Queen Latifah
Award-winning actress, rapper, entrepreneur and spokesmodel were but a few of the hats Queen Latifah wore as she began her rise as one of entertainment's top renaissance women, starting with her breakout album All Hail the Queen in 1989. The 19-year-old embodied a new spirit in hip-hop and was a pioneer for her empowering messages of positivity, particularly for urban women. Her status as pop culture icon led easily to an acting career, where she followed up a four-year run on the Fox sitcom "Living Single" (Fox, 1993-97) with increasingly visible roles in comedies and dramas, including "Set it Off" (1996) and "The Bone Collector" (1999). She broke through with unanimous critical acclaim for her role as Mama Morton in the lavish big screen adaptation of "Chicago" (2002), earning multiple awards for her powerhouse performance. Audiences loved Latifah in the urban comedies "Bringin' Down the House" (2003) and "Beauty Shop" (2005) even if critics did not, but Latifah was continually surprising audiences with her artistic development. Evolving from rapper MC to sweet jazz crooner, she also delivered terrific performances in subtler films like "Stranger Than Fiction" (2006) and "Last Holiday" (2007) and brought all her talents together for a knock-out performance as Motormouth Maybelle in the big screen musical, "Hairspray" (2007). Consistently demonstrated through her talent, strength and positivity, Queen Latifah entertained and inspired not merely African-Americans or women, but people from all walks of life.
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Queen Latifah
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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32% |
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End of the Road |
Brenda (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2022 |
94% |
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Hustle | Teresa Sugerman (Character) | - | 2022 |
18% |
|
The Tiger Rising |
Willie May (Character), Executive Producer |
$835.2K | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Salt-N-Pepa | Producer | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
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The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel | Executive Producer | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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The Trap | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
36% |
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The Little Mermaid Live! | Ursula (Character) | - | 2019 |
57% |
|
Flint | Iza Banks (Character) | - | 2017 |
91% |
|
Girls Trip | Sasha Franklin (Character) | $115.1M | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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The Secrets of Emily Blair | Executive Producer | - | 2016 |
18% |
|
Ice Age: Collision Course | Ellie (Voice) | $64.0M | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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La era de hielo: El gran robo del huevo | Ellie (Voice) | - | 2016 |
45% |
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Miracles From Heaven | Angela (Character) | $61.7M | 2016 |
22% |
|
The Perfect Match | Executive Producer | $9.7M | 2016 |
91% |
|
Bessie | Bessie Smith (Character) | - | 2015 |
60% |
|
Brotherly Love | Executive Producer | $477.5K | 2015 |
91% |
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The Wiz Live! | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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House of Bodies |
Nicole (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Percentage | Executive Producer | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Steel Magnolias |
M'Lynn (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2012 |
37% |
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Ice Age: Continental Drift | Ellie (Voice) | - | 2012 |
32% |
|
Joyful Noise |
Vi Rose Hill (Character), Executive Producer |
$30.9M | 2012 |
24% |
|
The Dilemma | Susan Warner (Character) | $48.4M | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas | Ellie (Character) | - | 2011 |
47% |
|
Just Wright |
Leslie Wright (Character), Producer |
$21.5M | 2010 |
18% |
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Valentine's Day | Paula Thomas (Character) | $110.5M | 2010 |
46% |
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Ellie (Voice) | - | 2009 |
60% |
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The Secret Life of Bees | August Boatwright (Character) | $37.8M | 2008 |
25% |
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What Happens in Vegas | Dr. Twitchell (Character) | $80.3M | 2008 |
22% |
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Mad Money | Nina (Character) | $20.7M | 2008 |
19% |
|
The Perfect Holiday |
Mrs. Christmas (Character), Producer |
$5.8M | 2007 |
60% |
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Arctic Tale | Narrator | $833.3K | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Life Support | Ana (Character) | - | 2007 |
6% |
|
Who's Your Caddy? | Executive Producer | $5.7M | 2007 |
92% |
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Hairspray | Motormouth Maybelle (Character) | $118.8M | 2007 |
73% |
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Stranger Than Fiction | Penny Escher (Character) | $40.1M | 2006 |
56% |
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Ice Age: The Meltdown | Ellie (Voice) | $195.3M | 2006 |
56% |
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Last Holiday | Georgia Byrd (Character) | $38.4M | 2006 |
30% |
|
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | Aunt Em (Character) | - | 2005 |
38% |
|
Beauty Shop |
Gina Norris (Character), Producer |
$36.3M | 2005 |
9% |
|
