Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

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Queen Latifah

Bio

QUEEN LATIFAH (Ellie) is a musician, television and film actress, record label president, author and entrepreneur. Latifah became the first hip hop artist to be crowned with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For her portrayal of Mama Morton in the Oscar winning hit “Chicago,” Latifah received rave reviews, an Oscar® nomination for best supporting actress, a Golden Globe nomination and a SAG Award nomination. Latifah then starred in Disney’s box office hit “Bringing Down the House,” on which she also was executive producer. Latifah starred in and executive produced the recent television movie “Life Support,” a true-life drama in which she portrays a mother who overcomes an addiction to crack and becomes a role model and AIDS activist in her community. Latifah received rave reviews as well as an Emmy nomination, a Golden Globe win and a SAG Award win for her work in “Life Support.” She starred in Neil Meron and Craig Zadan’s “Hairspray,” as Motormouth Maybelle, and in the film “Mad Money,” the latter also starring Diane Keaton and Katie Holmes. In last year’s “The Secret Life of Bees,” from Fox Searchlight Pictures, Latifah starred alongside Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Dakota Fannning. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, the drama won the Hollywood Film Award at the Hollywood Film Festival. Latifah was seen in Wayne Wang’s “The Last Holiday” and starred in and produced “Beauty Shop,” a spin-off from the hit film “Barbershop.” She also appeared in director Marc Forster’s “Stranger Than Fiction,” opposite Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman, and was the voice of Ellie in “Ice Age: The Meltdown.” In 2007, Latifah released her album “Trav’lin Light,” for which she was nominated for a Grammy. Co-produced by three time Grammy winner Tommy LiPuma, the album was the long awaited follow up to Latifah’s Grammy nominated, platinum-selling “The Dana Owens Album,” a collection of timeless classics chosen and covered by the Queen herself. Queen Latifah is also a well respected rapper, whose groundbreaking 1989 debut “All Hail the Queen,” set the visual and contextual standard for female rappers. She has earned four Grammy nominations as well as a Grammy Award for best solo rap performance in 1994. Latifah toured the U.S. as part of The Sugar Water Festival with fellow soul sisters Erykah Badu and Jill Scott. With her partner Shakim Compere, Latifah owns and operates a production company, Flavor Unit Entertainment. Based in New Jersey, the company executive produced the box-office hit “Bringing Down the House,” as well as “Beauty Shop.” Flavor Unit Entertainment co-produced the action-comedy “Bad Girls,” and produced “The Cookout.” Since Latifah’s screen debut in Spike Lee’s 1991 film “Jungle Fever,” her film career has taken off. She starred in “Set It Off,” which earned her a nomination for a Spirit Award in the best actress category, and co-starred with Holly Hunter and Danny DeVito in “Living Out Loud.” In 1999, she was seen in “The Bone Collector,” directed by Philip Noyce, starring Denzel Washington. In addition to music, film and television, Queen Latifah has also written a book on self-esteem entitled Ladies First: Revelations of a Strong Woman. Latifah’s first television series, “Living Single,” was a huge success and is currently in syndication. Queen Latifah serves as co-chairman for the Lancelot H. Owens Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Established by her mother Rita Owens to perpetuate the memory of a loving son and brother, the foundations provides scholarships to students who excel scholastically but are limited in financial resources.

Appearing as:

Ellie