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