She's still making music videos but hip-hop's first lady, Queen Latifah, is more about acting nowadays. And, although she made her on-screen name in comedies from Taxi (2004) to Girls Trip (2017), of late she's been showing a more serious — and deadly — side in TV's The Equalizer. With The Equalizer season 5 scheduled for later in the year, it's a role she's made her own.
The series isn't the first time she's played it straight. And Netflix currently has her 2022 basketball movie Hustle to enjoy neatly illustrating that. In Hustle, she's in a supporting role but one that hints at some of the edge we now see in Robyn McCall. As the wife of aging talent scout Adam Sandler, she gives her globe-trotting husband the grounding he needs, challenging some of his professional decisions and reminding him that he’s needed just as much at home as he is at work.
