QUEEN LATIFAH REAL NAME IS DANA ELAINA OWENS. QUEEN LATIFAH IS HER STAGE NAME. Dana is a singer-songwriter, rapper, model, comedienne, and actress. She was born March 18, 1970 she (43). Latifah was born in Newark, New Jersey, and lived primarily in East Orange, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Rita, a teacher at Irvington High School Latifah's and Lancelot Owens, Sr., a police officer her parents divorced when Latifah was ten. Latifah was raised in the Baptist church and attended Catholic school in Newark, New Jersey. Her stage name, Latifah, meaning "delicate". Always a tall girl, the 5'10" Latifah was a power forward on her high school women basketball team. She performed the number "Home" from the musical The Wiz in a high school play.…