Queen Latifah is preparing a wedding, her own wedding to her long term girlfriend Jeanette Jenkins. Man, I didn’t even know she was dating a woman. According to sources Queen Latifah has been dating personal trailer Jeanette Jenkins for five years after meeting in the gym.

A close friends said...

"Queen Latifah is very busy with her career, so she wants to wait to set a date until she has time for a honeymoon."

"she is concerned about her career. She knows people’s attitude toward gay relationships and marriages are changing, but there is still some resistance, so she wants to keep a low profile."

Queen Latifah and Jeanette Jenkins live together between a home Los Angeles and New Jersey. No doubt Queen Latifah owns both of them.

A close friend said the they are planning an intimate ceremony, witnessed by a limited number of close friends and family, for later in the year.


Queen Latifah and Jeanette Jenkins on vacation in Miami.

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Queen Latifah who's real name is Dana Elaine Owens, born March 18, 1970 and is an American Grammy Award-winning rap artist and singer, and an Academy Award-nominated actress.


Queen Latifah was born in Newark, New Jersey to African-American parents Lancelot Owens (a police officer) and Rita (a high-school art teacher); they divorced when she was eight years old. After singing in the choir of her local Baptist church, she performed the number "Home" from the musical, The Wiz, in a high school play. Her stage name, Latifah( لطيفة ), means "delicate" and "sensitive" in Arabic. It was given to her when she was eight by her cousin. While in high school, she was a power forward on her basketball team. Her father also gave her lessons in karate and firearms use.


Queen Latifah started her career beatboxing for the rap group Ladies Fresh. In 1988, local DJ Mark the 45 King heard a demo version of Latifah's single, "Princess of the Posse", and gave the demo to Fab Five Freddy (who at the time hosted Yo! MTV Raps). Freddy helped Latifah sign with Tommy Boy Records. They released Latifah's first album, All Hail the Queen, in (1989); at the time, she was 18. This debut managed to be both a critical and commercial success and was followed by the albums Nature of a Sista and Black Reign, which contained the hit single, U.N.I.T.Y.. After releasing four rap albums (the fourth being Order in the Court, released in 1998), she released a soul/jazz standards album in 2004 called The Dana Owens Album.


From 1993 to 1998, Latifah had a starring role on Living Single, a FOX sitcom; she also wrote and performed its theme music. She began her film career as a supporting actress in movies like House Party 2 (1991) and Set It Off (1996).


Her first big role was in the film version of the musical Chicago; her performance as Matron "Mama" Morton received an Academy Award nomination for "Best Supporting Actress". Queen Latifah did not win the Oscar in 2003; however, that year she co-starred with Steve Martin in the film Bringing Down the House, which was a big success at the box office. Since then, she has had both leading and supporting roles in a multitude of films that received varied critical and box office receptions, including Scary Movie 3, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Taxi, and Beauty Shop.

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Here are some images of Queen Latifah at the Oscars, 78th Annual Academy Awards®.

Queen Latifah at the Oscars

At The 78th Annual Academy Awards® Queen Latifah is in Carmen Marc Valvo.