

2005

as Boss Willona (voice)

8.2

Boston Legal

2004

as Judge Isabel Fisher

That's So Raven

as Vivian

Girlfriends

as Veretta Childs

Strong Medicine

as Lana Hawkins

Bette

The PJs

as Bebe Ho (voice)

Time of Your Life

Grown Ups

The Temptations

as Mama Rose

The Chris Rock Show

as Self

The Daily Show

Moesha

as Mrs. Biggs

The Jamie Foxx Show

as Josie

Promised Land

as Queenie

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as Female Black Widow Spider (voice)

The Parent 'Hood

Courthouse

as Judge Rosetta Reide

Friends

as Paula

Touched by an Angel

as Queenie

New York Undercover

Rebel Highway

as Amanda Baldwin Cooper

7.5

Living Single

1993

8.3

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993

as Mystique

6.9

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

as Georgia Rodman

Roc

as Charlaine

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Aunt Helen

In Living Color

Dream On

as Carolyn

A Different World

as Susan Clayton

Rhona Who Lives by the River

as Missy

Crew (4)

Movies (2)

LaQuifa is Halleloosin' It!

2013

Thanks

Jackie's Back!

1999

Co-Producer

6.5

Television (2)

Jenifer Lewis and Shangela

2012

Producer

Jenifer Lewis and Shangela

2012

Theme Song Performance