Queen Latifah

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Newark, New Jersey, USA , 1970-03-18

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1990	Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1	Self	0
2	1991	House Party 2	Zora	53
3	1992	Juice	Ruffhouse M.C.	72
4	1993	Who's the Man?	Queen Latifah	52
5	1993	My Life	Theresa	67
6	1996	Set It Off	Cleo	72
7	1997	Hoodlum	Sulie	64
8	1998	Sphere	Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher	61
9	1998	Living Out Loud	Liz Bailey	59
10	1999	Bringing Out the Dead	Dispatcher Love (voice)	66
11	1999	The Bone Collector	Thelma	68
12	1999	One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star tribute	Self - Perfomer	93
13	2002	Brown Sugar	Francine	67
14	2002	Chicago	Matron Mama Morton	71
15	2003	Bringing Down the House	Charlene Morton	60
16	2003	Scary Movie 3	Aunt Shaneequa / The Oracle	60
17	2004	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	Gina	60
18	2004	Taxi	Isabelle 'Belle' Williams	56
19	2005	Beauty Shop	Gina Norris	63
20	2005	The Muppets' Wizard of Oz	Aunt Em	53
21	2006	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Ellie (voice)	67
22	2006	Stranger Than Fiction	Penny Escher	73
23		Girls Trip 2	Sasha Franklin	0
24	1990	The Earth Day Special	Self	69
25	1991	Jungle Fever	Lashawn	64
26	1994	I Hate The Way I Look	Self	0
27	2002	Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal	Self - Host	70
28	2002	Living with the Dead	Midge Harmon	52
29	2002	Mama Africa	Host	0
30	2002	The Country Bears	Cha-Cha	47
31	2004	Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?	Self	80
32	2004	The Cookout	Security Guard	46
33	2006	Last Holiday	Georgia Byrd	72
34	2007	Life Support	Ana	56
35	2007	Arctic Tale	Narrator	67
36	2007	Hairspray	Motormouth Maybelle	67
37	2007	The Perfect Holiday	Mrs. Christmas	52
38	2008	Mad Money	Nina Brewster	65
39	2008	Garrett's Gift		0
40	2008	What Happens in Vegas	Dr. Twitchell	61
41	2008	The Secret Life of Bees	August Boatwright	75
42	2009	We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial	Self	46
43	2009	Zac Efron's Pool Party	Self	32
44	2009	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Ellie (voice)	68
45	2009	Michael Jackson Memorial	Self	80
46	2009	Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s	Self (archive)	0
47	2009	Unearthing the Lost World \| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Self	0
48	2010	Valentine's Day	Paula Thomas	59
49	2010	Just Wright	Leslie Wright	65
50	2011	The Dilemma	Dana	53
51	2011	Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas	Ellie (voice)	65
52	2012	Joyful Noise	Vi Rose Hill	64
53	2012	Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances	Self	40
54	2012	Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’	Self	50
55	2012	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Ellie (voice)	64
56	2012	Steel Magnolias	M'Lynn	70
57	2013	House of Bodies	Nicole	51
58	2013	Teach	Self	70
59	2014	22 Jump Street	Mrs. Dickson (uncredited)	68
60	2015	Bessie	Bessie Smith	64
61	2015	The Making of the Wiz Live!	Self	0
62	2015	The Wiz Live!	The Wiz	70
63	2016	Miracles from Heaven	Angela Bradford	74
64	2016	Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade	Ellie (voice)	64
65	2016	Ice Age: Collision Course	Ellie (voice)	61
66	2017	Girls Trip	Sasha Franklin	68
67	2017	Flint	Iza Banks	68
68	2017	And the Winner Isn't	Self	57
69	2019	The Trap	Dr. Obayuwana	49
70	2019	The Little Mermaid Live!	Ursula	69
71	2021	2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Self	70
72	2021	You're Watching Video Music Box	Self (archive footage)	64
73	2022	The Tiger Rising	Willie May	56
74	2022	Hustle	Teresa Sugerman	77
75	2022	End of the Road	Brenda Freeman	60
76	2023	2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Self	81
77	2023	A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop	Self	85
78		King of the South		0
79	2026	Ice Age 6	Ellie (voice)	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Today	Self	58
2	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
3	1953	The Oscars	Self - Performer	71
4	1959	The Grammys	Self - Host	87
5	1973	Rock Concert	Self	80
6	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
7	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host & Musical Guest	70
8	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
9	1979	CBS News Sunday Morning	Self	68
10	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	43
11	1984	MTV Video Music Awards	Self	76
12	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
13	1988	Yo! MTV Raps	Self	75
14	1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Marissa Redman	79
15	1991	Roc		78
16	1991	The Jenny Jones Show		0
17	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
18	1992	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Self - Presenter	79
19	1992	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Queen Latifah	64
20	1993	Living Single	Khadijah James	84
21	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
22	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self (archive footage)	45
23	1994	The Critic	Queen Latifah (voice)	73
24	1994	Ellen	Queen Latifah (uncredited)	62
25	1995	MADtv	Self - Hostess	69
26	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest	35
27	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
28	1996	Spin City	Robin Jones	71
29	1997	The View	Self	45
30	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
31	1998	Mama Flora's Family	Diana	73
32	1999	The Early Show	Self	57
33	2000	The Queen Latifah Show		35
34	2001	The Fairly OddParents	Pam Dromeda (voice)	76
35	2001	Good Day Live	Self	30
36	2002	American Idol	Self	51
37	2003	America's Next Top Model	Guest	53
38	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
39	2003	Eve	Simone	91
40	2003	I Love the '80s Strikes Back		80
41	2005	Hogan Knows Best		52
42	2005	The Tyra Banks Show		50
43	2005	The Reichen Show	Self - Guest	48
44	2006	VH1 Rock Honors		70
45	2006	30 Rock	Regina Bookman	75
46	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
47	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Aunt Esther Jean Johnson	74
48	2010	The Talk		34
49	2012	Finding Your Roots	Self	62
50	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self - Guest	59
51	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
52	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
53	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
54	2015	Empire	Carlotta Brown	72
55	2015	Hot Ones	Self	75
56	2015	Lip Sync Battle	Self	64
57	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
58	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert		64
59	2016	Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party		85
60	2016	Star	Carlotta Brown	79
61	2017	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Self	58
62	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		65
63	2019	Untold Stories of Hip Hop	Self	0
64	2019	Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America	Self	80
65	2020	When the Streetlights Go On	Detective Grasso	67
66	2020	Hollywood	Hattie McDaniel	73
67	2021	The Equalizer	Robyn McCall	74
68	2021	Maya and the Three	Gran Bruja (voice)	79
69	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42
70	2023	Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop		75

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