List of awards and nominations received by Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah awards and nominations
	; Latifah at the LEAGUE National Awards and Recognition Luncheon in 2008
Awards and nominations
Awards won	30
Nominations	102

Last updated February 23, 2025

Queen Latifah is an American Golden Globe Award, Grammy Award, and Primetime Emmy Award-winning rapper, singer, and actress. She was the first rapper female or male to be awarded with the BET Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021.

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2002	Best Supporting Actress	Chicago	Nominated

American Black Film Festival

Year	Category	Film	Result
1996	Outstanding Performance - Actress	Set It Off	Won
2005	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role	Beauty Shop	Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2003	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Chicago	Nominated

BET Awards

The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2003	Chicago	Best Actress	Won
2004	Bringing Down the House & Brown Sugar		Nominated
2005	Taxi & Beauty Shop		Nominated
2005	The Cookout	Outstanding Writing for a Theatrical Film	Nominated
2006	Last Holiday	Best Actress	Nominated
2008	Life Support	Best Actress	Nominated
2021	Herself	BET Lifetime Achievement Award	Won

Black Movie Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2006	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role	Last Holiday	Nominated
2005	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role	Beauty Shop	Nominated

Black Reel Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2000	Best Supporting Actress	The Bone Collector	Nominated
2003	Best Supporting Actress	Chicago	Won
2004	Best Actress	Bringing Down the House	Nominated
2006		Beauty Shop	Nominated
2008		The Perfect Holiday	Nominated
2009		The Secret Life of Bees	Won
2009	Best Ensemble	The Secret Life of Bees	Nominated
2010	Best Actress	Just Wright	Nominated
2010	Best Original or Adapted Song	Champion (from Just Wright)	Nominated
2013	Best Voice Performance	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Nominated
2013	Best Television or Mini-Series Performance, Female	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Nominated
2016	Best Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series	Bessie	Won

Black Reel Awards for Television

Year	Category	TV series/film	Result
2018	Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series	Flint	Nominated
2018	Outstanding TV Movie/Limited Series	Flint	Nominated
2020	Outstanding TV Movie/Limited Series	The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel	Nominated
2021	Outstanding Actress, Drama Series	The Equalizer	Nominated
2023	Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series		Nominated
2024	Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series		Nominated

Critics' Choice Award

Year	Category	Film	Result
2003	Best Acting Ensemble	Chicago	Won
2008	Best Acting Ensemble	Hairspray	Won
2008	Best Song	"Come So Far" from Hairspray	Nominated

Critics' Choice Television Award

Year	Category	Film	Result
2015	Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries	Bessie	Nominated

Elle Women in Hollywood Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2004	Icon Award	Herself	Won

Essence Black Women in Hollywood

Year	Category	Film	Result
2010	Power Award	Herself	Won

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2003	Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Chicago	Nominated
2008	Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film	Life Support	Won^[1]
2016	Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film	Bessie	Nominated

Gracie Allen Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2008	Outstanding Female Lead - Drama Series or Special	Life Support	Won

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
1991	Best Rap Solo Performance	All Hail the Queen	Nominated
1992		"Fly Girl"	Nominated
1993		"Latifah Had It Up To Here"	Nominated
1995		"U.N.I.T.Y."	Won
2004	Best Female Rap Solo Performance	"Go Head"	Nominated
2005	Best Jazz Vocal Album	The Dana Owens Album	Nominated
2008	Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	Trav'lin' Light	Nominated

Hollywood Film Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2007	Ensemble of the Year	Hairspray	Won
2008	Ensemble of the Year	The Secret Life of Bees	Won

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Year	Category	Result
2006	Queen Latifah	Won

Image Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
2008	Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie/Mini-Series	Life Support	Won
2008	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Hairspray	Nominated
2007	Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture	Last Holiday	Nominated
2006	Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture	Beauty Shop	Nominated
2005	Outstanding Album	The Dana Owens Album	Nominated
2005	Outstanding Female Artist	The Dana Owens Album	Nominated
2004	Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture	Bringing Down the House	Won
2003	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Brown Sugar	Nominated
2002	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	The Bone Collector	Nominated
1999	Outstanding Actress in a Mini-Series/ Television Movie	Mama Flora's Family	Nominated
1999	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Living Out Loud	Nominated
1998	Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series	Living Single	Nominated
1997	Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture	Set It Off	Nominated
1997	Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series	Living Single	Nominated
1996	Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series	Living Single	Nominated

