Jenifer Lewis
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January 25, 1957
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Jenifer Lewis Bio
Jenifer Lewis is an American actress born in 1957 in Kinloch, Missouri. She has been named “Black Mother of Hollywood” on account of her usual drama roles. After attending Webster University, Lewis moved to New York and made Broadway appearances. She joined the cast of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” from 1990 to 1996, and starting with her portrayal of Tina Turner’s mother in the 1993 biopic “What's Love Got to Do With It”. She took on a streak of mother figure roles all through the late 90s, including a leading role opposite Tom Hanks in “Castaway” (2000). From 2000 to 2006 Lewis joined the cast of the medical drama “Strong Medicine”, and kept on portraying leading characters in Hollywood throughout the decade, including “Nora’s Hair Salon” (2004), “Dirty Laundry” (2006), and “Cars” (2006). One of her most acclaimed characters was Ruby Johnson for the 2016 Netflix series “Black-Ish”, which earned the actress a 2016 Critics Choice Award nomination.
