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person_profile-Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah Age: 55

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Queen Latifah

Date of Birth:

Mar 18, 1970

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Queen Latifah

    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.

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Queen Latifah

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Filmography of

Queen Latifah

Found 73 Movies in total

The 97th Academy Awards

Self - Performer ( Actor )

... 2025

End of the Road

Brenda ( Actor )

Producer

... 2022

Hustle

Teresa Sugerman ( Actor )

... 2022

The Tiger Rising

Willie May ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2022

You're Watching Video Music Box

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

... 2019

The Trap

Dr. Obayuwana ( Actor )

... 2019

And the Winner Isn't

Self ( Actor )

... 2017

Flint

Iza Banks ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2017

Girls Trip

Sasha Franklin ( Actor )

... 2017

The Lego Batman Movie

Wicked Witch (voice) ( Actor )

... 2017

Ice Age: Collision Course

Ellie (voice) ( Actor )

... 2016

Miracles from Heaven

Angela Bradford ( Actor )

... 2016

The Wiz Live!

The Wiz ( Actor )

... 2015

... 2015

Bessie

Bessie Smith ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2015

22 Jump Street

Mrs. Dickson (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2014

The Lego Movie

Witch (voice) ( Actor )

... 2014

Teach

Self ( Actor )

... 2013

House of Bodies

Nicole ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2013

Steel Magnolias

M'Lynn ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2012

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Ellie (voice) ( Actor )

... 2012

Joyful Noise

Vi Rose Hill ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2012

The Dilemma

Dana ( Actor )

... 2011

Just Wright

Leslie Wright ( Actor )

Producer

... 2010

Valentine's Day

Paula Thomas ( Actor )

... 2010

... 2009

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ellie (voice) ( Actor )

... 2009

The Secret Life of Bees

August Boatwright ( Actor )

... 2008

What Happens in Vegas

Dr. Twitchell ( Actor )

... 2008

Mad Money

Nina Brewster ( Actor )

... 2008

The Perfect Holiday

Mrs. Christmas ( Actor )

Producer

... 2007

Hairspray

Motormouth Maybelle ( Actor )

... 2007

Arctic Tale

Narrator ( Actor )

... 2007

Life Support

Ana ( Actor )

... 2007

Stranger Than Fiction

Penny Escher ( Actor )

... 2006

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ellie (voice) ( Actor )

... 2006

Last Holiday

Georgia Byrd ( Actor )

... 2006

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Aunt Em ( Actor )

... 2005

Beauty Shop

Gina Norris ( Actor )

Producer

... 2005

Taxi

Isabelle 'Belle' Williams ( Actor )

Music Consultant

... 2004

The Cookout

Security Guard ( Actor )

Story

... 2004

... 2004

Scary Movie 3

Aunt Shaneequa / The Oracle ( Actor )

... 2003

Bringing Down the House

Charlene Morton ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2003

Chicago

Matron Mama Morton ( Actor )

... 2002

Brown Sugar

Francine ( Actor )

... 2002

The Country Bears

Cha-Cha ( Actor )

... 2002

Mama Africa

Host ( Actor )

... 2002

Living with the Dead

Midge Harmon ( Actor )

... 2002

... 2002

... 1999

The Bone Collector

Thelma ( Actor )

... 1999

Bringing Out the Dead

Dispatcher Love (Voice) ( Actor )

... 1999

Living Out Loud

Liz Bailey ( Actor )

... 1998

Sphere

Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher ( Actor )

... 1998

Hoodlum

Sulie ( Actor )

... 1997

Set It Off

Cleo ( Actor )

... 1996

My Life

Theresa ( Actor )

... 1993

Who's the Man?

Herself ( Actor )

... 1993

Juice

Ruffhouse M.C. ( Actor )

... 1992

House Party 2

Zora ( Actor )

... 1991

Jungle Fever

Lashawn ( Actor )

... 1991

The Earth Day Special

Herself ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1990