Queen Latifah
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 18, 1970 (age 56)
- Birthplace
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, actress, and singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1989 and released her debut album All Hail the Queen on November 28, 1989, featuring the hit single "Ladies First". Nature of a Sista' (1991) was her second and final album with Tommy Boy Records. Latifah starred as Khadijah James on the Fox sitcom Living Single from 1993 to 1998. Her third album, Black Reign (1993), became the first album by a solo female rapper to receive a RIAA certification, and spawned the single "U.N.I.T.Y.", which was influential in raising awareness of violence against women and the objectification of Black female sexuality. The record won a Grammy Award and peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. She then starred in the lead role of Set It Off (1996) and released her fourth album, Order in the Court, on June 16, 1998, with Motown Records. Latifah garnered acclaim with her role of Matron "Mama" Morton in the musical film Chicago (2002), receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Latifah released her fifth album The Dana Owens Album in 2004. In 2007 and 2009, she released two more studio albums – Trav'lin' Light and Persona. She created the daytime talk show The Queen Latifah Show, which ran from 1999 to 2001, and again from 2013 to 2015, in syndication. She has appeared in a number of films, such as Bringing Down the House (2003), Taxi (2004), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2005), Beauty Shop (2005), Last Holiday (2006), Hairspray (2007), Joyful Noise (2012), 22 Jump Street (2014) and Girls Trip (2017) and provided voice work in the Ice Age film series. Latifah received critical acclaim for her portrayal of blues singer Bessie Smith in the HBO film Bessie (2015), which she co-produced, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. From 2016 to 2019, she starred as Carlotta Brown in the musical drama series Star. In 2020, she portrayed Hattie McDaniel in the miniseries Hollywood. Queen Latifah has been referred to as the "Queen of Rap" by several media articles, as well as "rap's first feminist". Latifah became the first hip hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2006). Latifah's work in music, film and television has earned her a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, and an Academy Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Queen Latifah, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Girls Trip 2
Movie · as Sasha Franklin
King of the South
Movie
Ice Age: Boiling Point
Movie · as Ellie (voice)
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
Movie · as Self
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Movie · as Self
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Hustle
Movie · as Teresa Sugerman
End of the Road
Movie · as Brenda Freeman
The Tiger Rising
Movie · as Willie May
Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Payback
TV · as Self - Funeral Attendee (archive footage) · 1 ep
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self
You're Watching Video Music Box
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Maya and the Three
TV · as Gran Bruja (voice) · 9 eps
The Equalizer
TV · as Robyn McCall · 74 eps
When the Streetlights Go On
TV · as Detective Grasso · 10 eps
Hollywood
TV · as Hattie McDaniel · 7 eps
The Trap
Movie · as Dr. Obayuwana
The Little Mermaid Live!
Movie · as Ursula
Untold Stories of Hip Hop
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Girls Trip
Movie · as Sasha Franklin
Flint
Movie · as Iza Banks
And the Winner Isn't
Movie · as Self
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Miracles from Heaven
Movie · as Angela Bradford
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Movie · as Ellie (voice)
Ice Age: Collision Course
Movie · as Ellie (voice)
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
Movie
Star
TV · as Carlotta Brown · 48 eps
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
TV · 1 ep
Bessie
Movie · as Bessie Smith
The Wiz Live!
Movie · as The Wiz
The Making of the Wiz Live!
