Acting
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.
Movies with Queen Latifah
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009
Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012
Ice Age: Collision Course
2016
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
Scary Movie 3
2003
Hairspray
2007
22 Jump Street
2014
Ice Age: Boiling Point
2027
Last Holiday
2006
Taxi
2004
Hustle
2022
What Happens in Vegas
2008
Beauty Shop
2005
The Bone Collector
1999
Chicago
2002
Sphere
1998
Valentine's Day
2010
Girls Trip
2017
Miracles from Heaven
2016
Hoodlum
1997
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
2011
Stranger Than Fiction
2006
Set It Off
1996
Mad Money
2008
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
Juice
1992
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016
The Dilemma
2011
Jungle Fever
1991
Just Wright
2010
House Party 2
1991
Bringing Down the House
2003
The Trap
2019
The Secret Life of Bees
2008
The Country Bears
2002
Joyful Noise
2012
Brown Sugar
2002
My Life
1993
Living Out Loud
1998
The Cookout
2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004
Who's the Man?
1993
End of the Road
2022
The Tiger Rising
2022
The Earth Day Special
1990
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005
'Hairspray' Extentions
2007
Mama Africa
2002
Steel Magnolias
2012
The Wiz Live!
2015
Bessie
2015
King of the South
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
2025
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
And the Winner Isn't
2017
The Little Mermaid Live!
2019
Life Support
2007
Arctic Tale
2007
The Perfect Holiday
2007
Girls Trip 2
Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
2002
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
2016
Living with the Dead
2002
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021
It's 'Hairspray'!
2007
Flint
2017
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
Michael Jackson Memorial
2009
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
House of Bodies
2013
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth
2007
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
Garrett's Gift
2008
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2023
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009
One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute
1999
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
Teach
2013
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
1990
I Hate The Way I Look
1994
Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances
2012
The Making of the Wiz Live!
2015
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2002
TV Shows with Queen Latifah
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Daily Show
1996
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Fairly OddParents
2001
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Entourage
2004
The View
1997
Golden Globe Awards
1944
30 Rock
2006
The Equalizer
2021
Empire
2015
Hot Ones
2015
Sherri
2022
Hollywood Squares
1998
Intimate Portrait
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Talk
2010
American Idol
2002
Hot in Cleveland
2010
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
Ellen
1994
Spin City
1996
America's Next Top Model
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Today
1952
Good Day Live
2001
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
The Oscars
1953
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Reichen Show
2005
Lip Sync Battle
2015
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
Living Single
1993
Star
2016
Finding Your Roots
2012
American Music Awards
1974
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992
Rock Concert
1973
The Critic
1994
Eve
2003
Maya and the Three
2021
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Hollywood
2020
Yo! MTV Raps
1988
The Queen Latifah Show
2000
Payback
2022
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Roc
1991
The Early Show
1999
Hogan Knows Best
2005
When the Streetlights Go On
2020
Mama Flora's Family
1998
MADtv
1995
I Love the '80s Strikes Back
2003
The Jenny Jones Show
1991
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
Untold Stories of Hip Hop
2019
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
2023
The Grammys
1959
Living with the Dead
2002