Jennifer lewis actress biography
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Jenifer Lewis is one of Hollywood's most familiar faces, with more than 300 appearances in film and television. Dubbed a "national treasure" by TV Guide.com, Jenifer stars on the hit show Black-ish (ABC), where her hilarious portrayal of "Ruby Johnson" earned her a nomination for the 2016 Critics Choice Award.
Jenifer's most recent movies include The Wedding Ringer, Think Like A Man, Think Like A Man Too and Baggage Claim. 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. Jenifer starred opposite Matt Damon in Clint Eastwood's Hereafter and for director Tyler Perry, Jenifer created unforgettable characters in Madea's Family Reunion and Meet the Browns. In the movie Castaway, Jenifer portrayed Tom Hanks' boss. In animated films, Jenifer's uniquely recognizable voice is adored by Disney fans worldwide in rol
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About Jenifer Lewis
JENIFER LEWIS–American Actress, Author, Community Activist
Award-winning actress Jenifer Lewis known as the “The Mother of Black Hollywood” and co-star of ABC’s “Black-ish,” will bring songs, comedy and the keynote message to the 11th Annual Exceptional Women of Color (EWOC) Expo & Awards on Saturday, October 19th. The special event will feature Leshelle May in lively discussion and Q/A conversation with Jenifer Lewis on scen following her keynote presentation. Leshelle May is the wife of Chancellor Gary May and senior technical lead for CNN.
Jenifer Lewis is one of Hollywood’s most familiar faces, with more than 300 appearances in film and television. Dubbed a “national treasure” by TVGuide.com, Jenifer currently stars as Ruby Johnson on the Emmy-nominated ABC hit show “Black-ish.”
Jenifer’s bestselling memoir, The Mother of Black Hollywood, was named 2018 Book of the Year bygd the National Book Club Convention. The audiobook ve
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Jenifer Lewis
American actress (born 1957)
For similarly named people, see Jennifer Lewis (disambiguation).
Jenifer Jeanette Lewis (born January 25, 1957)[1] is an American actress. 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). Lewis fryst vatten 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).
Lewis is known unofficially as "The Mother of Black Hollywood" (also the name of her memoir) given her frequent matriarchal film and television roles.[2][3] She also provided the röst for Mama Odie in Disney's animated feature