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Queen Latifah - many jewels in her crown


Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens, better known by her stage name Queen Latifah is an American actress, rapper and model. 

Latifah's work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as numerous nominations.

Her recording days began in the late 1980s, and she shifted to jazz in 2004.  In 2008 she was asked to make another hip-hop album, and she was quoted as saying

The album was already done, and it would be labeled All Hail the Queen II."

Rolling Stone reports that she is working on another album, and that it will be out sometime in 2009. 

Films Latifah has been a part of are Jungle Fever, House Party 2, Hoodlum, Taxi, The Bone Collector, Scary Movie 3, The Cookout, What Happens in Vegas, Hairspray 2: White Lipstick (2010)...

Latifah is spokesperson and model for Jenny Craig.

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