Juanita Jennings

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OccupationActress
Yearsactive1986–present
Juanita Jennings
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present

Juanita Jennings is an American actress, known for her roles on television. She is known for playing Edna in the TBS sitcom Meet the Browns, Ruby Jones in the Fox drama Star, and Nana Mama in the Prime Video procedural Cross.

Jennings won the 1994 CableACE Award for Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries for her role in Laurel Avenue.[1] She guest-starred in many television series, including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Ellen, Chicago Hope, 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.[2][3]

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 recurring roles in The Division, The Bold and the Beautiful and most notably in the Fox primetime soap opera Star from 2017 to 2019. In 2019, she had a recurring role in the USA Network legal drama Pearson and the Oprah Winfrey Network drama David Makes Man.[4] Starting in 2024, she has appeared as Regina "Nana Mama" Cross in the Prime Video crime drama Cross, based on the novels of James Patterson.

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