Taxi | Belle (Character) | $36.6M | 2004 |
5% |
|
The Cookout |
Security Guard (Character), Producer |
$11.5M | 2004 |
69% |
|
Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Gina (Character) | $65.0M | 2004 |
35% |
|
Scary Movie 3 | The Oracle, Aunt Shaneequa (Character) | $110.0M | 2003 |
33% |
|
Bringing Down the House |
Charlene Morton (Character), Executive Producer |
$132.5M | 2003 |
87% |
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Chicago | Matron Marna Morton (Character) | $170.7M | 2002 |
66% |
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Brown Sugar | Francine (Character) | $27.4M | 2002 |
29% |
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The Country Bears | Cha-Cha (Character) | $17.0M | 2002 |
29% |
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The Bone Collector | Thelma (Character) | $66.5M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Mama Flora's Family | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
60% |
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Living Out Loud | Liz Bailey (Character) | $12.9M | 1998 |
13% |
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Sphere | Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher (Character) | $37.0M | 1998 |
43% |
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Hoodlum | Latifah (Character) | $23.5M | 1997 |
70% |
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Set It Off | Cleo Sims (Character) | $36.1M | 1996 |
81% |
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Girls Town | Original Music | $508.7K | 1996 |
44% |
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My Life | Theresa (Character) | $27.5M | 1993 |
81% |
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Juice | Ruffhouse M.C. (Character) | $18.6M | 1992 |
27% |
|
House Party 2 | Zora (Character) | $19.4M | 1991 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 52% | The Equalizer |
Robyn McCall (Character), Executive Producer |
2021-2024 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2015 2017-2018 2020-2021 2023-2024 |
100% | 80% | Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop | Self | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2017 2022 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2019 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hot Ones | Self | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2010 2013-2015 2022 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2014 2016-2017 2022 |
100% | 90% | Maya and the Three | Gran Bruja (Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2013-2014 2016 2021 |
No Score Yet | 55% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2020 |
71% | 82% | When the Streetlights Go On | Detective Darlene Grasso (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2020 |
100% | No Score Yet | AMC Visionaries: Rap Yearbook | Unknown (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Untold Stories of Hip Hop | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | America's Got Talent |
Music Performer, Guest |
2011 2019 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Lee Daniel's Star | Carlotta Brown (Character) | 2016-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rap Game | Executive Producer | 2016-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dr. Oz Show | Guest | 2014-2016 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2014 2017-2018 |
86% | No Score Yet | Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2009-2010 2015-2017 |
84% | 47% | Empire | Carlotta Brown (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2012 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Music Performer | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pop Game | Executive Producer | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Best Place to Be | Host | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 81% | The Fairly OddParents | Pam Dromeda (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Follow the Rules | Executive Producer | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrated | Self | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lip Sync Battle | Contestant | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Single Ladies | Executive Producer | 2011-2012 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Hot in Cleveland | Aunt Esther Jean Johnson (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Let's Stay Together |
Unknown (Guest Star), Executive Producer |
2012-2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon |
Music Performer, Guest |
2009-2012 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2013 |
100% | 78% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mo'Nique Show | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Next | Executive Producer | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2012 |
78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Regina Bookman (Guest Star) | 2010 |
65% | 82% | Entourage | Dana Elaine Owens (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 54% | American Idol | Host | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dancing With the Stars | Music Performer | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices | Narrator | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live |
Unknown (Guest Star), Host |
2003-2004 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eve | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
68% | No Score Yet | Spin City | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Living Single | Khadijah James (Character) | 1993-1998 |
85% | 83% | The Critic | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hangin' With Mr. Cooper | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Living Color | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Def Comedy Jam | Host |