Portrait of Jenifer Lewis

Acting

Jenifer Lewis

Career

Active from 1991 to 2025, busiest in 2000 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Finding Kendrick Johnson
Finding Kendrick Johnson
GoodWatch score86/100

Characters

7

The characters Jenifer Lewis played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 103 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jenifer Lewis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Mystery
    2.0, average 3.9
  • Tension
    4.1, average 5.9
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Crime
    1.9, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Heartwarming 4
  • Lighthearted 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Relationship Struggles 2
  • Emotional Resilience 2
  • Dialogue-Driven 2
  • Feel-Good 2
  • Biographical Drama 2
  • 1950s 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Showbiz 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

122
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

23 titles · average score 66
GOAT
GOAT (2026)
GoodWatch score 73

as Flo Everson (voice)

Ado
Ado (2025)
GoodWatch score 61

as Ms. Hopkins

Haunted Hotel
Haunted Hotel (2025)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Additional Voices (voice)

Spellbound
Spellbound (2024)
GoodWatch score 51

as Nazara (voice)

Night Court
Night Court (2023)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show · as Erika

I Love That for You
I Love That for You (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Patricia Cochran

And Just Like That…
And Just Like That… (2021)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Lucille Highwater

Finding Kendrick Johnson
Finding Kendrick Johnson (2021)
GoodWatch score 86

as Narrator (voice)

Monsters at Work
Monsters at Work (2021)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Grandma Tuskmon (voice)

The Ghost and Molly McGee
The Ghost and Molly McGee (2021)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Patty (voice)

Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square (2020)
GoodWatch score 49

as Margeline

Star Trek: Lower Decks
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Bartender (voice)

2010s

23 titles · average score 59
Amphibia
Amphibia (2019)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Mama Hasselback (voice)

The Addams Family
The Addams Family (2019)
GoodWatch score 52

as Great Auntie Sloom (Voice)

grown-ish
grown-ish (2018)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Ruby Johnson

Cars 3
Cars 3 (2017)
GoodWatch score 65

as Flo (voice)

Secrets of the Magic City
Secrets of the Magic City (2015)

as Aunt Valerie

black-ish
black-ish (2014)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Ruby Johnson

Baggage Claim
Baggage Claim (2013)
GoodWatch score 37

as Catherine Moore

Teen Titans Go!
Teen Titans Go! (2013)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Microwavabelle (voice)

Hiccups
Hiccups (2013)
GoodWatch score 56

as Flo (voice)

Zambezia
Zambezia (2012)
GoodWatch score 41

as Gogo (voice)

Cars 2
Cars 2 (2011)
GoodWatch score 54

as Flo (voice)

Young Justice
Young Justice (2010)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Olympia Savage (voice)

2000s

29 titles · average score 58
Not Easily Broken
Not Easily Broken (2009)
GoodWatch score 43

as Mary 'Mama' Clark

The Princess and the Frog
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
GoodWatch score 76

as Mama Odie (voice)

Redrum
Redrum (2007)
GoodWatch score 32

as Therapist

Dirty Laundry
Dirty Laundry (2006)
GoodWatch score 47

as Aunt Lettuce

American Dad!
American Dad! (2005)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Lessie (voice)

The Cookout
The Cookout (2004)
GoodWatch score 27

as Lady Em

Nora's Hair Salon
Nora's Hair Salon (2004)
GoodWatch score 64

as Nora

Boston Legal
Boston Legal (2004)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Judge Isabel Fisher

Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine (2000)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Lana Hawkins

Cast Away
Cast Away (2000)
GoodWatch score 80

as Becca Twig

Girlfriends
Girlfriends (2000)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Veretta Childs

Little Richard
Little Richard (2000)
GoodWatch score 67

as Muh Penniman

1990s

45 titles · average score 60
The PJs
The PJs (1999)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Bebe Ho (voice)

Jackie's Back!
Jackie's Back! (1999)
GoodWatch score 76

as Jackie Washington

The Mighty
The Mighty (1998)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mrs. Addison

The Preacher's Wife
The Preacher's Wife (1996)
GoodWatch score 59

as Margueritte Coleman

The Daily Show
The Daily Show (1996)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show

Girl 6
Girl 6 (1996)
GoodWatch score 46

as Boss #1 - Lil

Friends
Friends (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Paula

Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1994)
GoodWatch score 56

as Amanda

Corrina, Corrina
Corrina, Corrina (1994)
GoodWatch score 52

as Jevina

What's Love Got to Do with It
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
GoodWatch score 81

as Zelma Bullock

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Mystique

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Aunt Helen

1980s

2 titles · average score 53
Beaches
Beaches (1988)
GoodWatch score 59

as Diva

A Different World
A Different World (1987)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show · as Susan Clayton / Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport