Taraji P. Henson
Acting
- Born:
- 1970-09-11
- Place of birth:
- Washington, D.C., USA
Biography
Taraji P. Henson (born September 11, 1970) is an American actress, producer and singer. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career as guest star on several television shows before making her breakthrough in the movie Baby Boy (2001). In 2005, she starred in Hustle & Flow and played Queenie in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), for which she received an Academy Award nomination. In 2016, Time named Henson one of the 100 most influential people in the world on the annual Time 100 list. Henson also released an autobiography titled Around The Way Girl.
Known For
Filmography
Give Me Some Sugah
Why Did I Get Married Again?
Escape Room
STRAW
My Happy Place
Number One on the Call Sheet
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Hollywood Black
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
Where's Usher?
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
The Color Purple
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Celebrity Prank Wars
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sherri
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Abbott Elementary
Annie Live!
That's My Jam
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Hart to Heart
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Legendary
History 101
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Celebrity IOU
Coffee & Kareem
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
The Kelly Clarkson Show
This Changes Everything
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
The Best of Enemies
What Men Want
The Masked Singer
Ralph Breaks the Internet
The Alec Baldwin Show
Acrimony
Proud Mary
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Hidden Figures
Term Life
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Celebrity Family Feud
Lip Sync Battle
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Hot Ones
Empire
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Top Five
Seasons of Love
No Good Deed
Think Like a Man Too
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Picasso Baby
Hollywood Game Night
From the Rough
Madly Madagascar
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
Think Like a Man
Person of Interest
Larry Crowne
The Good Doctor
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Conan
Once Fallen
The Talk
Peep World
The Karate Kid
Date Night
Hurricane Season
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
The Cleveland Show
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
RuPaul's Drag Race
Not Easily Broken
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Eli Stone
Talk to Me
Smokin' Aces
Something New
Four Brothers
Hustle & Flow
Animal
Project Runway
House
Hair Show
Boston Legal
All of Us
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Half & Half
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Baby Boy
BET Awards
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
The Division
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Strong Medicine
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Satan's School for Girls
Felicity
Streetwise
The View
Smart Guy
The Daily Show
Pacific Blue
The Parent 'Hood
ER
Sister, Sister
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Simpsons
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Entertainment Tonight
Saturday Night Live
American Music Awards
Sorcerority
Force