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Queen Latifah

Birth name: Dana Elaine Owens

Birth date: 18.03.1970

Hip-hop's first lady (though some would attribute that to Roxanne Shanté), 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. A role model who takes the responsibility to heart, Latifah carefully constructed a fine career for herself--one that is constantly moving upward.

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Filmography

# Mad Money (2008) .... Liz # Hairspray (2007) .... Motormouth Maybelle # Perfect Christmas (2007) (post-production) .... Narrator # Life Support (2007) .... Ana Willis # Lost Historical Films on the Ice Age Period (2006) (V) (voice) .... Ellie # Stranger Than Fiction (2006) .... Penny Escher # Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006) (VG) .... Ellie # Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) (voice) .... Ellie ... aka Ice Age 2 (Singapore: English title) (USA: working title) ... aka Ice Age: The Meltdown (UK) # "Independent Lens" (1 episode, 2006) - Girl Trouble (2006) TV Episode # Last Holiday (2006) .... Georgia Byrd # Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year Awards (2005) (TV) # The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) (TV) .... Auntie Em # Beauty Shop (2005) .... Gina Norris # Taxi (2004/I) .... Belle ... aka New York Taxi (France) ... aka Taxi 2004 (UK: promotional title) # The Cookout (2004) .... Security Guard # Crash Nebula (2004) (TV) (voice) .... Pam Dromeda # "The Fairly OddParents" .... Pam Dromeda (1 episode, 2004) - Crash Nebula (2004) TV Episode (voice) .... Pam Dromeda # "Eve" .... Simone (1 episode, 2004) - Sister, Sister (2004) TV Episode .... Simone # Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) .... Gina # Scary Movie 3 (2003) .... Aunt Shaneequa ... aka Scary Movie 3.5 (USA: DVD box title) # Bringing Down the House (2003) .... Charlene Morton # "Kung Faux" (2003) TV Series .... Various / ... (unknown episodes) # Chicago (2002) .... Matron Mama Morton ... aka Chicago (Germany) # Pinocchio (2002) (voice: English version) ... aka Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (USA: promotional title) # Brown Sugar (2002) .... Francine ... aka Seven Days # The Country Bears (2002) .... Cha-Cha # Living with the Dead (2002) (TV) .... Midge Harmon ... aka Talking to Heaven (Europe: English title) (USA: working title) # "Spin City" .... Robin Jones (2 episodes, 2001) - Sleeping with the Enemy (2001) TV Episode .... Robin Jones - Yeah Baby! (2001) TV Episode .... Robin Jones # Bringing Out the Dead (1999) (voice) .... Voice of Dispatcher Love # The Bone Collector (1999) .... Thelma # Mama Flora's Family (1998) (TV) .... Diana # Living Out Loud (1998) .... Liz Bailey # Sphere (1998) .... Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher # "Living Single" .... Khadijah James / ... (115 episodes, 1993-1998) ... aka My Girls - Let's Stay Together (1998) TV Episode .... Khadijah James - To Catch a Thief (1998) TV Episode .... Khadijah James - In Your Dreams (1997) TV Episode .... Khadijah James - Misleading Lady (1997) TV Episode .... Khadijah James - Forgive Us Our Trespasses (1997) TV Episode .... Khadijah James (110 more) # Hoodlum (1997) .... Sulie # Set It Off (1996) .... Cleopatra 'Cleo' Sims # My Life (1993/I) .... Theresa # Sisters in the Name of Rap (1992) (TV) # Juice (1992) .... Ruffhouse M.C. ... aka Angel Town 2 (Europe: English title: video catalogue title) # "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" .... Dee Dee / ... (2 episodes, 1991) - She Ain't Heavy (1991) TV Episode .... Dee Dee - Working It Out (1991) TV Episode .... Marissa Redman # House Party 2 (1991) .... Zora # Jungle Fever (1991) .... Lashawn