Juanita Jennings

Juanita Jennings
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present

Juanita Jennings is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role on The Division as Dr. Donna Morella, The Bold and the Beautiful as Dorothy Bascomb and Meet the Browns as Edna.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990	Running Against Time	Role Unknown
1991	The Marla Hanson Story	Prosecutor
	Bad Attitudes	James' Mother
1992	Basic Instinct	Receptionist
	Condition: Critical	Janine
1993	Laurel Avenue	Yolanda Arnett-Friedman
	Jack Reed: Badge of Honor	Dr. Laura Wheeler
	Murder of Innocence	Role Unknown
1994	Out of Darkness	Inez
	On Promised Land	Martha Ree Ween
	Override	Role Unknown	Short
1997	Spirit Lost	Vera
1999	The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads	Role Unknown
	Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her	Nurse (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
2000	Dancing in September	Ms. Taylor
	What Women Want	Kitchen Secretary
2001	Baby Boy	Rachel
2003	Runaway Jury	Loreen Duke
2004	Something for Nothing	Mrs. Lassiter	Short
2005	Shackles	Bella
2006	Tootie Pie	Auntie
2007	Love... & Other 4 Letter Words	Gigi
	Daddy's Little Girls	Katheryn
2008	Vacancy 2: The First Cut	Doris (video)
2009	Janky Promoters	Momma
2010	My Girlfriend's Back	Dr. Melinda
2011	Midnight Son	Liz
2013	Side Effects	Gladys	Completed
	Khumba	Zuki	Filming
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	St. Elsewhere	Role Unknown	One Episode: The Equalizer
	Hunter	Dr. Lena Sims	One Episode: The Castro Connection
1990	A Different World	Desk Sergeant	One Episode: A Camp Fire Story
	Lifestories	Laverne Williamson	One Episode: Steve Burdick
1991	Matlock	Assistant	One Episode: The Game Show
1992-1993	Life Goes On	Detective Davis	Two Episodes: The Whole Truth and Incident on Main
1993	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Nurse	One Episode: The Baby Comes Out
	Crossroads	T.A. Pennebaker	One Episode: The Nickel Curve
	Roc	Miss Hawkins	One Episode: Shove It up Your Asprin
1994	All American Girl	Carolyn	One Episode: Who's the Boss?
1995	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Mrs. Bing	One Episode: What About Your Friends"
	The Client	Opal Garrett	One Episode: The Burning of Atlanta
	Beverly Hills, 90210	Mrs. Holcomb	One Episode: Fortunate Son
1996	Picket Fences	Role Unknown	One Episode: The Z Files
	Sister, Sister	Ms. Dadier	One Episode: Summer Bummer
	Ellen	Therapist	One Episode: The Bubble Gum Incident
1997	Life's Work	Judge Cowan	One Episode: Fraud
	Sparks	Mrs. Clark	One Episode: Too Hot Not to Cool Down
	Suddenly Susan	Ms. Hollins	One Episode: Truth and Consequences
	Chicago Hope	Rebecca Rosen	Two Episodes: The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen... by Proxy and All in the Family
1998	The Pretender	Alice Evans	One Episode: Gigolo Jarod
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Dr. Wilkinson	One Episode: Killed by Death
1999	Crusade	Lieutenant Carr	One Episode: Ruling from the Tomb
	7th Heaven	Cynthia	One Episode: Come Drive with Me
2000	City of Angels	Role Unknown	One Episode: Prototype
	18 Wheels of Justice	Lillian Haybrook	One Episode: The Fire Next Time
	Touched by an Angel	Warden Davis	One Episode: True Confessions
	Felicity	Pastor Kathy	One Episode: And to All a Good Night
2000-2003	The Practice	Claire Stevens and Marcia Hodges	Two Episodes: Till Death Do Us Part and The Making of a Trial Attorney
2000-2006	ER	Mrs. Davis and ICU Doctor	Two Episodes: Family Matters and Darfur
2001	Judging Amy	Elsie	One Episode: The Claw Is Our Master
	Kate Brasher	Role Unknown	One Episode: Kate
	That's My Bush!	Ms. Clea	One Episode: Eenie, Meenie, Miney, MURDER!
	The Guardian	Role Unknown	One Episode: Lolita?
	The District	Mrs. Broyles	One Episode: To Serve and Protect
2002	Fraiser	Suzy	One Episode: The Proposal
	The Division	Dr. Donna Morella	Four Episodes: Farewell My Lovelies, Long Day's Journey, Before the Deluge and Sweet Sorrow
2003	Without a Trace	Delores	One Episode: No Mas
2004	Soul Food	Vivian Chadway, Kenny's Mother	One Episode: The Son Also Rises
2005-2006	Family Guy	Miss Clifton and Role Unknown	Episodes: Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High and Saving Private Brian
2006	Scrubs	Dr. Marston	One Episode: My Extra Mile
	American Dad!	Role Unknown	One Episode: Helping Handis
2007	The Bold and the Beautiful	Dorothy Bascomb	Eleven Episodes:
2007-2008	Lincoln Heights	Mama Taylor/Momma Taylor	Four Episodes: Grown Folks' Business, The Old Man and the G, The Vision and Disarmed
2009-2011	Meet the Browns	Edna/Edna Barnes	Forty-Nine Episodes:
2010	Detroit 1-8-7	Sally Elliston	One Episode: Nobody's Home/Unknown Soldier
2011	Justified	Rachel's Mother	One Episode: For Blood or Money
	Torchwood	Bisme Katusi	One Episode: Escape to LA
2013	Shameless (season 3)	Mama Kamala	Season 3, Episode 6: Cascading Failures, Season 3, Episode 7: A Long Way From Home

Awards and Nominations

Juanita Jennings won the 1994 CableACE Award for Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries for her role in Laurel Avenue as Yolanda Arnett-Friedman.

External links

• Juanita Jennings at the Internet Movie Database