Queen Latifah
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
153
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
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sherri
The Fairly OddParents
CBS News Sunday Morning
Entourage
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
American Idol
30 Rock
The View
The View
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Hot Ones
Good Day Live
The Tyra Banks Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Equalizer
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Hot in Cleveland
MTV Video Music Awards
Spin City
America's Next Top Model
Intimate Portrait
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Ellen
Empire
The Reichen Show
The Talk
Lip Sync Battle
Scary Movie 3
Living Single
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Star
Finding Your Roots
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
The Oscars
The Oscars
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Ice Age: Continental Drift
22 Jump Street
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Ice Age: Collision Course
Today
Last Holiday
Entertainment Tonight
Roc
Eve
Taxi
Hollywood
Hollywood
The Bone Collector
Juice
The Critic
Sphere
What Happens in Vegas
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
The Dilemma
Bringing Down the House
Hairspray
Miracles from Heaven
The Secret Life of Bees
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Joyful Noise
Maya and the Three
Hustle
The Perfect Holiday
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
The Country Bears
Mad Money
Brown Sugar
Bessie
Hogan Knows Best
The Cookout
The Tiger Rising
Hoodlum
Yo! MTV Raps
Steel Magnolias
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Living with the Dead
Valentine's Day
The Early Show
And the Winner Isn't
Chicago
Life Support
Arctic Tale
Jungle Fever
One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star tribute
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Girls Trip
House Party 2
Living Out Loud
Mama Flora's Family
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
My Life
Just Wright
Zac Efron's Pool Party
Ice Age: Boiling Point
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Beauty Shop
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
End of the Road
When the Streetlights Go On
Set It Off
Rock Concert
Stranger Than Fiction
I Love the '80s Strikes Back
The Jenny Jones Show
VH1 Rock Honors
The Queen Latifah Show
The Little Mermaid Live!
Bringing Out the Dead
Michael Jackson Memorial
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
Who's the Man?
House of Bodies
The Wiz Live!
MADtv
Flint
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
The Trap
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
Unearthing the Lost World | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Untold Stories of Hip Hop
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Mama Africa
The Making of the Wiz Live!
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
The Earth Day Special
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
The Grammys
Girls Trip 2
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances
King of the South
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
I Hate The Way I Look
Teach
Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
Garrett's Gift