Movie · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Lip Sync Battle
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Empire
TV · as Carlotta Brown · 1 ep
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
22 Jump Street
Movie · as Mrs. Dickson (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 7 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
House of Bodies
Movie · as Nicole
Teach
Movie · as Self
Joyful Noise
Movie · as Vi Rose Hill
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Movie · as Ellie (voice)
Steel Magnolias
Movie · as M'Lynn
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Movie · as Self
Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances
Movie · as Self
Finding Your Roots
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Dilemma
Movie · as Dana
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Movie · as Ellie (voice)
The Voice
TV · as Self - Coach · 14 eps
Valentine's Day
Movie · as Paula Thomas
Just Wright
Movie · as Leslie Wright
The Talk
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Hot in Cleveland
TV · as Aunt Esther Jean Johnson · 1 ep
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Movie · as Ellie (voice)
Zac Efron's Pool Party
Movie · as Self
Michael Jackson Memorial
Movie · as Self
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Movie · as Self (archive)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
Mad Money
Movie · as Nina Brewster
What Happens in Vegas
Movie · as Dr. Twitchell
The Secret Life of Bees
Movie · as August Boatwright
Garrett's Gift
Movie
Hairspray
Movie · as Motormouth Maybelle
Arctic Tale
Movie · as Narrator
Life Support
Movie · as Ana
The Perfect Holiday
Movie · as Mrs. Christmas
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
Movie · as Self
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Movie · as Ellie (voice)
Stranger Than Fiction
Movie · as Penny Escher
Last Holiday
Movie · as Georgia Byrd
30 Rock
TV · as Regina Bookman · 1 ep
VH1 Rock Honors
TV · 1 ep
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Movie · as Aunt Em
Beauty Shop
Movie · as Gina Norris
The Tyra Banks Show
TV · 1 ep
Hogan Knows Best
TV · 1 ep
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Taxi
Movie · as Isabelle 'Belle' Williams
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Movie · as Gina
The Cookout
Movie · as Security Guard
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Movie · as Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Entourage
TV · as Dana Elaine Owens · 1 ep
Bringing Down the House
Movie · as Charlene Morton
Scary Movie 3
Movie · as Aunt ShaNeequa
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 9 eps
I Love the '80s Strikes Back
TV · 10 eps
America's Next Top Model
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Eve
TV · as Simone · 1 ep
Chicago
Movie · as Matron Mama Morton
Brown Sugar
Movie · as Francine
The Country Bears
Movie · as Cha-Cha
Living with the Dead
Movie · as Midge Harmon
Mama Africa
Movie · as Host
Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
Movie · as Self - Host
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
Movie
American Idol
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Living with the Dead
TV · as Midge Harmon · 2 eps
Good Day Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Fairly OddParents
TV · as Pam Dromeda (voice) · 1 ep
The Queen Latifah Show
TV · 2 eps
Bringing Out the Dead
Movie · as Dispatcher Love (voice)
The Bone Collector
Movie · as Thelma
One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute
Movie · as Self - Perfomer
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sphere
Movie · as Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher
Living Out Loud
Movie · as Liz Bailey
Mama Flora's Family
TV · as Diana · 2 eps
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps
Hoodlum
Movie · as Sulie
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 7 eps
Set It Off
Movie · as Cleo
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Spin City
TV · as Robin Jones · 2 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
MADtv
TV · as Self - Hostess · 1 ep
I Hate the Way I Look
Movie · as Self
The Critic
TV · as Queen Latifah (voice) · 1 ep
Ellen
TV · as Queen Latifah (uncredited) · 1 ep
Who's the Man?
Movie · as Queen Latifah
My Life
Movie · as Theresa
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Movie · as Self - Special Guest
Living Single
TV · as Khadijah James · 118 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Juice
Movie · as Ruffhouse M.C.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 5 eps
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
TV · as Queen Latifah · 1 ep
House Party 2
Movie · as Zora
Jungle Fever
Movie · as Lashawn
Roc
TV · 1 ep
The Jenny Jones Show
TV · 1 ep
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
Movie · as Self
The Earth Day Special
Movie · as Self
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV · as Marissa Redman · 2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Yo! MTV Raps
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oprah Winfrey Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
MTV Video Music Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 2 eps
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Host & Musical Guest, Gwen Ifill (uncredited) · 1 ep
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Host · 1 ep
American Music Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Rock Concert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Grammys
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self, Self - Performer · 3 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep