About queen latifah

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Born: 18 March 1970 Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey Best Known As: The jail matron Mama in the movie Chicago

Name at birth: Dana Owens One of the first female stars of hip-hop, Queen Latifah proved with her first album, All Hail the Queen (1989), that rap had room for feminism. After establishing herself as a rapper, she moved into acting, appearing in a small role in http://wiki.answers.com/topic/spike-lee's movie Jungle Fever (1991, starring http://wiki.answers.com/topic/wesley-snipes), and more significant roles in Set it Off (1996) and Living Out Loud(1998). She also became a television star during the 1990s, first in the sitcom Living Single (1993), then as the host of her own talk show (1999-2001). And through it all, Queen Latifah was still making records and winning Grammys. In 2003 she co-starred with http://wiki.answers.com/topic/steve-martin in the feature film Bringing Down the House and she was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Chicago (2002, starring http://wiki.answers.com/topic/renee-zellweger). Her other films include Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004, with http://wiki.answers.com/topic/ice-cube-rapper-actor-filmmaker), Beauty Shop (2005, with http://wiki.answers.com/topic/alicia-silverstone) and Last Holiday (2006, with http://wiki.answers.com/topic/alicia-witt) and Hairspray (2007, with http://wiki.answers.com/topic/john-travolta). Her albums include Nature of a Sista (1991), Black Reign (1994) and Order in the Court, and her songs include "Ladies First" and "U.N.I.T.Y." Queen Latifah co-founded her own record label in 1993 -- Flavor Unit Records, a part of her media company Flavor Unit Entertainment.