Queen Latifah

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Born: March 18, 1970
From: Newark, New Jersey, USA
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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.

Works

87 films

Ice Age: Continental Drift

20126.4

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

20096.8

Ice Age: Collision Course

20166.1

Ice Age: The Meltdown

20066.7

Scary Movie 3

20036.0

22 Jump Street

20146.8

The Bone Collector

19996.8

Ice Age: Boiling Point

2027

What Happens in Vegas

20086.1

Last Holiday

20067.3

Sphere

19986.1

Girls Trip

20176.8

Taxi

20045.6

Valentine's Day

20105.9

Chicago

20027.1

Hustle

20227.7

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

20116.4

Stranger Than Fiction

20067.3

Hairspray

20076.7

Miracles from Heaven

20167.4

Mad Money

20086.5

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

20166.4

Bringing Out the Dead

19996.6

The Dilemma

20115.3

Set It Off

19967.2

Hoodlum

19976.5

Beauty Shop

20056.3

Bringing Down the House

20036.0

Juice

19927.2

The Secret Life of Bees

20087.5

Just Wright

20106.5

Jungle Fever

19916.4

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

20046.1

End of the Road

20226.0

The Trap

20194.9

Brown Sugar

20026.6

Joyful Noise

20126.4

The Country Bears

20024.8

Arctic Tale

20076.8

My Life

19936.7

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery

20257.9

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

20055.2

Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal

20025.5

House Party 2

19915.5

The Cookout

20044.7

Mama Africa

20027.0

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

19937.0

The Tiger Rising

20225.5

The Earth Day Special

19906.1

The Little Mermaid Live!

20196.8

'Hairspray' Extentions

2007

Who's the Man?

19935.4

You're Watching Video Music Box

20216.4

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

20125.0

Bessie

20156.4

Steel Magnolias

20126.9

Living Out Loud

19986.0

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

20214.0

Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1

1990

VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens

2016

Michael Jackson Memorial

20098.0

Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth

2007

Flint

20176.8

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"

20076.0

Girls Trip 2

2026

The Perfect Holiday

20075.3

Life Support

20075.6

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?

2004

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!

20047.6

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

20094.6

Zac Efron's Pool Party

20093.3

And the Winner Isn't

20176.3

House of Bodies

20134.9

The Making of the Wiz Live!

2015

The Wiz Live!

20157.0

Living with the Dead

20025.5

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

20239.0

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

2009

Teach

20137.0

It's 'Hairspray'!

2007

Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances

20126.5

One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute

19999.0

King of the South

2026

2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

20238.1

I Hate the Way I Look

1994

Garrett's Gift

2008

Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras

20028.0