
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
Movies & web series
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A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023 · Movie
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One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute
1999 · Movie
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People's Choice Awards
1975 · Series
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Let's Stay Together
2011 · Series
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Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016 · Series
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The Hip Hop Project
2006 · Movie
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Eve
2003 · Series
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2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2023 · Movie
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The Grammys
1959 · Series
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Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019 · Series
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Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
2025 · Movie
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Star
2016 · Series
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Maya and the Three
2021 · Series
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Michael Jackson Memorial
2009 · Movie
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Rock Concert
1973 · Series
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I Love the '80s Strikes Back
2003 · Series
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Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2002 · Movie
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MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Series
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Living Single
1993 · Series
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American Music Awards
1974 · Series
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Hustle
2022 · Movie
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Roc
1991 · Series
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990 · Series
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Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
2023 · Series
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MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Series
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Miracles from Heaven
2016 · Movie
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The Fairly OddParents
2001 · Series
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Mama Flora's Family
1998 · Series
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Hollywood Squares
1998 · Series
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The Secret Life of Bees
2008 · Movie
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30 Rock
2006 · Series
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The Equalizer
2021 · Series
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Hollywood
2020 · Series
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Entourage
2004 · Series
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Yo! MTV Raps
1988 · Series
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Stranger Than Fiction
2006 · Movie
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Last Holiday
2006 · Movie
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Hot in Cleveland
2010 · Series
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Empire
2015 · Series
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The Critic
1994 · Series
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Hot Ones
2015 · Series
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
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Set It Off
1996 · Movie
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Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Mom
2019 · Movie
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Chicago
2002 · Movie
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The Wiz Live!
2015 · Movie
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Brotherly Love
2015 · Movie
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Teach
2013 · Movie