Queen Latifah
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
156
Gender
Female
Birthday
1970-03-18 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Queen Latifah
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.
Known For
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
30 Rock
The Fairly OddParents
Entourage
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sherri
The View
The View
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
American Idol
CBS News Sunday Morning
Hot Ones
The Equalizer
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Spin City
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Ellen
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Empire
America's Next Top Model
Hot in Cleveland
The Tyra Banks Show
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Girls Trip
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Good Day Live
MTV Video Music Awards
Lip Sync Battle
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Intimate Portrait
Finding Your Roots
Ice Age: Collision Course
22 Jump Street
Living Single
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
The Reichen Show
Scary Movie 3
The Oscars
The Oscars
The Talk
Star
MTV Movie & TV Awards
One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star tribute
What Happens in Vegas
The Critic
Taxi
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Just Wright
Bringing Down the House
Maya and the Three
Last Holiday
Sphere
Hairspray
Hustle
Eve
Chicago
The Bone Collector
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Entertainment Tonight
Miracles from Heaven
Hollywood
Hollywood
Juice
Bringing Out the Dead
The Perfect Holiday
The Dilemma
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
The Cookout
Unearthing the Lost World | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Joyful Noise
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
Hoodlum
Today
The Secret Life of Bees
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Rock Concert
Bessie
Mad Money
Beauty Shop
Brown Sugar
Set It Off
Ice Age: Boiling Point
Valentine's Day
Steel Magnolias
The Trap
Life Support
My Life
Roc
Flint
Stranger Than Fiction
Yo! MTV Raps
End of the Road
Payback
Hogan Knows Best
Living with the Dead
When the Streetlights Go On
The Making of the Wiz Live!
House Party 2
Zac Efron's Pool Party
The Early Show
The Little Mermaid Live!
Who's the Man?
The Country Bears
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
The Jenny Jones Show
Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances
Mama Flora's Family
Mama Africa
Living Out Loud
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
The Wiz Live!
And the Winner Isn't
Jungle Fever
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
MADtv
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
VH1 Rock Honors
Michael Jackson Memorial
Arctic Tale
I Love the '80s Strikes Back
The Tiger Rising
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
House of Bodies
The Earth Day Special
You're Watching Video Music Box
The Queen Latifah Show
Girls Trip 2
The Grammys
Untold Stories of Hip Hop
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
King of the South
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Garrett's Gift
Teach
I Hate The Way I Look
