Queen Latifah and Eboni Nichols have been together for 12 years, and have kept their union relatively hush-hush.
The most the Living Single alum has said about her relationship was a shoutout during her 2021 BET Awards Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech, where she affectionately referred to Nichols as “my love.” While the pair have been spotted out and about during numerous events, not much has been documented about the two lovebirds.
In 2008, the “U.N.I.T.Y” emcee told The New York Times that the scarcity of information is intentional. “I don’t have a problem discussing the topic of somebody being gay, but I do have a problem discussing my personal life. You don’t get that part of me. Sorry. We’re not discussing it in our meetings, we’re not discussing it at Cover Girl,” the Queen asserted. “I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t care if people think I’m gay or not. Assume whatever you want. You do it anyway.”
So, with the little bit of information they’ve been comfortable sharing, and fans clamoring for just a smidge of info regarding the couple, here is what we know about Eboni Nichols.
First Encounter
Eboni Nichols and Queen Latifah attend the 97th annual Oscars at Ovation Hollywood on March 02, 2025 in Hollywood, California.
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Latifah and Nichols first hit it off in 2009 on the set of Dancing with the Stars. However, according to IMDB, both women were present on the set of Hairspray, leading many fans to speculate that that may have been the moment they originally caught each other’s eye.
Choregrapher & Dancer
Eboni Nichols attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2024 in New York City.
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Nichols is an accomplished dancer. The 46-year-old has performed alongside a bevy of entertainers, such as Aaliyah, Usher, Beyoncé, and Rihanna. At one point, the woman was even a Los Angeles Laker Girl and even choreographed music videos for The Dream, Snoop Dogg, and Estelle. After that, Eboni Nichols then worked as a choreographer for a decade and a half. Nichols’ work has found its way into films and shows such as Night School, American Idol, Jane the Virgin, and more.
Lovers & Business Partners
Queen Latifah and Eboni Nichols attend the amfAR Cannes Gala 2023 where guests sipped Clase Azul Tequila at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 25, 2023 in Cap d’Antibes, France.
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Queen Latifah and Eboni Nichols have worked together on numerous projects, with Nichols lending her choreographer expertise. The two stars have collaborated on The Queen Latifah Show, the emcee’s Rock The Bells Tour in 2023, a Cover Girl commercial, and more.
Governor of Dance
Jeff Leatham and Eboni Nichols attend ‘Prelude to the Olympics’ at Fondation Louis Vuitton on July 25, 2024 in Paris, France.
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The California native is listed as a former Co-Governor of the Choreography Peer Group for the Television Academy.
Award Shows
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Nichols recently put her focus on producing award shows through her E. Nichols Productions company.
Mother
Eboni Nichols and Queen Latifah attend the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets at Crypto.com Arena on March 19, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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The pair share a son named Rebel, who was born in 2019, shortly after Queen Latifah‘s mother passed away from the autoimmune disease scleroderma, per People.
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