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.
Movie | A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop | Self | 2023-12-10 |
Series | Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop | 2023-08-09 | |
Movie | 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2023-11-03 |
Movie | Hustle | Teresa Sugerman | 2022-06-03 |
Movie | The Tiger Rising | Willie May | 2022-01-07 |
Movie | End of the Road | Brenda Freeman | 2022-09-09 |
Series | The Equalizer | Robyn McCall | 2021-02-07 |
Series | Maya and the Three | Gran Bruja (voice) | 2021-10-22 |
Movie | You're Watching Video Music Box | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-03 |
Movie | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
Series | When the Streetlights Go On | Detective Grasso | 2020-04-06 |
Movie | The Trap | Dr. Obayuwana | 2019-04-01 |
Movie | The Little Mermaid Live! | Ursula | 2019-11-05 |
Series | Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America | Self | 2019-10-13 |
Movie | Girls Trip | Sasha Franklin | 2017-07-21 |
Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Herself | 2017-08-08 |
Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
Movie | Flint | Iza Banks | 2017-10-28 |
Movie | Miracles from Heaven | Angela Bradford | 2016-03-17 |
Movie | Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade | Ellie (voice) | 2016-03-19 |
Series | Star | Carlotta Brown | 2016-12-14 |
Movie | Ice Age: Collision Course | Ellie (voice) | 2016-06-23 |
Series | Empire | Carlotta Brown | 2015-01-07 |
Movie | Bessie | Bessie Smith | 2015-05-16 |
Series | Lip Sync Battle | Herself | 2015-04-02 |
Movie | The Making of the Wiz Live! | Self | 2015-11-25 |
Movie | The Wiz Live! | The Wiz | 2015-12-03 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | 22 Jump Street | Mrs. Dickson (uncredited) | 2014-06-05 |
Movie | House of Bodies | Nicole | 2013-04-19 |
Movie | Joyful Noise | Vi Rose Hill | 2012-01-13 |
Movie | Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances | Self | 2012-03-06 |
Movie | Steel Magnolias | M'Lynn | 2012-10-07 |
Movie | Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ | Self | 2012-06-07 |
Movie | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Ellie (voice) | 2012-06-27 |
Movie | The Dilemma | Dana | 2011-01-13 |
Movie | Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas | Ellie (voice) | 2011-11-24 |
Movie | Valentine's Day | Paula Thomas | 2010-02-10 |
Movie | Just Wright | Leslie Wright | 2010-05-14 |
Movie | We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial | Self | 2009-01-18 |
Movie | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Ellie (voice) | 2009-06-26 |
Movie | Michael Jackson Memorial | Self | 2009-07-07 |
Movie | Mad Money | Nina Brewster | 2008-01-17 |
Movie | Garrett's Gift | 2008-02-01 | |
Movie | The Secret Life of Bees | August Boatwright | 2008-09-17 |
Movie | What Happens in Vegas | Dr. Twitchell | 2008-05-07 |
Movie | Life Support | Ana | 2007-03-10 |
Movie | Arctic Tale | Narrator | 2007-06-17 |
Movie | Hairspray | Motormouth Maybelle | 2007-07-19 |
Movie | The Perfect Holiday | Mrs. Christmas | 2007-12-12 |
Movie | Last Holiday | Georgia Byrd | 2006-01-13 |
Series | VH1 Rock Honors | Unknown | 2006-05-31 |
Movie | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Ellie (voice) | 2006-03-29 |
Movie | Stranger Than Fiction | Penny Escher | 2006-09-09 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Movie | Beauty Shop | Gina Norris | 2005-04-22 |
Movie | The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | Aunt Em | 2005-05-20 |
Series | The Tyra Banks Show | Unknown | 2005-09-12 |
Series | Hogan Knows Best | Unknown | 2005-07-10 |
Movie | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Gina | 2004-01-20 |
Movie | Taxi | Isabelle 'Belle' Williams | 2004-10-06 |
Movie | The Cookout | Security Guard | 2004-09-03 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Bringing Down the House | Charlene Morton | 2003-03-07 |
Series | I Love the '80s Strikes Back | 2003-10-21 | |
Movie | Scary Movie 3 | Aunt Shaneequa / The Oracle | 2003-10-24 |
Movie | Mama Africa | Host | 2002-06-07 |
Movie | Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal | Self - Host | 2002-01-29 |
Series | American Idol | Unknown | 2002-06-11 |
Movie | Living with the Dead | Midge Harmon | 2002-04-28 |
Movie | The Country Bears | Cha-Cha | 2002-07-26 |
Movie | Chicago | Matron Mama Morton | 2002-12-10 |
Movie | Brown Sugar | Francine | 2002-10-05 |
Series | The Queen Latifah Show | 2000-02-05 | |
Movie | Bringing Out the Dead | Dispatcher Love (voice) | 1999-10-22 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star tribute | Self - Perfomer | 1999-12-01 |
Movie | The Bone Collector | Thelma | 1999-11-04 |
Movie | Living Out Loud | Liz Bailey | 1998-10-30 |
Movie | Sphere | Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher | 1998-02-13 |
Series | Mama Flora's Family | Diana | 1998-11-08 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Hoodlum | Sulie | 1997-08-27 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Set It Off | Cleo | 1996-11-06 |
Series | Spin City | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
Series | The Critic | Unknown | 1994-01-26 |
Series | Living Single | Khadijah James | 1993-08-29 |
Movie | Who's the Man? | Queen Latifah | 1993-04-23 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | My Life | Theresa | 1993-11-12 |
Series | Intimate Portrait | Unknown | 1993-11-14 |
Movie | Juice | Ruffhouse M.C. | 1992-01-17 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | House Party 2 | Zora | 1991-10-23 |
Movie | Jungle Fever | Lashawn | 1991-06-07 |
Series | Roc | Unknown | 1991-08-25 |
Movie | Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1 | Self | 1990-01-01 |
Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Marissa Redman | 1990-09-10 |
Movie | The Earth Day Special | Self | 1990-04-22 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Herself | 1988-09-05 |
Series | CBS News Sunday Morning | Unknown | 1979-01-28 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Rock Concert | Unknown | 1973-09-27 |
Series | The Grammy Awards | Unknown | 1959-11-29 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |