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TheHollywoodArchive.com:  Happy birthday Dana Elaine Owens (AKA Queen Latifah). Today celebrating her 40th Birthday. A rapper, actress, and singer, Queen Latifah's work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy A...ward nomination and an Academy Award nomination.


Latifah Trivia:


Arrested for assaulting a photographer. (6 February 1996)

Arrested for carrying a loaded pistol & marijuana. (3 February 1996)

Carjacked and a friend was shot. (July 1995)

Had to coach her Bringing Down the House (2003) co-stars Steve Martin and Eugene Levy in hip-hop slang.

First female rapper to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Became the first hip-hop artist honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [4 January 2006]

She is of both African American and Native American descent.