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QUEEN LATIFAH (Vi Rose Hill / Executive Producer) is an award-winning musician, actress, author and entrepreneur.

Latifah received an Oscar® nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award® nominations, for her portrayal of Mama Morton in "Chicago."

In 2008, Latifah received rave reviews and won Golden Globe, SAG® and Image Awards, in addition to an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress, for her portrayal of a mother who overcomes an addiction to crack and becomes a positive role model and AIDS activist in the black community in HBO's "Life Support," which was based on a true story and which Latifah also executive produced. The same year, she also shared a Broadcast Film Critics Award for Best Acting Ensemble with the cast of "Hairspray," and earned a Broadcast Film Critics Award nomination for Best Song for "Come So Far." Earlier in her career, she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress for her performance as Cleopatra Sims in the feature "Set it Off."

In addition to her film and television accolades, Latifah received a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rap Performance in 1995 for U.N.I.T.Y, and was nominated for Best Female Rap Solo Performance for "Go Head" in 2004. She garnered additional Grammy nominations, for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2005 for "The Dana Owens Album," and in 2008 for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Trav'lin' Light. She made her music debut with the groundbreaking 1989 album, All Hail the Queen.

Latifah made her screen debut in Spike Lee's 1991 film "Jungle Fever," and co-starred with Holly Hunter and Danny DeVito in the critically acclaimed drama "Living Out Loud." Among her other credits are Phillip Noyce's "The Bone Collector," starring Denzel Washington; Wayne Wang's "The Last Holiday"; Marc Forster's "Stranger Than Fiction," opposite Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman; and "The Secret Life of Bees," with Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Dakota Fannning. She also lent her voice as Ellie in "Ice Age: The Meltdown" and "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," and starred in Fox's hit television series "Living Single."

Most recently, Latifah starred in Ron Howard's comedy "The Dilemma," alongside Vince Vaughn and Kevin James, and Garry Marshall's romantic comedy "Valentine's Day." She also starred in and produced the comedy "Just Wright," opposite Common. Other films produced under her production company banner, Flavor Unit Entertainment, include box office hits such as "Bringing Down the House," "Beauty Shop," and "The Cookout," as well as the upcoming "Percentage," starring Ving Rhames. Flavor Unit's television shows include "Single Ladies," a film which went on to become VH1's first weekly scripted dramedy series, and BET's comedy "Let's Stay Together," starring Erica Hubbard.

Her first book, 2000's Ladies First: Revelations of a Strong Woman, was followed in 2010 by the release of Put on Your Crown: Life Lessons from the Queen. She also recently launched a highly successful clothing line on HSN.

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