Photo SpecialBecoming ... Queen Latifah
See how the Taxi star went from teen rapper to Oscar-nominated actress. By Serena Kappes
Credit: John Spellman/Retna; Lionel Hahn/Abaca
Updated: Thursday Oct 07, 2004 | 06:00 AM EDT
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Latifah (left, at a 2002 screening of Chicago; right, in September) underwent breast reduction surgery and lost more than 35 lbs. in 2003 by exercising, cutting out simple carbs and going on a two-day liquid diet about every two months. "I'm cool with myself," says Latifah. "If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it."
