Jenifer Lewis is an actress, broadway singer, comedian, social activist, and one heck of an orator. You may have seen her on the show Fresh Prince of Bel Air as Aunt Helen, What’s Love Got to Do with It as Tina Turkey’s mother, Zelma Bullock, or Black-ish in which she plays the hilarious mother of Dre Johnson, Ruby Johnson. Hollywood has dubbed her “The Mother of Black Hollywood” which is the title of her first book. She has a voice of a preacher and has endless stories of cautionary tales and debauchery. Oh, and at 61 years old, she can still do a high kick–if that’s not commendable then I don’t know what is.

Favorite Lewis quote: “Love yourself, so that love will not be a stranger when it comes.”