Real Name : Dana Elaine Owens
Nick Name : Hip-Hop's First Lady
Birth : 18 March 1970, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Height : 5' 10"
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Hip-hop's first lady (though some would attribute that to 'Roxanne Shanté' (qv)), the woman behind the moniker is Dana Owens, who was born on March 18th, 1970, in East Orange, New Jersey. She came from a police family--both her father and older brother were cops, which would later influence her rhyming style and life philosophy. Owens witnessed both sides of Black urban life in the USA while growing up. After a brief stint as a Burger King employee, she soon found herself making waves in the hip-hop music scene. After working as the human beat box alongside Ladies Fresh, she was just 18 years old when she originally broke through in the late 1980s with a style that picked selectively from jazz, reggae, and soul traditions, from beats produced by 'D.J. Mark the 45 King'. Her debut single, "Wrath of My Madness," was released in 1988. A year later, her debut long-player, "All Hail the Queen," enjoyed favored reviews: an old, wise head was evident on the top of her young shoulders. The former Burger King employee maintained her early commitment to answer the misogynist armory of some of her male counterparts and, at the same time, imparted musical good times to all genders. Her name means "delicate and sensitive" in Arabic, but she has often been anything but in her rhymes and the messages she sends out through them. One of the most prominent female hip-hop artists on the scene for over a decade, Queen Latifah has also made tremendous inroads in movies, television, and artist management, with her management company, Flavor Unit, alongside her business partner 'Shakim Compere' (qv). A role model who takes the responsibility to heart, Latifah carefully constructed a fine career for herself--one that is constantly moving upward.
Biography written by: GLLee90298@yahoo.com
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- 'Hairspray' Extentions (2007) (V) [Herself]
- 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself - #66: Terrible Talk Shows]
- 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards Red Carpet Premiere (2008) (TV) [Herself]
- 2003 MTV Movie Awards (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- 2004 MTV Movie Awards (2004) (TV) [Herself] <23>
- 2008 American Music Awards (2008) (TV) [Herself - Performer]
- 25 Strong: The BET Silver Anniversary Special (2005) (TV) [Herself]
- 26th NAACP Image Awards (1994) (TV) [Herself]
- 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (2005) (TV) [Herself]
- 30th NAACP Image Awards (1999) (TV) [Herself]
- 36th NAACP Image Awards (2005) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- 7 Days Left...: Queen Latifah Goes to Hollywood's Biggest Night (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV) [Herself - Performer: I'll Be Seeing You]
- All of Me (2009) {{SUSPENDED}}
- And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos, Vol. 1 (2000) (V) [Herself (segment "U.N.I.T.Y.")]
- Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (1994) (TV) [Herself - Host] <1>
- Arctic Tale (2007) [Narrator] <1>
- Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) [Gina] <14>
- Beauty Shop (2005) [Gina Norris] <1>
- Beef II (2004) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- BET Awards 2005 (2005) (TV) [Herself]
- BET Awards 2009 (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- Black Don't Crack: The Cosmetic Surgery Debate (2006) (TV) [Herself]
- Bringing Down the House (2003) [Charlene Morton] <2>
- Bringing Out the Dead (1999) (voice) [Dispatcher Love] <78>
- Brown Sugar (2002) [Francine] <6>
- Cheaters (2011) (rumored)
- Chicago (2002) [Matron Mama Morton] <4>
- Clarkworld (2009) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Comic Relief VII (1995) (TV) [Herself]
- Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- Crash Nebula (2004) (TV) (voice) [Pam Dromeda]
- Essence Awards (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year Awards (2005) (TV) [Herself]
- Golden Globes Announcement Special (2008) (TV) [Herself]
- Hairspray (2007) [Motormouth Maybelle] <6>
- Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth (2007) (V) [Herself]
- Hip Hop Babylon 2 (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Hoodlum (1997) [Sulie] <11>
- House Party 2 (1991) [Zora] <10>
- Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006) (VG) [Ellie]
- Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) (voice) [Ellie]
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) (voice) [Ellie] <9>
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) (VG) (voice) [Ellie] <3>
- Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) (voice) [Ellie] <6>
- Inside the Industry (2003) (V) [Herself]
- It's 'Hairspray'! (2007) (V) [Herself]
- Juice (1992) [Ruffhouse M.C.] <10>
- Jungle Fever (1991) [Lashawn] <47>
- Just Wright (2010) [Leslie Wright] <1>
- Kids' Inaugural: We Are the Future (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- Last Holiday (2006) [Georgia Byrd] <1>
- Life Support (2007) (TV) [Ana] <1>
- Living Out Loud (1998) [Liz Bailey] <3>
- Living with the Dead (2002) (TV) [Midge Harmon] <9>
- Lost Historical Films on the Ice Age Period (2006) (V) (voice) [Ellie]
- Mad Money (2008) [Nina Brewster] <5>
- Making 'Scary Movie 3' (2004) (V) [Herself]
- Mama Flora's Family (1998) (TV) [Diana] <4>
