Juanita Jennings (born September 12, 1952) is an American actress, known for her roles on television.
Career
Jennings won the 1994
CableACE Award for Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries for her role in ''
Laurel Avenue
''Laurel Avenue'' is an American three-hour television miniseries which aired on HBO on July 10 and 11, 1993. It is the story of an eventful weekend in the lives of an extended African American family living in St. Paul, Minnesota. Paul Aaron an ...
''. She guest-starred in many television series, including ''
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', ''
Ellen'', ''
Chicago Hope
''Chicago Hope'' is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It originally aired on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charitable hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
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'', ''
7th Heaven'', ''
Touched by an Angel'', ''
The Practice'', ''
Soul Food'' and ''
Justified''. Her stage credits include playing Rose Maxson in
South Coast Repertory's production of
August Wilson's ''
Fences''.
Jennings may best known for her series regular role in the
TBS sitcom ''
Meet the Browns'' as Edna Barnes, which she starred from 2009 to 2011. She had a recurring roles in ''
The Division'', ''
The Bold and the Beautiful'' and most notable in Fox prime time soap opera ''
Star
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'' from 2017 to 2019. In 2019, she had a recurring roles in
USA Network legal drama ''
Pearson'' and
Oprah Winfrey Network
Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) is an American multinational basic cable channel jointly owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and Harpo Studios that launched on January 1, 2011, replacing the Discovery Health Channel.
The network is led by talk show h ...
drama ''
David Makes Man''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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African-American actresses
Living people
1952 births
American film actresses
American voice actresses
American stage actresses
American television actresses
21st-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women