Nickname:	Hip-Hop's First Lady
Known for:	Hairspray / Chicago / Taxi
Birth name:	Dana Elaine Owens
Birthday:	18 March 1970, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Height:	5' 10" (1.78 m)
Available Photos	60

As far as accomplished singers/actresses go, Queen Latifah is one of the most successful. She can rap with the best homies out there and then turn around and act her way to an Oscar nomination. For this versatility and for her dynamic character, we give mad respect to this First Lady of Hip Hop and new queen of the big screen. A rapper extraordinaire and performer first, Queen Latifah broke onto the scene with the 1989 album All Hail the Queen. As she made hit singles and took home awards (including a Grammy) she was recognized as the trailblazer in female hip-hop. Latifah proved to be an excellent actress as well, starring on the TV series Living Single before doing films like Jungle Fever, Set it Off, Bringing Down the House and Chicago, for which she received an Oscar nomination.

Queen Latifah Worked At Burger King At Age 15

Picture Inside. photo courtesy of PR Photos/www.prphotos.comQueen Latifah recalls the work she did for so little pay:"I worked at Burger King when I was 15, I made burgers, I made drinks. And I had to clean the bathrooms. I must have been crazy for cleaning that for minimum wage."No one wants to work hard for such little pay... Read More » Queen Latifah Worked At Burger King At Age 15

106 & Park

Picture Inside. Katie Holmes and Queen Latifah Visit BET's "106 & Park" to promote their new movie, "Mad Money."In theaters this Friday. Read More » 106 & Park

Katie Holmes Bets On Queen Latifah

Picture Inside. Katie Holmes and Queen Latifah were among the many stars that had to sit out the Golden Globes this year, but they got to have a little awards ceremony of their own on BET yesterday.Katie presented her Mad Money co-star with the trophy Queen Latifah won for her performance in Life Support.Not quite as excitin... Read More » Katie Holmes Bets On Queen Latifah

The Perfect Holiday Party

Picture Inside. Queen Latifah and Actress Khail Bryant attend "The Perfect Holiday" party. Read More » The Perfect Holiday Party

American Music Awards

Picture Inside. Queen Latifah arrives to the 2007 American Music Awards. Read More » American Music Awards

Queen Latifah In Times Square

Picture Inside. Queen Latifah Signs Her New Album "Trav'lin' Light" at Virgin Megastore in Times Square Read More » Queen Latifah In Times Square

Will She Still Be Able To....

Picture Inside. Make A Hit?[Queen Latifah at the Emmy Awards]Rapper/actress Queen Latifah is planning a return to the microphone - because current songs in the hip-hop industry are 'too superficial'.She tells Billboard.com, "I think there's a bunch of rap heads and hip-hop lovers who are my age."They just want good music tha... Read More » Will She Still Be Able To....

Posh Wishes She Was Taller

Picture Inside. FlynetDavid and Victoria Beckham ran into Queen Latifah while out shopping.I think Posh is envious of taller folks because how else can anyone explain those ridiculously high heels she insists on wearing?I can't believe she can even walk in them!I guess she's not a big fan of flip flops eh?Source Read More » Posh Wishes She Was Taller

Queen Latifah - Bet Awards

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Hairspray Starring Queen Latifah

Picture Inside. John Travolta (left) stars as "Edna Turnblad" and Queen Latifah stars as "Motormouth Maybelle" in New Line Cinema's upcoming release of Adam Shankman's HAIRSPRAY.HAIRSPRAYIn Theaters July 20 Read More » Hairspray Starring Queen Latifah

QUEEN LATIFAH delivered a poem penned by MAYA ANGELOU in tribute to MICHAEL JACKSON at the King of Pop’s memorial in Los Angeles.Paying her own tribute to the late pop star at the Staples Center on Tuesday (07Jul09), Latifah told the gathered 18,000 friends, family members, fans and celebrities, "Michael was the biggest star on
Queen Latifah is set to join the celebrity scent sect as she prepares to launch her first royal fragrance. Queen will hit stores in September and the rapper-turned-actress can't wait to start spraying.


Queen Latifah is set to join the celebrity scent sect as she prepares to launch her first royal fragrance. Queen will hit stores in September and the rapper-turned-actress can't wait to start spraying.


