Queen Latifah

Known for ActingBorn 1970-03-18 (age 56)Newark, New Jersey, USA

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.Read more

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A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute

People's Choice Awards

Let's Stay Together

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party

The Hip Hop Project

Eve

2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

The Grammys

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery

Star

Maya and the Three

Michael Jackson Memorial

Rock Concert

I Love the '80s Strikes Back

Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Living Single

American Music Awards

Hustle

Roc

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop

MTV Video Music Awards

Miracles from Heaven

The Fairly OddParents

Mama Flora's Family

Hollywood Squares

The Secret Life of Bees

30 Rock

The Equalizer

Hollywood

Entourage

Yo! MTV Raps

Stranger Than Fiction

Last Holiday

Hot in Cleveland

Empire

The Critic

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Set It Off

Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Mom

Chicago

The Wiz Live!

Brotherly Love

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