- Michael Jackson Memorial (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- Movies Rock (2007) (TV) [Herself]
- Moving Image Salutes Will Smith (2007) (TV) [Herself]
- MTV Video Music Awards 1990 (1990) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- MTV Video Music Awards 1994 (1994) (TV) [Herself]
- MTV Video Music Awards 2004 (2004) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- MTV Video Music Awards 2006 (2006) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- My Life (1993/I) [Theresa] <4>
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '04 (2004) (TV) [Herself]
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '05 (2005) (TV) [Herself]
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '07 (2007) (TV) [Herself]
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2009 (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2010 (2010) (TV) [Herself]
- One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute (1999) (TV) [Herself/Performer]
- Pinocchio (2002) (voice: English version) [Dove]
- Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal (2002) (TV) [Herself]
- Premiere Women in Hollywood Awards (2004) (TV) [Herself (Received Icon Award)] <4>
- Rock the Vote (1993) (TV) [Herself]
- Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash '08 (2008) (TV) (archive footage) [Gwen Ifill]
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies (2005) (TV) (uncredited) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Scary Movie 3 (2003) [Aunt ShaNeequa] <33>
- Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On (2004) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- Set It Off (1996) [Cleopatra 'Cleo' Sims] <2>
- Sisters in the Name of Rap (1992) (TV)
- Smart Kids (1994) (TV) [Herself]
- SOS Saving OurSelves: Help for Haiti (2010) (TV) [Herself - host]
- Sphere (1998) [Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher] <6>
- Stranger Than Fiction (2006) [Penny Escher] <21>
- Street Dogs of South Central (2011) [Narrator]
- Super Bowl XXXII (1998) (TV) [Herself - Halftime Performer]
- Taxi (2004/I) [Isabelle 'Belle' Williams] <1>
- The 17th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (2003) (TV) [Host]
- The 1993 Billboard Music Awards (1993) (TV) (uncredited) [Herself]
- The 1998 Billboard Music Awards (1998) (TV) [Herself]
- The 19th Annual American Music Awards (1992) (TV) [Herself]
- The 33rd Annual People's Choice Awards (2007) (TV) [Herself - Host]
- The 34th Annual People's Choice Awards (2008) (TV) [Herself - Host] <1>
- The 35th Annual People's Choice Awards (2009) (TV) [Herself - Host]
- The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2009) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- The 36th Annual People's Choice Awards (2010) (TV) [Herself - Host] <1>
- The 45th Annual Grammy Awards (2003) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- The 46th Annual Grammy Awards (2004) (TV) [Herself - Presenter] <52>
- The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005) (TV) [Herself - Host/Performer] <1>
- The 51st Annual Grammy Awards (2009) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards (2007) (TV) [Herself]
- The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004) (TV) [Herself - Co-presenter: Best Original Score and Best Original Song] <29>
- The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) (TV) [Herself - Performer]
- The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV) [Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Performer]
- The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006) (TV) [Herself - Presenter: Best Original Song]
- The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV) [Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Song]
- The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- The 9th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1995) (TV) [Herself]
- The BET Honors (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- The BET Honors (2010) (TV) [Herself]
- The Bone Collector (1999) [Thelma] <3>
- The Cookout (2004) [Security Guard] <20>
- The Country Bears (2002) [Cha-Cha] <16>
- The Earth Day Special (1990) (TV) [Herself] <41>
- The Essence Awards (1994) (TV) [Herself]
- The JammX Kids All Star Dance Special (2006) (TV) [Herself]
- The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2005) (TV) [Herself/Performer]
- The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2008) (TV) [Herself]
- The Mark Twain Prize: Steve Martin (2005) (TV)
- The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) (TV) [Aunt Em] <5>
- The Perfect Holiday (2007) [Mrs. Christmas] <32>
- The Second JammX Kids All Star Dance Special (2006) (TV) [Herself]
- The Secret Life of Bees (2008) [August Boatwright] <2>
- The Teen Choice Awards 2003 (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- Through the Years of Hip Hop, Vol. 1: Graffiti (2002) (V) [Herself (segments "Buddy" and "Ladies First")]
- Valentine's Day (2010) [Paula Thomas] <14>
- VH1 Divas Duets (2003) (TV) [Host] <1>
- VH1 Honors (1994) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- Welfare Queen (2011)
- What Happens in Vegas (2008) [Dr. Twitchell] <11>
- What's the Name of That Song (2004) (V)
- Who's the Man? (1993) [Herself] <84>
- Will on Will & Grace (2003) (TV) [Guest]
- You Can't Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of 'Hairspray' (2007) (V) [Herself]
- Zac Efron's Pool Party (2009) (V) [Herself]
- "106 & Park Top 10 Live" (2000) {(2005-03-29)} [Herself]
- "106 & Park Top 10 Live" (2000) {The Notorious B.I.G. Ten Years Later} [Herself]
