She transitioned to leading roles in the hit sitcom Living Single, and the recent Fox drama Star, and films like Set It Off, The Perfect Holiday, Beauty Shop, Hairspray, The Secret Life of Bees, Just Wright, and the Ice Age franchise.
As our exceedingly skilled former CIA operative who’s now dedicating her life to helping those with nowhere else to turn, is Queen Latifah.
Since then, Latifah has lent her considerable talents to appearances in properties like The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Jungle Fever, House Party 2, and The Bone Collector.
In addition, Queen Latifah got an Oscar nomination for Chicago in 2003, and won an Emmy in 2015 for Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for HBO’s Bessie.