Queen Latifah
Known for Acting · 160 credits
- Born
- 1970-03-18 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Dana Owens · Dana Elaine Owens
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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Known For
TV Shows (73)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self / Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Host & Musical Guest / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
The View
1997
as Self / Self - Guest
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
American Idol
2002
as Self
The Fairly OddParents
2001
as Pam Dromeda (voice)
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Entourage
2004
as Dana Elaine Owens
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Equalizer
2021
as Robyn McCall
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
30 Rock
2006
as Regina Bookman
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
America's Next Top Model
2003
as Self - Guest
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self - Guest
The Talk
2010
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Aunt Esther Jean Johnson
Empire
2015
as Carlotta Brown
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Spin City
1996
as Robin Jones
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self (archive footage)
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter
Living Single
1993
as Khadijah James
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Ellen
1994
as Queen Latifah (uncredited)
Star
2016
as Carlotta Brown
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter / Self - Host
The Oscars
1953
as Self / Self - Performer
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
as Marissa Redman
Lip Sync Battle
2015
as Self
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
as Self
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992
as Queen Latifah
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
American Music Awards
1974
as Self - Host
The Critic
1994
as Queen Latifah (voice)
Eve
2003
as Simone
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
The Early Show
1999
as Self
Payback
2022
as Self - Funeral Attendee (archive footage)
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Hollywood
2020
as Hattie McDaniel
Rock Concert
1973
as Self
Yo! MTV Raps
1988
as Self
Maya and the Three
2021
as Gran Bruja (voice)
Roc
1991
Movies (87)
Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012
as Ellie (voice)
Ice Age: Collision Course
2016
as Ellie (voice)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009
as Ellie (voice)
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
as Ellie (voice)
22 Jump Street
2014
as Mrs. Dickson (uncredited)
Ice Age: Boiling Point
2027
as Ellie (voice)
Scary Movie 3
2003
as Aunt Shaneequa / The Oracle
The Bone Collector
1999
as Thelma
Hairspray
2007
as Motormouth Maybelle
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
2011
as Ellie (voice)
Sphere
1998
as Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher
What Happens in Vegas
2008
as Dr. Twitchell
Miracles from Heaven
2016
as Angela Bradford
Hustle
2022
as Teresa Sugerman
Last Holiday
2006
as Georgia Byrd
Valentine's Day
2010
as Paula Thomas
Chicago
2002
as Matron Mama Morton
Taxi
2004
as Isabelle 'Belle' Williams
Hoodlum
1997
as Sulie
Girls Trip
2017
as Sasha Franklin
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016
as Ellie (voice)
The Secret Life of Bees
2008
as August Boatwright
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
as Dispatcher Love (voice)
Stranger Than Fiction
2006
as Penny Escher
Set It Off
1996
as Cleo
The Dilemma
2011
as Dana
Beauty Shop
2005
as Gina Norris
Juice
1992
as Ruffhouse M.C.
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Self
Jungle Fever
1991
as Lashawn
Mama Africa
2002
as Host
The Country Bears
2002
as Cha-Cha
The Trap
2019
as Dr. Obayuwana
Bringing Down the House
2003
as Charlene Morton
Mad Money
2008
as Nina Brewster
End of the Road
2022
as Brenda Freeman
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004
as Gina
And the Winner Isn't
2017
as Self
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005
as Aunt Em
Brown Sugar
2002
as Francine
Joyful Noise
2012
as Vi Rose Hill
Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
2002
as Self - Host
The Little Mermaid Live!
2019
as Ursula
'Hairspray' Extentions
2007
as Self
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
2025
as Self
Just Wright
2010
as Leslie Wright
Steel Magnolias
2012
as M'Lynn
The Cookout
2004
as Security Guard
My Life
1993
as Theresa
House Party 2
1991
as Zora
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009
as Self
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
2016
Living with the Dead
2002
as Midge Harmon
The Tiger Rising
2022
as Willie May
Living Out Loud
1998
as Liz Bailey
Michael Jackson Memorial
2009
as Self
Arctic Tale
2007
as Narrator
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
Bessie
2015
as Bessie Smith
The Perfect Holiday
2007
as Mrs. Christmas
The Wiz Live!
2015
as The Wiz
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007
as Self
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021
as Self (archive footage)
It's 'Hairspray'!
2007
as Self
Girls Trip 2
as Sasha Franklin
Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth
2007
as Self
Life Support
2007
as Ana
Who's the Man?
1993
as Queen Latifah
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
as Self - Special Guest
I Hate the Way I Look
1994
as Self
House of Bodies
2013
as Nicole
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self (archive)
Flint
2017
as Iza Banks
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
as Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
as Self
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
as Self
King of the South
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
as Self
Teach
2013
as Self
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
1990
as Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of the Wiz Live!
2015
as Self
One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute
1999
as Self - Perfomer
Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances
2012
as Self
Garrett's Gift
2008
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2023
as Self
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2002
About 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 r… With 160 credits spanning from 1944 to 2027, Queen Latifah has appeared in 87 films and 73 TV shows.
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Most Popular Queen Latifah Movies
- Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) — as Ellie (voice)
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) — as Ellie (voice)
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) — as Ellie (voice)
- Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) — as Ellie (voice)
- 22 Jump Street (2014) — as Mrs. Dickson (uncredited)
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