- "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" (2003) (archive footage) [Herself]
- "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) {I Hate the Way I Look (#22.3)} [Herself]
- "Access Hollywood" (1996) {(2007-07-17)} [Herself]
- "America's Next Top Model" (2003) {The Girl Who Hates Her Hair (#7.2)} [Herself]
- "And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop" (2004) (archive footage) [Herself]
- "At Large with Geraldo Rivera" (2003) {(2005-08-27)} [Herself]
- "Biography" (1987) {Richard Gere} [Herself]
- "Biography" (1987) {Steve Martin} [Herself]
- "Bridging the Gap" (2008) [Herself]
- "Cinema mil" (2005) {(#1.2)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Corazón de..." (1997) {(2005-07-20)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Corazón de..." (1997) {(2005-11-04)} [Herself]
- "Corazón de..." (1997) {(2005-12-05)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Corazón de..." (1997) {(2007-01-10)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I) {Round Five (#8.10)} [Herself]
- "Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I) {Round Three: Results Show (#9.7)} [Herself - Performer] <21>
- "E! True Hollywood Story" (1996) {Renee Zellweger} [Herself] <30>
- "Ebony/Jet Showcase" (1982) {(1991-10-25)} [Herself]
- "Ellen" (1994) {Ellen Unplugged (#4.16)} (uncredited) [Herself]
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(#7.6)} [Herself] <3>
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2005-04-04)} [Herself]
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2005-11-25)} [Herself]
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2006-02-08)} [Herself]
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2007-02-12)} [Herself]
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2007-10-01)} [Herself]
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2009-05-22)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(#28.1)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2006-10-05)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2006-11-17)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-03-09)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-06-13)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-06-18)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-07-11)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-07-13)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-07-17)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-07-18)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-07-25)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-08-17)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-08-23)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-12-05)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-12-11)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-12-28)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-01-03)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-01-08)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-01-09)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-01-10)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-01-18)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-07-01)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-10-07)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-10-10)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-12-10)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-12-17)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-01-07)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-01-08)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-01-19)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-01-21)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-02-23)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-03-30)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-05-21)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-06-05)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-06-16)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-06-30)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-07-02)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-07-20)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-08-13)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-08-26)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-12-21)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2010-01-06)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2010-01-28)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2010-02-08)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2010-03-08)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2010-05-05)} [Herself]
- "Eve" (2003) {Sister, Sister (#1.14)} [Simone]
- "Getaway" (1992) {Golden Getaway: Hidden Treasures (#15.14)} [Herself]
- "GMTV" (1993) {(2005-06-09)} [Herself]
- "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" (1992) {Wedding Bell Blues (#2.16)} [Herself]
- "HBO First Look" (1992) {Welcome to the '60s: On the Set of 'Hairspray' (#14.16)} [Herself]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2000-12-04)} [Guest Appearance]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2000-12-05)} [Guest Appearance]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2000-12-06)} [Guest Appearance]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2000-12-07)} [Guest Appearance]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2000-12-08)} [Guest Appearance]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2002-09-23)} [Herself - Guest Appearance]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2002-09-24)} [Herself - Guest Appearance]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2002-09-25)} [Herself - Guest Appearance]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2002-09-26)} [Herself - Guest Appearance]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2002-09-27)} [Herself - Guest Appearance]
