Queen Latifah
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
161
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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Golden Globe Awards
The View
The View
30 Rock
Hot Ones
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Fairly OddParents
Entourage
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Sherri
Empire
MTV Video Music Awards
American Idol
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Equalizer
CBS News Sunday Morning
Good Day Live
Hot in Cleveland
Intimate Portrait
Spin City
Lip Sync Battle
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Oscars
The Oscars
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Tyra Banks Show
Hustle
America's Next Top Model
My Life
The Talk
Ellen
People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards
The Reichen Show
22 Jump Street
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Finding Your Roots
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Just Wright
Ice Age: Collision Course
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Mad Money
Star
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Bessie
Flint
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Eve
Life Support
The Trap
Living Single
Set It Off
Scary Movie 3
Mama Africa
Hoodlum
The Critic
Last Holiday
Girls Trip
Maya and the Three
Entertainment Tonight
The Bone Collector
Taxi
Today
Hollywood
Beauty Shop
Rock Concert
Chicago
Valentine's Day
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
Miracles from Heaven
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Yo! MTV Raps
What Happens in Vegas
Hairspray
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Sphere
Stranger Than Fiction
Bringing Out the Dead
The Early Show
Juice
Hogan Knows Best
The Dilemma
The Secret Life of Bees
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
Roc
When the Streetlights Go On
Mama Flora's Family
Ice Age: Boiling Point
Payback
Brown Sugar
Jungle Fever
Teach
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
I Love the '80s Strikes Back
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Bringing Down the House
The Country Bears
MADtv
Untold Stories of Hip Hop
Girls Trip 2
The Jenny Jones Show
House Party 2
End of the Road
The Queen Latifah Show
Joyful Noise
The Grammys
The Grammys
The Tiger Rising
The Cookout
VH1 Rock Honors
King of the South
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
House of Bodies
Steel Magnolias
Living Out Loud
The Perfect Holiday
The Little Mermaid Live!
The Earth Day Special
Zac Efron's Pool Party
You're Watching Video Music Box
Arctic Tale
Living with the Dead
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
Living with the Dead
Who's the Man?
The Wiz Live!
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
And the Winner Isn't
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
Michael Jackson Memorial
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Unearthing the Lost World | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
The Making of the Wiz Live!
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star tribute
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Garrett's Gift
I Hate The Way I Look
Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
