Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah
Birth name	Dana Elaine Owens
Born	March 18, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey, USA
Notable Roles
Notable Episodes
Awards	1 Acapulco Black Film Festival Award, Mexico 1 BET Award, USA 1 BET Comedy Award, USA 1 Black Reel Award, USA 1 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, USA 1 Hollywood Film Festival Award, USA 1 Image Award, USA 1 Kids' Choice Award, USA 1 Screen Actors Guild Award, USA 1 Teen Choice Award, USA Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Living Single	Khadijah James	1993–1998	1	2	3	4	5
The Queen Latifah Show	Host	1999–2001
The Queen Latifah Show	Host	2013–2015
Star	Carlotta Brown	2016–2019	1	2	3

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Marissa Redman	1x25 - Working It Out	May 6, 1991
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Dee-Dee	2x08 - She Ain't Heavy	November 4, 1991
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Herself	2x16 - Wedding Bell Blues	February 4, 1994
Roc	Herself	3x18 - The Concert	February 8, 1994
The Critic	Herself	2x03 - Lady Hawke	March 19, 1995
Spin City	Robin Jones	6x06 - Yeah Baby!	October 23, 2001
Spin City	Robin Jones	6x07 - Sleeping with the Enemy	November 6, 2001
Saturday Night Live	Herself	28x14 - Queen Latifah/Ms. Dynamite	March 8, 2003
Eve	Simone	1x14 - Sister, Sister	February 16, 2004
Saturday Night Live	Herself (Host and Musical Guest)	30x02 - Queen Latifah	October 9, 2004

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Sisters in the Name of Rap	Herself	July 7, 1992
Mama Flora's Family	Diana	November 8, 1998
Living with the Dead	Midge Harmon	April 28, 2002	CBS Sunday Movie
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz	Aunt Em	May 20, 2005	The Wonderful World of Disney
Life Support	Ana Wallace	March 10, 2007	HBO Original
Steel Magnolias	M'Lynn	October 7, 2012	Lifetime Original
Bessie	Bessie Smith	May 16, 2015	HBO Original
The Wiz! Live	The Wiz	December 3, 2015

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

• Maury: (December 11, 1995)
• Maury: (May 13, 1996)
• The Reichen Show: (January 2, 2006)
• The Reichen Show: (April 26, 2006)
• The Talk
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show
• The Queen Latifah Show (host)

Notable Film Roles

Film	Role	Released
Chicago	Mama Morton	December 27, 2002
Bringing Down the House	Charlene Morton	March 7, 2003
Taxi	Belle	October 6, 2004
Beauty Shop	Gina Norris	March 30, 2005
Hairspray	Motormouth Maybelle	July 20, 2007
Joyful Noise	Vi Rose Hill	January 13, 2012

Album History

Album Name	Release Date
All Hail the Queen	1989
Nature of a Sista	1991
Black Reign	1993

Producer

Series Produced

Series	Year(s)	Credit	Season(s)
The Queen Latifah Show	1999-2001, 2013-2015	Executive Producer
Single Ladies	2011 –2012	Executive Producer
Let's Stay Together	2011 –2014	Executive Producer

Made-for-TV Movies Produced

Title	Credit	Airdate	Series/Banner
Steel Magnolias	Executive Producer	October 7, 2012	Lifetime Original Movie
Bessie	Executive Producer	May 16, 2015	HBO Original Movie

Awards and Accolades

Golden Globe Awards

(1 Win in 3 Nominations)

• Won: Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (2008)

Life Support

Screen Actors Guild Awards

(2 Wins in 3 Individual Nominations)

• Won: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (2008)

Life Support

• Won: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries (2016)

Bessie