- "In Living Color" (1990) {Bigger Brother (#2.1)} [Herself - Musical Guest]
- "Independent Lens" (1999) {Girl Trouble (#7.12)}
- "Inside the Actors Studio" (1994) {Queen Latifah (#12.7)} [Herself]
- "Intimate Portrait" (1993) {Kim Fields} [Herself]
- "Intimate Portrait" (1993) {Queen Latifah} [Herself]
- "It's Showtime at the Apollo" (1987) {(#4.1)} [Herself]
- "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003) {(2010-03-04)} [Herself] <2>
- "Kung Faux" (2003) [Voice Over/Various] <1>
- "Larry King Live" (1985) {Diane Keaton & Queen Latifah} [Herself]
- "Larry King Live" (1985) {Holiday Music Special} [Herself]
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) {(2005-04-08)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2000-09-15)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2003-03-06)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2004-07-14)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2005-03-30)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2006-03-28)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2007-07-19)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (2009) {(#1.107)} [Herself] <2>
- "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (2009) {(#1.186)} [Herself] <2>
- "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (2009) {(#1.245)} [Herself] <2>
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(#16.170)} [Herself - Guest/Also Musical Guest] <2>
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(#17.87)} [Herself - Super Bowl XLIV Interviewee to Andy Kindler]
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(2004-09-27)} [Herself]
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(2006-01-11)} [Herself]
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(2007-07-13)} [Herself - Guest] <2>
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {Queen Latifah/Will Forte/MGMT/Dallas Braden (#17.135)} [Herself - Guest] <2>
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(#22.2)} [Herself] <3>
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2004-10-07)} [Herself]
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2005-03-29)} [Herself]
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2006-01-12)} [Herself]
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2007-07-16)} [Herself]
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2007-09-26)} [Herself]
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2008-01-17)} [Herself]
- "Living Single" (1993) {A Hair-Razing Experience (#2.13)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {A Kiss Before Lying (#1.4)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {A Raze in Harlem (#3.21)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {A Tale of Two Tattles (#1.25)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (#2.9)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Am I My Sister's Keeper? (#2.7)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Another Saturday Night (#2.22)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Baby I'm Back... Again (#3.9)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Back in the Day (#4.15)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Bristle While You Work (#2.5)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Burglar in the House (#1.14)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Come Back Little Diva (#3.1)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Compromising Positions (#3.26)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Crappy Birthday (#1.12)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Dear John (#3.20)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Do You Take This Man's Wallet? (#4.9)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Doctor in the House (#4.12)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Double Indignity (#2.10)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Fatal Distraction (#1.16)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Forgive Us Our Trespasses (#5.9)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Friends Like These (#1.21)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Full Court Press (#1.7)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Glass Ceiling (#3.23)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Great Expectations (#1.6)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Grumpy Old Man (#3.4)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {He Works Hard for the Money (#3.8)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {He's the One (#5.7)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {High Anxiety (#5.3)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Hot Fun in the Wintertime (#1.20)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {I Love This Game (#2.2)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {I'll Take Your Man (#1.2)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {I'm Ready for My Close-Up (#3.14)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {I've Got You Under My Skin (#4.7)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {If the Crew Fits (#2.20)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {In the Black Is Beautiful (#1.5)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {In Your Dreams (#5.11)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Judging by the Cover (#1.1)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Just Friends? (#1.9)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Kiss of the Spider Man (#3.24)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Legal Briefs (#2.19)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow... Dammit (#3.13)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Let's Stay Together (#5.13)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Likes Father, Likes Son (#3.16)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Living Kringle (#1.15)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Living Single Undercover (#4.20)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Living Single... with Children (#1.8)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Love Don't Live Here Anymore: Part 1 (#5.1)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Love Don't Live Here Anymore: Part 2 (#5.2)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Love Is a Many Splintered Thing (#1.24)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Love Takes a Holiday (#1.13)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Love Thy Neighbor (#1.18)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Misleading Lady (#5.10)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Moi the Jury (#4.5)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Mommy Not Dearest (#3.11)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Moonlight Savings Time (#4.19)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Mother Inferior (#4.13)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Mr. Big Shot (#3.10)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Multiple Choice (#4.6)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {My Cups Runneth Over (#2.11)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Mystery Date (#1.19)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Never Can Say Goodbye (#4.24)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Not Quite Mr. Right (#4.3)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Not So Silent Partner (#4.4)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Oh, Solo Mio (#4.16)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {On the Rebound (#3.3)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {One Degree of Separation (#4.21)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Papa Was a Rolling Stone (#4.23)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Play Ball (#2.16)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Playing House (#4.17)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Quittin' Time (#1.10)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Rags to Riches (#3.5)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Raw Talent (#2.24)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Reconcilable Differences (#5.4)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Ride the Maverick (#4.2)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Riot on the Set (#4.11)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {School Daze (#2.6)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {School's Out Forever (#4.8)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {She Ain't Heavy, She My Mother (#1.26)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Shrink to Fit (#3.19)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Singing the Blues (#2.15)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Space Invaders (#2.21)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Stormy Weather (#2.17)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Swing Out Sisters (#4.18)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Talk Showdown (#2.26)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Thanks for Giving (#2.12)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {The Best Laid Plans (#5.5)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {The Clown That Roared (#4.14)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {The Engagement: Part 1 (#3.27)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {The Engagement: Part 2 (#4.1)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {The Ex-File (#3.2)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {The Following Is a Sponsored Program (#3.12)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {The Hand That Robs the Cradle (#1.17)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {The Handyman Can (#3.7)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {The James Bond (#3.6)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {The Last Temptation (#2.18)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {The Naked Truth (#1.11)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {The Shake-Up (#2.27)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {There's Got to Be a Morning After (#2.1)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {There's No Ship Like Kinship (#2.14)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {They've Gotta Have It (#2.3)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Three Men and a Buckeye (#5.8)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Tibby or Not Tibby (#3.18)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {To Catch a Thief (#5.12)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {To