Queen Latifah
Country: United States
Gender: F
Birthday: 1970-03-18
Biography
Dana Elaine Owens was born on March 18, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey. Better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, she is a rapper, actress and singer. Queen Latifah's work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy Award nomination and an Academy Award nomination.
From 1993-1998, Latifah had a starring role on Living Single. She began her film career in supporting roles in the 1991 and 1992 films House Party 2, Juice and Jungle Fever. Later, Latifah appeared in the 1996 box-office hit, Set It Off and subsequently had a supporting role in the Holly Hunter film Living Out Loud (1998). She also played the role of Thelma in the 1999 movie The Bone Collector, alongside Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Although she had already received some critical acclaim, she gained mainstream success after being cast as Matron "Mama" Morton in the Oscar-winning film adaptation of the musical Chicago (2002). Latifah received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Since then, she has starred in a number of popular films including; Bringing Down the House, with Steve Martin, Taxi, Beauty Shop, Hairspray and Last Holiday. In 2007, she produced the film The Perfect Holiday starring Morris Chestnut and Gabrielle Union. Her most recent films include; Just Wright (2010), The Dilemma (2011) and she is set to reprise her role in the next installment of the animated film, Ice Age.
Actor:
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1. House Party 2 (1991), film...Zora
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2. Juice (1992), film...Ruffhouse M.C.
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3. My Life (1993), film...Theresa
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4. Living Single (1993), series...Khadijah James
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5. Set It Off (1996), film...Cleo
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6. Hoodlum (1997), film...Sulie
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7. Sphere (1998), film...Fletcher
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8. Living Out Loud (1998), film...Liz Bailey
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9. Mama Flora's Family (1998), series...Diana
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10. The Bone Collector (1999), film...Thelma
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11. Chicago (2002), film...Matron Mama Morton
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12. Brown Sugar (2002), film...Francine
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13. The Country Bears (2002), film...Cha-Cha
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14. Living with the Dead (2002), film...Midge Harmon
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15. Bringing Down the House (2003), film...Charlene Morton
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16. The Cookout (2004), film...Security Guard
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17. Taxi (2004), film...Isabelle 'Belle' Williams
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18. Barbershop 2: Back In Business (2004), film...Gina
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19. Beauty Shop (2005), film...Gina Norris
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20. The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005), film...Aunt Em
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21. Last Holiday (2006), film...Georgia Byrd
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22. Stranger Than Fiction (2006), film...Penny Escher
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23. Hairspray (2007), film...Motormouth Maybelle
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24. The Perfect Holiday (2007), film...Mrs. Christmas
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25. Life Support (2007), film
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26. What Happens in Vegas (2008), film...Dr. Twitchell
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27. Mad Money (2008), film...Nina Brewster
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28. The Secret Life of Bees (2008), film...August Boatwright
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29. Valentine's Day (2010), film...Paula Thomas
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30. Just Wright (2010), film...Leslie Wright
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31. The Dilemma (2011), film...Susan Warner
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32. Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011), film...Ellie (voice)
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33. Joyful Noise (2012), film...Vi Rose Hill
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34. Steel Magnolias (2012), film...M'Lynn
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35. Teach (2013), film...Self - Host
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36. House of Bodies (2013), film
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37. Bessie (2015), film...Bessie
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38. Miracles From Heaven (2016), film...Angela
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39. Lee Daniels' Star (2016), series...Carlotta Brown
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40. Girls Trip (2017), film...Sasha Franklin
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41. Flint (2017), film...Iza Banks
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42. The Best Place to Be (2017), series...Self
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43. United Skates (2018), film...Self
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44. The Trap (2019), film...Dr. Obayuwana
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45. The Little Mermaid Live! (2019), film...Ursula
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46. Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America (2019), series...Self
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47. The Little Mermaid Live! (2019), film
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48. Hollywood (2020), series...Hattie McDaniel
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49. The Equalizer (2021), series...Robyn McCall
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50. Maya and the Three (2021), series...Gran Bruja
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51. The Tiger Rising (2022), film...Willie May
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52. Hustle (2022), film...Teresa Sugerman
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53. End of the Road (2022), film...Brenda
Writer:
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1. The Cookout (2004), film...(story)
Producer:
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1. Bringing Down the House (2003), film...executive producer
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2. The Cookout (2004), film
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3. Beauty Shop (2005), film
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4. The Perfect Holiday (2007), film
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5. Just Wright (2010), film
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6. Joyful Noise (2012), film...executive producer
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7. Bessie (2015), film...executive producer
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8. Brotherly Love (2015), film...executive producer
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...executive producer
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10. The Perfect Match (2016), film...executive producer
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11. Flint (2017), film...executive producer
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12. The Trap (2019), film...executive producer
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13. Salt-N-Pepa (2021), film
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14. Salt-N-Pepa (2021), film
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15. The Tiger Rising (2022), film...executive producer
Voice:
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1. Bringing Out the Dead (1999), film...Dispatcher Love
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2. Pinocchio (2002), film...Dove
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3. Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), film...Ellie
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...Ellie
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5. Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011), film...Ellie
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6. Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), film...Ellie
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...Ellie
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8. Ice Age: Collision Course (2016), film...Ellie
Narrator:
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1. Arctic Tale (2006), film