Jenifer Lewis
Television

Jenifer Lewis

Section Title: Television
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

1990–91	Murphy Brown	Sales Person	Episodes: "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way" and "Uh-Oh: Pt. 2"

1990–93	A Different World	Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport	Recurring role, 9 episodes

1991	Stat	Felicia Brown	Episode: "Psychosomatic"

1991–96	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Aunt Helen Smith	Recurring role, 8 episodes

1992	Dream On	Carolyn	Episode: "To the Moon, Alex!"

1993	In Living Color	Various characters	Episodes: "Bunny Clive" and "Calhoun Tubbs"

Roc	Charlaine	Episode: "Joey the Bartender"

Moon Over Miami	Aurora Tyler	Episode: "If You Only Knew"

1993–94	Hangin' With Mr. Cooper	Georgia Rodman	Episodes: "Father Fairest" and "Double Cheeseburger, Hold the Diploma"

1994	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Mystique	Episode: "All Shook Up"

Friends	Paula	Episode: "The One With the Thumb"

1995	New York Undercover	Medina	Episode: "Private Enemy No. 1"

Living Single	Delia Deveaux	Episode: "Talk Showdown"

Courthouse	Judge Rosetta Reide	Series regular, 11 episodes

1996	Cosby	Bernice	Episode: "Basketball Story"

1997	Touched by an Angel	Queenie	Episode: "Amazing Grace: Part 1"

Promised Land	Episode: "Amazing Grace: Part 2"

1997–99	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Hazel / Black Widow Spider	Episodes: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and "The Bremen Town Musicians"

1998	The Parent 'Hood	Linda	Episode: "Hurricane Linda"

1998-00	For Your Love	Sylvia Ellis / Mel and Reggie's Mother	Episodes: "The Brother's Day" and "Father Fixture"

1999	The Jamie Foxx Show	Josie	Episode: "Always Follow Your Heart"

Moesha	Mrs. Biggs	Episode: "A Den Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"

Grown Ups	Melissa's mother	Episode: "Family Circus"

Time of Your Life	Joss's mother	Episode: "The Time They Had Not"

1999–2001	The PJs	Bebe Ho (voice)	Series regular, 35 episodes

2000	Bette	Inez	Episode: "The Grammy Pre-Show"

2000–06	Strong Medicine	Receptionist Lana Hawkins	Series regular, 131 episodes Nominated – NAMIC Vision Awards for Best Performance – Drama (2006)

2002	Family Affair	Mrs. Summers	Episode: "Pilot: Part 1"

2002–06	Girlfriends	Veretta Childs	Recurring role, 7 episodes

2003	The Proud Family	Aunt Spice (voice)	Episode: "Penny Potter"

2004	That's So Raven	Vivian Baxter	Episode: "To See or Not to See"

2007	Day Break	Elizabeth Hopper	Episode: "What If She's Lying?"

Shark	Ellie Broussard	Episode: "Backfire"

2007–08	Boston Legal	Judge Isabel Fisher	Episodes: "No Brains Left Behind" and "Mad About You"

2009–10	Meet the Browns	Vera Brown	Recurring role, 4 episodes

2011	The Cleveland Show	Woman / Kevin Garnett's Mom / Receptionist / Middle-Aged Woman	Episodes: "A Short Story and a Tall Tale" and "The Way the Cookie Crumbles"

American Dad!	Lessie	Episode: "School Lies"

State of Georgia	Patrice	Episode: "Best Friends For-Never"

The Playboy Club	Pearl	Recurring role, 7 episodes

2014	The Boondocks	Boss Willona / Geraldine	Episodes: "Breaking Grandad" and "Early Bird Special"

2014–present	Black-ish	Ruby Johnson	Recurring (Season 1), Series regular (Season 2-) Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2017) Nominated – Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series (2016) Nominated – Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2017) Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2017-2018)

2015	The Exes	Caren Dupree	Episode: "Requiem for a Dream"

Instant Mom	Delois	Episode: "Not Full House"

2017–present	Big Hero 6: The Series	Professor Granville	Main cast; Voice

2018	Young Justice	Olympia Savage	Episode: Evolution

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 4)	Guest Judge	Episode: "All Star Super Queen Variety Show"

2019	Elena of Avalor	Tornado	Episode: "Luna's Big Leap"

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Lewis starred in the 1995 series Courthouse as Judge Rosetta Reide.

final_sentence: Lewis starred in the 1995 series Courthouse as Judge Rosetta Reide.