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Queen Latifah

Highest Rated: 94% Hustle (2022)

Lowest Rated: 5% The Cookout (2004)

Birthday: Mar 18, 1970

Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, USA

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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Highest rated movies

94% 93% Hustle Watchlist
92% 84% Hairspray
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91% 73% The Wiz Live!
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91% 78% Girls Trip Watchlist
91% 68% Bessie
Watchlist
87% 83% Chicago Watchlist 81% 90% Juice Watchlist
81% 80% Girls Town
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73% 85% Stranger Than Fiction
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70% 89% Set It Off
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
32% 16% End of the Road Brenda (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2022
94% 93% Hustle Teresa Sugerman (Character) - 2022
18% 73% 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 100% The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel Executive Producer - 2019
No Score Yet 50% The Trap Unknown (Character) - 2019
36% 31% The Little Mermaid Live! Ursula (Character) - 2019
57% 53% Flint Iza Banks (Character) - 2017
91% 78% Girls Trip Sasha Franklin (Character) $115.1M 2017
No Score Yet 16% The Secrets of Emily Blair Executive Producer - 2016
18% 39% Ice Age: Collision Course Ellie (Voice) $64.0M 2016
No Score Yet 57% La era de hielo: El gran robo del huevo Ellie (Voice) - 2016
45% 80% Miracles From Heaven Angela (Character) $61.7M 2016
22% 44% The Perfect Match Executive Producer $9.7M 2016
91% 68% Bessie Bessie Smith (Character) - 2015
60% 79% Brotherly Love Executive Producer $477.5K 2015
91% 73% The Wiz Live! Unknown (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 16% House of Bodies Nicole (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2013
No Score Yet 23% Percentage Executive Producer - 2013
No Score Yet 60% Steel Magnolias M'Lynn (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2012
37% 61% Ice Age: Continental Drift Ellie (Voice) - 2012
32% 65% Joyful Noise Vi Rose Hill (Character),
Executive Producer
$30.9M 2012
24% 29% The Dilemma Susan Warner (Character) $48.4M 2011
No Score Yet 79% Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Ellie (Character) - 2011
47% 61% Just Wright Leslie Wright (Character),
Producer
$21.5M 2010
18% 47% Valentine's Day Paula Thomas (Character) $110.5M 2010
46% 63% Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ellie (Voice) - 2009
60% 78% The Secret Life of Bees August Boatwright (Character) $37.8M 2008
25% 43% What Happens in Vegas Dr. Twitchell (Character) $80.3M 2008
22% 48% Mad Money Nina (Character) $20.7M 2008
19% 52% The Perfect Holiday Mrs. Christmas (Character),
Producer
$5.8M 2007
60% 61% Arctic Tale Narrator $833.3K 2007
No Score Yet 81% Life Support Ana (Character) - 2007
6% 59% Who's Your Caddy? Executive Producer $5.7M 2007
92% 84% Hairspray Motormouth Maybelle (Character) $118.8M 2007
73% 85% Stranger Than Fiction Penny Escher (Character) $40.1M 2006
56% 71% Ice Age: The Meltdown Ellie (Voice) $195.3M 2006
56% 67% Last Holiday Georgia Byrd (Character) $38.4M 2006
30% 36% The Muppets' Wizard of Oz Aunt Em (Character) - 2005
38% 62% Beauty Shop Gina Norris (Character),
Producer
$36.3M 2005
9% 43% Taxi Belle (Character) $36.6M 2004
5% 37% The Cookout Security Guard (Character),
Producer
$11.5M 2004
69% 48% Barbershop 2: Back in Business Gina (Character) $65.0M 2004
35% 54% Scary Movie 3 The Oracle, Aunt Shaneequa (Character) $110.0M 2003
33% 49% Bringing Down the House Charlene Morton (Character),
Executive Producer
$132.5M 2003
87% 83% Chicago Matron Marna Morton (Character) $170.7M 2002
66% 90% Brown Sugar Francine (Character) $27.4M 2002
29% 34% The Country Bears Cha-Cha (Character) $17.0M 2002
29% 63% The Bone Collector Thelma (Character) $66.5M 1999
No Score Yet 89% Mama Flora's Family Unknown (Character) - 1999
60% 62% Living Out Loud Liz Bailey (Character) $12.9M 1998
13% 38% Sphere Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher (Character) $37.0M 1998
43% 65% Hoodlum Latifah (Character) $23.5M 1997
70% 89% Set It Off Cleo Sims (Character) $36.1M 1996
81% 80% Girls Town Original Music $508.7K 1996
44% 74% My Life Theresa (Character) $27.5M 1993
81% 90% Juice Ruffhouse M.C. (Character) $18.6M 1992
27% 65% House Party 2 Zora (Character) $19.4M 1991

TV

Credit
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