AP - Queen Latifah has revealed a traumatic chapter of her personal life: The singer-actress was sexually abused as a child.
Queen Latifah opens up in a new tell-all interview regarding her sexual abuse as a child. Latifah said she was abused by a teenage boy who was put in charge of her. "He violated me," she tells Essence magazine. "I never told anybody; I just buried it as deeply as I could and kept people at an arm's distance. I never really let a person get too close to me. I could have been married years ago, but I had a commitment issue." Latifah says she didn't tell anyone till the death of her brother when she was 22 years old. "I had to get it off my chest. My mother felt terrible. She was kind of a country girl, so she wasn't up on how slick people could be. When I told my dad, he said nothing," she tells the publication. The Cover Girl says for many years she blamed herself for the sexual abuse she endured but after speaking with her therapist she came to terms with it. "I was a kid, and I had no power or control over the situation. I really wish I'd had the strength and the knowledge to say something sooner, because I always wondered, Did he do that to someone else? But I accept that the time for action has come and gone." For more with Queen Latifah -- including her feelings regarding her sexuality and weight loss -- check out the latest issue of Essence magazine, on newsstands June 12.

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Rapper-turned-actress Queen Latifah has opened up for the first time about her harrowing childhood as a victim of sexual abuse in a candid new magazine interview.


Rapper-turned-actress Queen Latifah has opened up for the first time about her harrowing childhood as a victim of sexual abuse in a candid new magazine interview.


AP - The party won't stop after the BET Awards are over, and Queen Latifah (Lah-TEE'-fah) will be around to make sure of it.
Mary J. Blige & Queen Latifah showed up at the 37th Annual FIFI Awards in New York City yesterday wearing two very different gowns. Who looks better? Blige in green or the Queen in metallic gray?


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Last night's "American Idol" finale was inspired ... by Kate Gosselin's horrendous multi-level '80s female rapper reverse mullet 'do.Everyone from Queen Latifah to last year's winner David Cook sported the inexplicable side bang/spiky top shag.The ...

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"The Insider" was backstage with Kris Allen on Wednesday night moments after he was crowned the season eight "American Idol". Kris tells "The Insider"'s Victoria Recano what he is planning to do after the show and how it feels to be the next "American Idol". "I am going to get some sleep tonight hopefully," Kris Say. "Just hang out with everyone else who's helped me get here. I don't think it's totally sinking in yet." Runner-up Adam Lambert tells "The Insider" that he had a blast performing onstage with KISS and Queen, and that he is very happy for Kris. "I feel like tonight was a celebration," Adam says. "It was anybody's game, we both knew that. I'm really happy for Kris. I think he's an incredibly talented guy, and he's a really good person. He deserves this." "Tonight was a celebration of the whole journey," Adam says. "I think Kris is so talented and so deserving of that title. It was an honor standing next to him." Watch the video for more backstage action and to hear Queen Latifah's Broadway advice for "The Insider"'s Samantha Harris.

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AP - A former New Jersey prosecutor who also once represented stars including Queen Latifah and Lil' Kim is accused in New Jersey of arranging the murder of a witness.
NEW YORK (AP) — A makeup artist and a fashion stylist claim in coordinated lawsuits that they got ugly treatment from Queen Latifah when she cheated them out of $1 million.


Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music

Queen Latifah has been hit with a double barrel legal blast -- two lawsuits were filed by people who were hired to make the Queen pretty."Celebrity cosmetologist" Roxanna Floyd claims she was cheated out of $700,000 for services rendered between...

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AP - A makeup artist and a fashion stylist claim in coordinated lawsuits that they got ugly treatment from Queen Latifah when she cheated them out of $1 million.
Queen Latifah, 39, blows out candles on her cake during her birthday party Saturday night at SIR in Hollywood. The rapper performed on stage with Lil' Kim, Lady of Rage, Missy Elliot, Yo-Yo, and MC Lyte. Among the celeb guests spotted at the party were Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.

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GREY’S ANATOMY star CHANDRA WILSON is heading to Broadway - she has landed a lead role in the New York theatre production of CHICAGO.The actress, who plays Dr. Miranda Bailey in the hospital drama, will take on the role of Matron ‘Mama’ Morton for four weeks starting on 5 June (09).Queen Latifah played the role
Queen Latifah will honor Hollywood's deceased stars at the Oscars by performing during the show's In Memoriam montage. The former rapper will sing standard "I'll Be Seeing You" as movie clips


QUEEN LATIFAH will honour Hollywood’s deceased stars at the Oscars by performing during the show’s In Memoriam montage.The former rapper will sing standard I’ll Be Seeing You as movie clips and photographs of those who have passed away in the last year are flashed onto a huge screen at the Academy Awards on 22 February
E! Online - Queen Latifah is making a return performance at this year's Academy Awards.

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