Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey), known professionally as Queen Latifah is an American, rapper, actress and singer. After she signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1989, Latifah released her first album All Hail the Queen. She is widely considered of the greatest female rappers of all time. She has also won 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.

She is in a partnership with Eboni Nichols and has a son Rebel.

 Discography 
Studio albums
 All Hail the Queen (1989)
 Nature of a Sista' (1991)
 Black Reign (1993)
 Order in the Court (1998)
 The Dana Owens Album (2004)
 Trav'lin' Light (2007)
 Persona (2009)

Filmography
Movies
 Year Title Role Notes 1991 Jungle Fever Lashawn House Party 2 Zora Yakety Yak, Take it Back Herself 1992 Juice Ruffhouse M.C. Trash Talk Herself 1993 Who's the Man? Herself Cameo My Life Theresa 1996 Set It Off Cleopatra 'Cleo' Sims 1997 Hoodlum Sulie 1998 Living Out Loud Liz Bailey Sphere Alice "Teeny" Fletcher Mama Flora's Family Diana Television movie 1999 The Bone Collector Thelma Bringing Out the Dead Dispatcher Love (voice) 2002 Chicago Matron "Mama" Morton Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio Dove (English voice) Brown Sugar Francine The Country Bears Cha-Cha Living with the Dead Midge Harmon Television movie 2003 Scary Movie 3 Aunt Shaneequa / The Oracle Bringing Down the House Charlene Morton Producer 2004 Taxi Isabelle “Belle” Williams The Cookout Mildred Smith Producer Barbershop 2: Back in Business Gina Norris 2005 Beauty Shop Producer The Muppets' Wizard of Oz Aunt Em Television film 2006 Stranger than Fiction Penny Escher Ice Age: The Meltdown Ellie (voice) Last Holiday Georgia Byrd 2007 Hairspray Motormouth Maybelle The Perfect Holiday Mrs. Christmas Producer Life Support Ana Wallace Television film; Producer 2008 Mad Money Nina Brewster What Happens in Vegas Dr. Twitchell The Secret Life of Bees August Boatwright 2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ellie (voice) 2010 Valentine's Day Paula Thomas Just Wright Leslie Wright Producer 2011 The Dilemma Susan Warner 2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift Ellie (voice) Joyful Noise Vi Rose Hill Steel Magnolias M'Lynn Television film 2013 House of Bodies Nicole Executive Producer 2014 22 Jump Street Mrs. Dickson 2015 Bessie Bessie Smith Television film The Wiz Live! The Wiz Television film; NBC Musical based on The Wiz 2016 Miracles from Heaven Angela Ice Age: Collision Course Ellie (voice) 2017 Girls Trip Sasha Franklin Flint Iza Banks Television film 2019 The Trap Dr. Obayuwana2022 The Tiger Rising Willie May Hustle Teresa Sugarman  End of the Road Brenda TBA Paper Chase TBA Pre-production

Television
 Year Title Role Notes 1991 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Marissa Redman / Dee Dee Episodes: "Working It Out" and "She Ain’t Heavy" 1995 The Critic Herself (voice) Episode: "Lady Hawke" 1997 Ellen Herself Episode: "Ellen Unplugged" 1993–98 Living Single Khadijah James Lead Role 1999–01 The Queen Latifah Show Herself Host; Creator / Executive Producer2000-presentThe Lincoln Loud ShowEllie (voice) 2001 Spin City Robin Jones Episodes: "Yeah Baby!" and "Sleeping with the Enemy"  2003–08 Saturday Night Live Herself / Gwen Ifill Host; Episodes: "Queen Latifah/Ms. Dynamite", "Queen Latifah" and "Anne Hathaway/The Killers" 2004 Eve Simone Episode: "Party All the Time" The Fairly OddParents Pam Dromeda (voice) Episode: "Crash Nebula" 2005 47th Annual Grammy Awards Herself  Host; Television special 2008 Sweet Blackberry Presents Narrator Episode: "Garrett's Gift" 2010 Entourage Herself Episode: "Porn Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" 30 Rock Regina Bookman Episode: "Let's Stay Together" When I Was 17 Herself 2011 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Ellie (voice) Television special 2011–12 Single Ladies Sharon Love Recurring role; Executive Producer 2012 Let's Stay Together Bobbie Episode: "Beauty and the Birthday"; Executive producer 2013–15 The Queen Latifah Show Herself  Host; Creator / Executive producer 2014 Hot In Cleveland Aunt Esther Jean Johnson Episode: "Strange Bedfellows" Jimmy Kimmel Live! Sweet Brown Episode: "Sweet Brown: Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That" 2015 Lip Sync Battle Herself Episode: "Queen Latifah vs. Marlon Wayans" 2016 Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade Ellie (voice) Television special 2016–19 StarCarlotta Brown Main cast 2017 Empire Episode: "Noble Memory" Carpool Karaoke: The Series Herself Episode: "Queen Latifah & Jada Pinkett Smith" 2019 The Little Mermaid Live! Ursula Television special 2020 Hollywood Hattie McDaniel Episodes: "A Hollywood Ending" and "Jump" When the Streetlights Go On Detective Grasso Miniseries 2020; 2022 Red Table Talk Herself Episodes: "A Girl’s Trip Coronavirus Quarantine Reunion" and "Queen Latifah is on a Mission!" 2021 Maya and the Three Gran Bruja (voice) Miniseries 2021–25 The Equalizer Robyn McCall Lead Role; Executive producer

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