Grandmother's House We Go (#2.25)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Too Good to Screw (#4.22)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Trick or Trust (#2.8)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {U.N.I.T.Y. (#1.23)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Up the Ladder Through the Roof (#5.6)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Virgin Territory (#4.10)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Wake Up to the Break-Up (#3.17)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {What's Next? (#1.27)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Whatever Happened to Baby Sister? (#3.25)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Who's Scooping Who? (#2.23)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Who's the Boss? (#1.22)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Whose Date Is It Anyway? (#1.3)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Living Single" (1993) {Woman to Woman (#3.22)} [Khadijah James]
- "Living Single" (1993) {Working Nine to Nine-Fifteen (#2.4)} [Khadijah James] <1>
- "Lopez Tonight" (2009) {(#1.3)} [Herself]
- "Made in Hollywood" (2005) {(#5.26)} [Herself]
- "MADtv" (1995) {(#2.13)} [Herself - Host]
- "Mark at the Movies" (2009) {(#1.33)} [Herself]
- "Ponte las pilas" (1991) {(1992-02-08)} [Herself]
- "Private Sessions" (2007) {Queen Latifah (#1.7)} [Herself]
- "Queen Latifah Show" (1999) {(2000-12-13)} [Herself]
- "Queen Latifah Show" (1999) {Lenny Kravitz/Jordan Knight (#1.5)} [Herself]
- "Rachael Ray" (2006) {(#4.180)} [Herself]
- "Rachael Ray" (2006) {(#4.59)} [Herself]
- "Reel Comedy" (2003) {Bringing Down the House} [Herself]
- "Reel Comedy" (2003) {Taxi}
- "Richard & Judy" (2001) {(2003-05-27)} [Herself]
- "Roc" (1991) {The Concert (#3.18)} [Herself]
- "Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices" (2009) {(#1.2)} [Herself - Narrator]
- "Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices" (2009) {(#1.3)} [Herself - Narrator]
- "Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices" (2009) {(#1.4)} [Herself - Narrator]
- "Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices" (2009) {(#1.5)} [Herself - Narrator]
- "Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices" (2009) {(#1.6)} [Herself - Narrator]
- "Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices" (2009) {(#1.7)} [Herself - Narrator]
- "Saturday Night Live" (1975) {Anne Hathaway/The Killers (#34.4)} [Herself/Gwen Ifill] <16>
- "Saturday Night Live" (1975) {Queen Latifah (#30.2)} [Herself - Host] <15>
- "Saturday Night Live" (1975) {Queen Latifah/Ms. Dynamite (#28.14)} [Herself - Host]
- "Sidewalks Entertainment" (1988) {Tennille and Latifah (#18.1)} [Herself]
- "Spin City" (1996) {Sleeping with the Enemy (#6.7)} [Robin Jones]
- "Spin City" (1996) {Yeah Baby! (#6.6)} [Robin Jones]
- "Sweet Blackberry Presents" (2008) {Garrett's Gift (#1.2)}
- "Tavis Smiley" (2004) {(2008-10-09)} [Herself]
- "Tavis Smiley" (2004) {(2010-03-18)} [Herself] <2>
- "The Charlie Rose Show" (1991) {(2003-01-14)} [Herself - Guest]
- "The Charlie Rose Show" (1991) {(2007-03-08)} [Herself - Guest]
- "The Chevy Chase Show" (1993) {(#1.4)} [Herself]
- "The Critic" (1994) {Lady Hawke (#2.3)} (voice) [Herself] <15>
- "The Daily Show" (1996) {(1998-11-04)} [Herself]
- "The Daily Show" (1996) {(2006-03-29)} [Herself]
- "The Fairly OddParents" (2001) {Crash Nebula (#4.8)} (voice) [Pam Dromeda]
- "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990) {She Ain't Heavy (#2.8)} [Dee Dee]
- "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990) {Working It Out (#1.25)} [Marissa Redman]
- "The Insider" (2004) {(2006-03-06)} [Herself]
- "The Jazzspel with Eric J" (2003) [Herself (2003-2008)] <5>
- "The Mo'Nique Show" (2009) {(2009-10-13)} [Herself]
- "The Mo'Nique Show" (2009) {(2010-05-11)} [Herself]
- "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986) {(2005-03-25)} [Herself]
- "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986) {(2006-02-09)} [Herself]
- "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986) {(2007-07-18)} [Herself]
- "The Remarkable Journey" (2000) [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1996-11-06)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1997-05-15)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1998-02-10)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1998-06-16)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1998-11-06)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1999-09-20)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1999-10-12)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(2000-03-16)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(2000-09-07)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" (2009) {(#1.132)} [Herself] <2>
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2004-02-05)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2004-10-13)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2005-03-21)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2006-03-15)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2007-03-02)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2007-09-28)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2009-01-06)} [Herself] <2>
- "The Tyra Banks Show" (2005) {Queen Latifah} [Herself]
- "The Tyra Banks Show" (2005) {The Most Unbelievable Surprises of the Season} [Herself]
- "The Tyra Banks Show" (2005) {Tyra's Favorite Moments} [Herself]
- "The View" (1997) {(2003-07-31)} [Herself]
