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.
Series | Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop | 2023-08-09 | |
Movie | The Tiger Rising | Willie May | 2022-01-07 |
Movie | Hustle | Teresa Sugerman | 2022-06-03 |
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 | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
Movie | You're Watching Video Music Box | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-03 |
Series | When the Streetlights Go On | Detective Grasso | 2020-04-06 |
Series | Hollywood | Hattie McDaniel | 2020-05-01 |
Movie | The Trap | Dr. Obayuwana | 2019-04-01 |
Movie | Girls Trip | Sasha Franklin | 2017-07-21 |
Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Herself | 2017-08-08 |
Movie | Flint | Iza Banks | 2017-10-28 |
Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
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 |
Series | Lip Sync Battle | Herself | 2015-04-02 |
Movie | The Wiz Live! | The Wiz | 2015-12-03 |
Movie | Bessie | Bessie Smith | 2015-05-16 |
Movie | The Making of the Wiz Live! | Herself | 2015-11-25 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | 22 Jump Street | Mrs. Dickson (uncredited) | 2014-06-05 |
Movie | Teach | Self | 2013-09-06 |
Movie | House of Bodies | Nicole | 2013-04-19 |
Movie | Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances | Self | 2012-03-06 |
Movie | Joyful Noise | Vi Rose Hill | 2012-01-13 |
Movie | Steel Magnolias | M'Lynn | 2012-10-07 |
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 | Zac Efron's Pool Party | Self | 2009-04-01 |
Movie | We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama | 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 | The Perfect Holiday | Mrs. Christmas | 2007-12-12 |
Movie | Hairspray | Motormouth Maybelle | 2007-07-19 |
Movie | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Ellie (voice) | 2006-03-29 |
Series | VH1 Rock Honors | Unknown | 2006-05-31 |
Movie | Last Holiday | Georgia Byrd | 2006-01-13 |
Movie | Stranger Than Fiction | Penny Escher | 2006-09-09 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Series | Hogan Knows Best | Unknown | 2005-07-10 |
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 | The Reichen Show | 2005-11-11 | |
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 |
Movie | Bringing Down the House | Charlene Morton | 2003-03-07 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Series | I Love the '80s Strikes Back | 2003-10-21 | |
Movie | Scary Movie 3 | Aunt Shaneequa / The Oracle | 2003-10-24 |
Series | American Idol | Unknown | 2002-06-11 |
Movie | Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal | Self - Host | 2002-01-29 |
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 | Sphere | Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher | 1998-02-13 |
Movie | Living Out Loud | Liz Bailey | 1998-10-30 |
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? | Herself | 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 | The Earth Day Special | Self | 1990-04-22 |
Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Marissa Redman | 1990-09-10 |
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 |