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Best known for playing unapologetically mature, assertive, and intelligent adult women, African-American supporting actress Jenifer Lewis originally launched her career as a vocalist, singing in a church choir in Kinloch, MO. Lewis` passion (and gift) for singing carried her to the Great White Way, where she appeared in a number of sell-out Broadway musicals -- including Ain`t Misbehavin` and Dreamgirls. She subsequently migrated to the West Coast for a string of appearances in TV programs such as Roc, A Different World, Murphy Brown, Hangin` with Mr. Cooper, Touched by an Angel, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and graduated to features in 1992. The films in which Lewis has appeared run the gamut of quality, from outstanding (What`s Love Got to Do With It?, 1993) to satisfactory (Sister Act, 1992; The Preacher`s Wife, 1996) to downright abominable (Frozen Assets, 1992); many, however, demonstrated her fine gifts.
Biography Credit: www.imdb.com/name/nm0507338/bio
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She started her career in 1979 with a small role in the Broadway show Eubie.
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