Juanita Jennings

Actor Sep 12 (age 73) Los Angeles, California, USA 1982–2026 (44 year career)

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Biography

Juanita Jennings (born September 12, 1952) is an American actress, known for her roles on television.

Known For

Film

A Man Called Otto

Anita

Film

Basic Instinct

Receptionist

Film

What Women Want

Kitchen Secretary

Film

Runaway Jury

Loreen Duke

Film

Baby Boy

Rachel

Film

Cross

Regina 'Nana Mama' Cross

Film

The Deliverance

Mrs. Tucker

Film

Daddy's Little Girls

Katheryn Jackson

Filmography

Acting (78)

Movies (27)

Three Colors: Pan-African

2026

as Felicia Richards / "Michelle Green"

Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours

as Jennifer

The Deliverance

as Mrs. Tucker

A Man Called Otto

as Anita

Rapunzel Jackson

as Grandma Zolla

Khumba

as Zuki (voice)

Midnight Son

as Liz

My Girlfriend's Back

as Dr. Melinda

Janky Promoters

as Momma

Vacancy 2: The First Cut

as Doris

Daddy's Little Girls

as Katheryn Jackson

Love and Other Four Letter Words

as Gigi

Runaway Jury

as Loreen Duke

Baby Boy

as Rachel

What Women Want

as Kitchen Secretary

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

2000

as Nurse (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")

5.8

The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads

as Helen Picker

Spirit Lost

as Vera

On Promised Land

as Martha Ree Ween

Out of Darkness

as Inez

Override

as Kimberlea

Murder of Innocence

1993

as Lillian Foster

7.2

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

as Dr. Laura Wheeler

Basic Instinct

as Receptionist

Condition: Critical

as Janine

The Marla Hanson Story

1991

as Prosecutor

6.2

LifeStories: Steve Burdick

1990

as Laverne Williamson

1.3

Television (51)

Cross

2024

as Regina 'Nana Mama' Cross

Bust Down

as Noreen

Mayor of Kingstown

as Esther

Pearson

as Lillian Cook

David Makes Man

as Mrs. Hertrude

The Chi

as Opal Perry

S.W.A.T.

as Faith

Detroiters

as Mrs. Duvet

Star

as Ruby

Shameless

as Kamala

Suits

as Lillian Cook

Justified

as Rachel's Mother

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

Torchwood

as Bisme Katusi

American Dad!

as (voice)

Without a Trace

as Delores Jones

Scrubs

as Dr. Munson

The Guardian

The Division

as Dr. Donna Morella

That's My Bush!

as Ms. Clea

The District

as Mrs. Broyles

18 Wheels of Justice

Soul Food

as Vivian Chadway

Judging Amy

as Elsie

Crusade

as Lieutenant Carr

Felicity

as Pastor Cathy

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Dr. Wilkinson

The Practice

as Claire Stevens

7th Heaven

as Cynthia

The Pretender

as Alice Evans

Suddenly Susan

as Ms. Hollins

Life's Work

The Single Guy

as Liz

as Mrs. Davis

Chicago Hope

as Rebecca Rosen

Touched by an Angel

as Warden Davis

Ellen

as Therapist

Sister, Sister

as Ms. Dadier

All-American Girl

as Carolyn

South Central

Frasier

as Suzy

Laurel Avenue

as Yolanda Arnett-Friedman

Roc

as Miss Hawkins

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Mrs. Holcomb

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Nurse

Mancuso, F.B.I.

Snoops

as Sylvia

A Different World

as Desk Sergeant

Matlock

as Assistant

Hunter

as Dr. Lena Sims

St. Elsewhere