
Queen Latifah
14 FOLLOWERS • 82 CREDITS • MAR 18, 1970 • 54
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.
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Saturday Night Live

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Oscars

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Hot in Cleveland

MTV Video Music Awards

The Daily Show

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Early Show

MTV Movie & TV Awards

America's Next Top Model

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Finding Your Roots

MADtv

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Fairly OddParents

30 Rock

Today

Empire

The Tyra Banks Show

CBS News Sunday Morning

American Idol

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

The Talk

Lip Sync Battle

The Grammys

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop

22 Jump Street

Maya and the Three

Valentine's Day

The Country Bears

Hollywood

Scary Movie 3

Bringing Out the Dead

You're Watching Video Music Box

What Happens in Vegas

Living with the Dead

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

The Making of the Wiz Live!

House Party 2

Miracles from Heaven

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Juice

Hairspray

Sphere

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Stranger Than Fiction

Ice Age 6

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

Chicago

Mama Flora's Family

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Star

The Little Mermaid Live!

Ice Age: Collision Course

Hustle

Mad Money

Girls Trip

Beauty Shop

Last Holiday

Joyful Noise

Steel Magnolias

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America

Bessie

End of the Road

Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop

The Equalizer
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