Queen Latifah
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03/17/1970
Newark, NJ |
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| Won two state championships as a forward on her high school basketball team. |
| As a teen, was nicknamed "Latifah," an Arabic word meaning delicate or sensitive, by a cousin. |
| Made her big-screen debut in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever (1991); has since starred in comedy hits like Bringing Down the House (2003) and Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004). |
| Is co-chairperson of the Lancelot H. Owens Scholarship Fund, founded in memory of her brother Lancelot, who was killed in a motorcycle accident. The fund awards scholarships to economically challenged |
| Was the big winner of a 2000 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire celebrity week, earning $250,000, which she donated to her brother's charity. |
| Released her debut album, All Hail the Queen, in 1989. |