Indie Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
1991 ^[2]	Best Rap Album	Nature of a Sista'	Won

Independent Spirit Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
1997	Best Supporting Female	Set It Off	Nominated

Kids' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
1995	Favorite Television Actress	Living Single	Nominated
1996	Favorite Television Actress	Living Single	Nominated
2004	Favorite Movie Actress	Bringing Down the House	Nominated
2005	Wannabe Award	Herself	Won
2007	Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Won

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2004	Best Female Performance	Bringing Down the House	Nominated
2004	Best Fight	Bringing Down the House Shared w/ Missi Pyle	Nominated
2003	Best Female Performance	Chicago	Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2007	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie	Life Support	Nominated
2016	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Bessie	Nominated
2016	Outstanding Television Movie	Bessie(as Executive Producer)	Won

Palm Springs International Film Festival

Year	Category	Title	Result
2007	Ensemble Cast	Hairspray	Won

People's Choice Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
2006	Favorite Funny Female Star	Herself	Nominated
2007	Favorite Funny Female Star		Nominated
2008	Favorite Leading Lady - Movie		Nominated
2009	Favorite Leading Lady - Movie		Nominated
2014	Favorite New Talk Show Host		Won
2015	Favorite Daytime TV Host		Nominated

Phoenix Film Critics Society Award

Year	Category	Title	Result
2002	Best Cast	Chicago	Nominated

Satellite Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
2015	Best Actress in a Miniseries/ Television Movie	Bessie	Nominated
2008	Best Actress in a Mini-Series/ Television Movie	Life Support	Won
2003	Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series/ Television Movie	Living With the Dead	Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
2003	Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role	Chicago	Nominated
2003	Outstanding Cast	Chicago	Won
2008	Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie	Life Support	Won
2008	Outstanding Cast	Hairspray	Nominated
2016	Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie	Bessie	Won

Soul Train Music Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
1995	Entertainer of the Year	Herself	Won

Teen Choice Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
2003	Choice Movie Actress: Action/Drama	Chicago	Nominated
	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	Bringing Down the House	Won
	Choice Movie: Chemistry		Nominated
	Choice Movie: Fight/Action Sequence		Nominated
	Choice Movie Breakout Star - Female	Chicago & Bringing Down the House	Nominated
2004	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	Nominated
2005	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	Beauty Shop	Nominated
	Choice Movie: Rap Artist		Nominated
	Choice Movie: Hissy Fit		Nominated
2006	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	Last Holiday	Nominated
2006	Choice Movie: Liplock	Last Holiday	Nominated
2010	Choice Movie Actress: Romantic Comedy	Valentine's Day	Nominated

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
2004	Special Mention Award	Taxi	Won
2007	Best Music	"Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)" ( from Hairspray)	Won

Notes

↑ Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations and only winners are announced by the jury. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

References

↑ "Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2008 Golden Globe Awards For The Year Ended December 31, 2007". HFPA. 2007. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1992-05-30. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 2015-08-27.

External links

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[1] Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations and only winners are announced by the jury. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

[HFPA_Official_Nominees-2] "Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2008 Golden Globe Awards For The Year Ended December 31, 2007". HFPA. 2007. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.

[google-3] Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1992-05-30. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 2015-08-27.

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Awards and nominations Discography
Studio albums	All Hail the Queen (1989) Nature of a Sista' (1991) Black Reign (1993) Order in the Court (1998) The Dana Owens Album (2004) Trav'lin' Light (2007) Persona (2009)
Compilation albums	She's a Queen: A Collection of Hits (2002)
Singles	"U.N.I.T.Y." "Just Another Day..." "Black Hand Side" "Rough..." "It's Alright" "Paper" "Bananas (Who You Gonna Call?)" "Go Head"
Other songs	"Satisfied"
Related articles	The Queen Latifah Show The Equalizer Sugar Water Festival Amagi Brilliant Park Flavor Unit Flavor Unit Entertainment