Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah

Birthday: 1970-03-18

Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA

Also known as: Dana Owens, 퀸 라티파, Κουίν Λατίφα, Dana Elaine Owens, 拉蒂法皇后

imdb_id: nm0001451

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.

Played in movies:

One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star tribute

Score: 9.3

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

Score: 8.5

2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Score: 8.1

Michael Jackson Memorial

Score: 8.0

Hustle

Score: 7.7

The Secret Life of Bees

Score: 7.5

Miracles from Heaven

Score: 7.4

Stranger Than Fiction

Score: 7.3

Set It Off

Score: 7.2

Last Holiday

Score: 7.2

Juice

Score: 7.2

Chicago

Score: 7.1

Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal

Score: 7.0

Teach

Score: 7.0

The Wiz Live!

Score: 7.0

Steel Magnolias

Score: 7.0

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Score: 7.0

The Little Mermaid Live!

Score: 6.9

The Earth Day Special

Score: 6.9

Girls Trip

Score: 6.8

22 Jump Street

Score: 6.8

Flint

Score: 6.8

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Score: 6.8

The Bone Collector

Score: 6.8

Brown Sugar

Score: 6.7

My Life

Score: 6.7

Arctic Tale

Score: 6.7

Hairspray

Score: 6.7

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Score: 6.7

Bringing Out the Dead

Score: 6.6

Just Wright

Score: 6.5

Mad Money

Score: 6.5

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

Score: 6.5

Joyful Noise

Score: 6.4

Hoodlum

Score: 6.4

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

Score: 6.4

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Score: 6.4

You're Watching Video Music Box

Score: 6.4

Jungle Fever

Score: 6.4

Bessie

Score: 6.4

Beauty Shop

Score: 6.3

Sphere

Score: 6.1

What Happens in Vegas

Score: 6.1

Ice Age: Collision Course

Score: 6.1

End of the Road

Score: 6.0

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Score: 6.0

Scary Movie 3

Score: 6.0

Bringing Down the House

Score: 6.0

Valentine's Day

Score: 5.9

Living Out Loud

Score: 5.9

And the Winner Isn't

Score: 5.7

The Tiger Rising

Score: 5.6

Life Support

Score: 5.6

Taxi

Score: 5.6

The Dilemma

Score: 5.3

House Party 2

Score: 5.3

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Score: 5.3

The Perfect Holiday

Score: 5.2

Who's the Man?

Score: 5.2

Living with the Dead

Score: 5.2

House of Bodies

Score: 5.1

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

Score: 5.0

The Trap

Score: 4.9

The Country Bears

Score: 4.7

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

Score: 4.6

The Cookout

Score: 4.6

Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances

Score: 4.0

Zac Efron's Pool Party

Score: 3.2

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

Score: 0.0

I Hate The Way I Look

Score: 0.0

Unearthing the Lost World | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

Ice Age 6

Score: 0.0

King of the South

Score: 0.0

Mama Africa

Score: 0.0

The Making of the Wiz Live!

Score: 0.0

Garrett's Gift

Score: 0.0

Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1

Score: 0.0

Girls Trip 2

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Eve

Score: 9.1

The Grammys

Score: 8.6

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party

Score: 8.5

Living Single

Score: 8.4

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Score: 8.1

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America

Score: 8.0

Rock Concert

Score: 8.0

I Love the '80s Strikes Back

Score: 8.0

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Score: 7.9

Star

Score: 7.9

Maya and the Three

Score: 7.9

Roc

Score: 7.8

MTV Video Music Awards

Score: 7.6

The Fairly OddParents

Score: 7.6

Yo! MTV Raps

Score: 7.5

Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop

Score: 7.5

30 Rock

Score: 7.5

Hot Ones

Score: 7.4

Hot in Cleveland

Score: 7.4

Entourage

Score: 7.4

The Equalizer

Score: 7.3

Mama Flora's Family

Score: 7.3

The Critic

Score: 7.3

Hollywood

Score: 7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Score: 7.2

Empire

Score: 7.1

Spin City

Score: 7.1

VH1 Rock Honors

Score: 7.0

MADtv

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

Saturday Night Live

Score: 7.0

Saturday Night Live

Score: 7.0

Saturday Night Live

Score: 7.0

CBS News Sunday Morning

Score: 6.9

Finding Your Roots

Score: 6.8

When the Streetlights Go On

Score: 6.7

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Score: 6.5

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

Score: 6.4

Lip Sync Battle

Score: 6.4

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

The Early Show

Score: 6.3

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.2

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.2

Ellen

Score: 6.2

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Score: 5.9

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Score: 5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Score: 5.8

Today

Score: 5.8

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Score: 5.7

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.5

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Score: 5.4

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Score: 5.3

America's Next Top Model

Score: 5.3

Hogan Knows Best

Score: 5.2

American Idol

Score: 5.1

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Score: 5.1

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Score: 5.0

The Reichen Show

Score: 4.8

The Queen Latifah Show

Score: 4.8

The Tyra Banks Show

Score: 4.8

Intimate Portrait

Score: 4.5

The View

Score: 4.3

The View

Score: 4.3

Entertainment Tonight

Score: 4.1

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Score: 3.9

Sherri

Score: 3.8

The Talk

Score: 3.2

Good Day Live

Score: 3.0

The Jenny Jones Show

Score: 0.0

Untold Stories of Hip Hop

Score: 0.0