- "The View" (1997) {(2006-10-05)} [Herself]
- "The View" (1997) {(2007-03-08)} [Herself - Guest]
- "The View" (1997) {(2007-07-27)} [Herself]
- "The View" (1997) {(2007-12-12)} [Herself]
- "Tinseltown TV" (2002) {(2004-01-17)} [Herself]
- "Tinseltown TV" (2002) {(2004-02-21)} [Herself]
- "Today" (1952) {(2006-01-14)} [Herself]
- "Today" (1952) {(2007-09-25)} [Herself]
- "Total Request Live" (1998) {(2004-10-04)} [Herself]
- "TV One on One" (2005) {(2005-07-05)} [Herself]
- "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" (2007) {(2007-07-18)} [Herself] <4>
- "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" (2007) {(2007-12-07)} [Herself]
- "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" (2007) {(2008-01-16)} [Herself] <2>
- "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" (2007) {(2008-10-16)} [Herself]
- "V Graham Norton" (2002) {(#4.13)} [Herself]
- "VH-1 Behind the Movie" (1999) {Chicago (#1.3)} [Herself]
- "Weekend Sunrise" (2005) {(2006-04-02)} [Herself]
- "What It Takes" (2006) {Queen Latifah (#1.7)} [Herself]
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- _Chicago (2002)_ (qv) -> $325,000
- _Bringing Down the House (2003)_ (qv) -> $1,000,000
- _Beauty Shop (2005)_ (qv) -> $10,000,000
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- "Parade" (USA), 9 May 2010, pg. 2, by: Walter Scott, "Walter Scott asks...Queen Latifah"
- "Parade" (USA), 23 December 2007, pg. 5, by: Jeanne Wolf, "No-Nonsense and Joyous Go Together"
- "DISH Entertainment Magazine" (USA), March 2007, Vol. 12, Iss. 1, pg. 16-17, by: Jeff Pfeiffer, "Living Strong"
- "A&U" (USA), February 2007, Vol. 16, Iss. 148, pg. 22-25, by: Dann Dulin, "Full of Life"
- "Parade" (USA), 6 March 2005, pg. 4-6, by: Dotson Rader, "'Take The Punch - But Then Get Up Again'"
- "Premiere" (USA), October 2004, Vol. 18, Iss. 2, pg. 72-74+123, by: Tim Swanson, ""Women In Hollywood: Icon - Queen Latifah""
- "Ebony" (USA), November 1999, Vol. LV, Iss. 1, pg. 116-117+120+122+124+126, by: Lynn Norment, "Queen Latifah Has A New TV Show, A New Movie and New Sass"
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- "Minneapolis Star Tribune" (USA), 17 December 2008, by: Associated Press, "Carrie Underwood to Sing at People's Choice Awards Next Month, Hosted by Queen Latifah"
- "Time" (USA), 27 October 2008, pg. 6, by: Magazine Feature, "10 Questions"
- "The Washington Post" (USA), 17 October 2008, Vol. 131, Iss. 317, pg. 33+38 in Weekend section, by: Ellen McCarthy, "Queen 'Bee' Expands Empire"
- "Woman's World" (USA), 30 May 2006, Vol. 27, Iss. 22, pg. 17, by: Queen Latifah, "Ask America's Ultimate Experts"
- "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution" (USA), 22 July 2005, Vol. 57, Iss. 203, pg. G3, by: Sonia Murray, "Trio's vocals, theatrics a sweet musical mix at fest"
- "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 7 March 2003, Vol. 1, Iss. 699, pg. 24-28, by: Rebecca Ascher-Walsh, "Queen Victorious"
- "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 21 February 2003, Iss. 696/697, pg. 52, by: Tom Sinclair, "Queen Latifah"
- "Vibe" (USA), December 1993-January 1994, Vol. 1, Iss. 4, pg. 118-123, by: Lucy Kaylin, "It's not easy being Queen"
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- "Playboy" (USA), December 2003, Vol. 50, Iss. 12, pg. 112, by: staff, "Sex in Cinema 2003"
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- "Parade" (USA), 23 December 2007
- "Jet" (USA), 23 July 2007, Vol. 112, Iss. 3
- "DISH Entertainment Magazine" (USA), March 2007, Vol. 12, Iss. 1
- "Parade" (USA), 6 March 2005
- "Glamour" (USA), May 2004, Vol. 102, Iss. 5
- "Ebony" (USA), November 1999, Vol. LV, Iss. 1
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- Queen Latifah. _Ladies First: Revelations from a Strong Woman._ 1999.
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- Music video for 'Naughty By Nature' (qv): "O.P.P."
- Music video for 'Kimberly 'Lil' Kim' Jones' (qv): "Not Tonight"
- Album, "All Hail the Queen," Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records 01022, 1989.
- Music video with 'Meredith Brooks' (qv), "Lay it Down," 1999.
- TV commercial for Freedom Card (Gold MasterCard) (2000)
- TV commercial for Covergirl makeup (2001)
- TV commercial for CoverGirl Smoothers makeup (2002)
- Print ads for Reebok Classic athletic shoes (2000)
- Music video for 'Aaliyah (I)' (qv): "I Miss You"
- Print ads for Curvation lingerie (2003)
- Took part in the 1990 all-celebrity "Yakety Yak: Take It Back" national recycling-awareness project. "Yakety Yak" featured public service-announcements and music-videos with Latifah and celebs like 'Pat Benatar' (qv) and 'Stevie Wonder' (qv).
- MTV 2-Hour Special, "For Women Only," starring Queen Latifah, featuring her video "Hard Times" with 'Angelique Parry' (qv).
- TV commercial for Pizza Hut (voice) (2003)
- TV commercial for Mariott Courtyard Hotels (2003)
- Album, "Black Reign," Motown/PolyGram Records 636 370, 1993.
- Album, "Nature of a Sista'," Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records 01035, 1991.
- Album, "Order in the Court," Motown/PolyGram Records 530 895, 1998.
- Album, "The Dana Owens Album," Flavor Unit/Creative Battery/AEG Live/A&M/Interscope/Universal Records 986 377, 2004.
- Print ads for CoverGirl Fantastic Lash and Wetslicks cosmetics (2005-06).
- TV commercial for Wal-Mart (2005)
- Print ads for Cover Girl's Lash Exact mascara. (2006)
- Print ads for Cover Girl's Queen Collection cosmetic line for women of color (2007).
