Queen Latifah as Carlotta Brown
Queen Latifah — musician, critically acclaimed TV and film actress, label president, author, and entrepreneur — plays Carlotta Brown, Star and Alexandra’s godmother. The girls track her down in Atlanta with hopes that she’ll help them with their music career.
Lee Daniels told Billboard in an interview that he had Queen Latifah in mind when he wrote the character: “She plays Carlotta, a woman that had a hit in the ’90s but ended up in the streets. Carlotta has turned her life over to God, but she’s still a gangster. She walks on both sides of the curb — in very expensive wigs.”
Daniels went on to praise Queen Latifah’s crossover abilities, comparing her to Diana Ross: “She’s a true crossover, similar to what Diana Ross accomplished in the ’60s. Yet she remains a girl from the hood. And her voice — she sings gospel in our first number, but a new type of gospel. We’ll also hear her sing some R&B and do some classic and current rap.”
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