7 Reasons You'll Love Watching Queen Latifah As 'Bessie' in HBO Biopic

Queen Latifah is so convincing in the new HBO movie Bessie, that you will find yourself Googling the real Empress of Blues just to differentiate the two. The rapper turned actress mesmerizes as Bessie Smith, in large part, because she completely loses herself in the role of her career. When the soulful biopic debuts this Saturday, May 16, viewers will quickly forget all the other parts Latifah has played in the past or that she is acting at all.