- Album, "Trav'lin' Light," Verve/Universal Records 173 650, 2007.
- TV commercial, voice for the US Milk Commission (1996).
- Print ads for Covegirl's line of new makeup products including: Outlast lipstain, Lash Bast Luxe mascara, Trublend Microminerals and Exact Elelights (2009).
- Album, "Persona," Flavor Unit/Verve/Universal Records 295 555, 2009.
- (2009) She is in the commercials for part of Macy's "Believe" campaign.
- (book) "Put on Your Crown: Life-Changing Moments on the Path to Queendom". New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2010. ISBN-10: 0446555894; ISBN-13: 9780446555890
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- (January 2008) Took 'Kirstie Alley' (qv)'s place as spokeswoman for 'Jenny Craig' (qv).
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- I think it's important to create projects as an actor rather than wait for them. I love being able to take an idea and sell it to a studio.
- I'm pretty much the same but trying to be better every day. I don't think the success has gone to my head. I don't think I'm alienating friends or losing friends.
- I really don't know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It doesn't build my self-esteem, and it doesn't help me grow me at all.
- I'd like to have and adopt [children]. I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.
- "I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally." quoted in WOMAN'S WORLD (6-7-05)
- "I am not one to turn down macaroni and cheese, even late at night. I love Italian food. I love pasta...A refrigerator full of water and Gatorade? Honey, that's just not gonna happen." -Woman's World, 6-13-06 issue
- There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.
- It was a very vulnerable time going from being insecure about my body and who I am to becoming comfortable with me. I had to tune out what the hell everybody else had to say about who I was. When I was able to do that, I felt free.
- Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it.
- [On moving from singing to acting] My mom taught me to never put all my eggs in one basket. I figured if I wasn't the best rapper, then I shouldn't completely rely on rap.
- [On being considered a role model] There's no way I can represent for everyone. I can't represent for all women or all big women or all black women. It's important for people not to make celebrities their source of who they should be in life. I can't take on the pressure of being perfect. Nobody is.
- I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick up the white person, then I get a dose of it. Or when they don't want to take you to Harlem. I grew up with that.
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- (6 Feb 1996) Arrested for assaulting a photographer.
- (3 Feb 1996) Arrested for carrying a loaded pistol & marijuana.
- (July 1995) Carjacked and a friend was shot.
- Older brother Lance Owens, who was a police officer, died in an accident on the motorcycle Latifah bought for him as a present. She still wears the motorcycle key around her neck.
- Co-CEO of Flavor Unit Entertainment.
- Had to coach her _Bringing Down the House (2003)_ (qv) co-stars 'Steve Martin (I)' (qv) and 'Eugene Levy' (qv) in hip-hop slang.
- First female rapper to be nominated for an Academy Award.
- Ranked #72 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll.
- Was set to star in _Monster's Ball (2001)_ (qv) alongside 'Robert De Niro' (qv) with 'Sean Penn (I)' directing. Unfortunately, producers could not set up the film in time and it was delayed and recast. Her role went to 'Halle Berry' (qv), and DeNiro's to 'Billy Bob Thornton' (qv).
- Played power forward on the Irvington Public High School girls' basketball team and led them to two New Jersey state championships.
- Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Actress category for her performances in the films _Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)_ (qv), _The Cookout (2004)_ (qv), and _Taxi (2004/I)_ (qv), however, she failed to receive a nomination.
- She won a Grammy in 1994 for Best Solo Rap Performance for "U.N.I.T.Y."
- She was nicknamed "Latifah" (Arabic for delicate and sensitive) by a cousin while she was in her teens.
- DJ Tocadisco's song "Nobody (Likes The Records That I Play)" is based on a sample from the film _Juice (1992)_ (qv) spoken by Queen Latifah.
- Became the first hip-hop artist honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [4 January 2006]
- Had not done any musical theatre since high school prior to her role in _Chicago (2002)_ (qv).
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". Volume 264, pages 284-285. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, Cengage Learning, 2008.
- She is of both African American and Native American descent.
- Of all her roles to date (2008), her personal favorite is Cleopatra Sims from _Set It Off (1996)_ (qv).
- Under her birth name, Dana Owens, Queen Latifah and her longtime personal trainer, Jeanette Jenkins, bought a 2,026-square-foot, 3-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom Los Angeles home together in late 2009. The list price for the property was $1,397,000.
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