Queen Latifah has appeared in the horror film Hairspray.
Hairspray is a 1988 American romantic comedy film written and directed by John Waters , and starring Ricki Lake , Divine , Debbie Harry , Sonny Bono , Jerry Stiller , Leslie Ann Powers , Colleen Fitzpatrick , and Michael St. Gerard . Hairspray is a 2007 musical romantic comedy film based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name , which in turn was based on John Waters ' 1988 comedy film of the same name . Queen Latifah . Latifah released her fifth album The Dana Owens Album in 2004 , and has since appeared in a number of films , such as Bringing Down the House ( 2003 ) , Taxi ( 2004 ) , Barbershop 2 : Back in Business ( 2005 ) , Beauty Shop ( 2005 ) , Last Holiday ( 2006 ) , Hairspray ( 2007 ) and Joyful Noise ( 2012 ) .