BET Star Cinema's Favorite Moms On-Screen

Check out some of our favorite on-screen moms.

Jennifer Lewis - Are there any young actors left who haven't had the pleasure of having Jenifer Lewis as their on-screen mom? Not Easily Broken, The Cookout, The Brothers, The Temptations—and the list goes on. (Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

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Jennifer Lewis - Are there any young actors left who haven't had the pleasure of having Jenifer Lewis as their on-screen mom? Not Easily Broken, The Cookout, The Brothers, The Temptations—and the list goes on. (Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Taraji P. Henson - The beautiful, sassy, Oscar-nominated actress has developed quite a name for herself at award shows. Henson hosted the Soul Train Awards in 2009 and 2010 with fellow Oscar-nominee Terrence Howard. (Photo: John Shearer/Getty Images for Coach)

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Taraji P. Henson - Whether she's going through baby-mama drama in Baby Boy or moving her son to China in The Karate Kid, Taraji always plays a mom with a lot of sass. (Photo: John Shearer/Getty Images for Coach)

Phylicia Rashad, Do No Harm (NBC) - Claire Huxtable is back! But this time, she'll be the one swinging the stethescope. Rashad will play a stern-but-supportive chief of surgery in this hospital drama, whose underlings include a neurosurgeon with an evil alter-ego.(Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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Phylicia Rashad - Starting off as our favorite TV mom on The Cosby Show, she has played a mom on the big screen as well, most recently in Just Wright. (Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Nia Long - From Big Momma's House to Are We There Yet?, Nia Long has played the single mother that every man wants to get closer to. (Photo: Henry S. Dziekan III/Getty Images)

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Nia Long - From Big Momma's House to Are We There Yet?, Nia Long has played the single mother that every man wants to get closer to. (Photo: Henry S. Dziekan III/Getty Images)

Loretta Devine - Waiting to Exhale, Death at a Funeral, This Christmas and Class Act are just a handful of the many times Devine has played a mom on film. Her latest role as a mother is in the movie Jumping the Broom. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images For Tyler Perry Studios)

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Loretta Devine - Waiting to Exhale, Death at a Funeral, This Christmas and Class Act are just a handful of the many times Devine has played a mom on film. Her latest role as a mother is in the movie Jumping the Broom. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images For Tyler Perry Studios)

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Regina King - In This Christmas, Enemy of the State and most recently Our Family Wedding, she plays the mom that always tries to keep everything together. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Regina King - In This Christmas, Enemy of the State and most recently Our Family Wedding, she plays the mom that always tries to keep everything together. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Tasha Smith - Born in Camden, Smith overcame a very tough early life before she found God — and Tyler Perry. Smith has appeared in several of Perry's films, including Daddy's Little Girls and Why Did I Get Married? and even launched her own acting school.(Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

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Tasha Smith - From Daddy Little Girls to Why Did I Get Married?, she always plays that loud obnonxious mom that we can't take our eyes off—if only to see what crazy mess she will get into next. (Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images) 

Worst: Memphis Beat - Not even the presence of actress powerhouse Alfre Woodard could save the ratings-challenged cable drama Memphis Beat from cancellation. The sophomore series, which starred Jason Lee as a quirky cop and Woodard as his superior Lt. Tanya Rice, was not renewed for a third season.(Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for IMG)

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Alfre Woodard - In films like Love & Basketball and Something New, Alfre always plays a mom with poise and charm. (Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for IMG)

Whoopi Goldberg - Whoopi has played some of the most memorable mothers on film. From her crazy antics in Made in America to being enstranged from her children in The Color Purple, to the blunt and rude mother in Kingdom Come and, most recently, the religiously crazed mother in Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls. (Photo: Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images)

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Whoopi Goldberg - Whoopi has played some of the most memorable mothers on film. From her crazy antics in Made in America to being enstranged from her children in The Color Purple, to the blunt and rude mother in Kingdom Come and, most recently, the religiously crazed mother in Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls. (Photo: Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images)

Angela Bassett in Mr. & Mrs. Smith  - As if this action flick wasn't hot enough already with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie starring, just imagine if Angela Bassett appeared in the film as Pitt's cutthroat boss! The actress's role got  left on the cutting room floor, maybe because the director thought she might burn right through the celluloid.(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)

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Angela Bassett - Best known for playing moms in What's Love Got to Do With It, Notorious and Malcolm X, Bassett has a long list of mother roles. Stella Got Her Groove Back, Akeelah and the Bee and, most recently, Jumping the Broom are just a few of her maternal portrayals. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)

Halle Berry - Halle usually plays a mother who is going through something tragic. Memorable examples include Losiah Isaiah, Monster's Ball, and Things We Lost In The Fire. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)

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Halle Berry - Halle usually plays a mother who is going through something tragic. Memorable examples include Losiah Isaiah, Monster's Ball, and Things We Lost In The Fire. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)