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Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an award-winning United States|American rapper, Singing|singer and actor|actress. Latifah's work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Award|Screen Actors Guild Awards, two NAACP Image Awards|Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy Award nomination and an Academy Award nomination.
Early life
Latifah was born and raised in the rough projects of Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of Rita, a schoolteacher who worked at Irvington High School (New Jersey)|Irvington High School, and Lancelot Owens, a policeman.<ref name="parents">{{cite news|last=Hyman|first=Vicki|coauthors=|title=The Queen holds court|pages=|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=2007-07-18|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/118473419494000.xml&coll=1|accessdate=2007-07-21</ref><ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/69/Queen-Latifah.html Queen Latifah Biography (1970-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="actors">Stated in interview on ''Inside the Actors Studio'', 2006</ref> Her parents divorced when Latifah was ten.<ref name="actors"/> Latifah performed the number "Home" from the musical ''T... read all