Taraji P. Henson
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.
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- Born:
- Sep 11, 1970 In Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 49
- First Appeared:
- In the series The View 1997-08-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Color Purple 2023-12-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Color Purple | Shug Avery | 2023-12-25 |
| Movie | PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Victoria Vance (voice) | 2023-09-21 |
| Movie | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Belle Bottom (voice) | 2022-06-29 |
| Movie | Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 | Self | 2022-11-09 |
| Movie | Annie Live! | Miss Hannigan | 2021-12-02 |
| Movie | What Men Want | Alison "Ali" Davis | 2019-02-08 |
| Movie | This Changes Everything | Self | 2019-06-28 |
| Movie | The Best of Enemies | Ann Atwater | 2019-04-05 |
| Movie | Proud Mary | Mary | 2018-01-12 |
| Movie | Acrimony | Melinda Moore Gayle | 2018-03-30 |
| Movie | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Yesss (voice) | 2018-11-20 |
| Movie | Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade | Ethel (voice) | 2016-03-19 |
| Movie | Hidden Figures | Katherine G. Johnson | 2016-12-10 |
| Movie | Term Life | Samantha Thurman | 2016-04-29 |
| Series | Empire | Cookie Lyon | 2015-01-07 |
| Movie | No Good Deed | Terri | 2014-09-10 |
| Movie | Think Like a Man Too | Lauren Harris | 2014-06-20 |
| Movie | Seasons of Love | Jackie | 2014-11-23 |
| Movie | Top Five | Self | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | Madly Madagascar | Okapi (voice) | 2013-01-29 |
| Movie | From the Rough | Catana Starks | 2013-06-08 |
| Movie | Picasso Baby | Self | 2013-08-02 |
| Movie | Think Like a Man | Lauren Harris | 2012-04-20 |
| Movie | Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story | Tiffany Rubin | 2011-01-31 |
| Movie | The Good Doctor | Nurse Theresa | 2011-04-23 |
| Movie | Larry Crowne | B'Ella | 2011-06-30 |
| Movie | Date Night | Detective Arroyo | 2010-04-08 |
| Movie | The Karate Kid | Sherry Parker | 2010-06-10 |
| Movie | Peep World | Mary | 2010-09-15 |
| Movie | Once Fallen | Pearl | 2010-11-02 |
| Movie | Not Easily Broken | Clarice Clark | 2009-01-09 |
| Movie | Hurricane Season | Dayna Collins | 2009-12-08 |
| Movie | I Can Do Bad All By Myself | April | 2009-09-11 |
| Movie | Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys | Pam | 2008-09-12 |
| Movie | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Queenie | 2008-12-25 |
| Movie | Talk to Me | Vernell Watson | 2007-07-13 |
| Movie | Something New | Nedra | 2006-01-29 |
| Movie | Smokin' Aces | Sharice Watters | 2006-12-09 |
| Movie | Animal | Ramona | 2005-05-01 |
| Movie | Four Brothers | Camille Mercer | 2005-08-11 |
| Movie | Hair Show | Tiffany | 2004-10-17 |
| Movie | Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs | Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson) | 2002-02-14 |
| Series | The Division | 2001-01-07 | |
| Movie | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Bess Pinckney | 2001-05-02 |
| Movie | Baby Boy | Yvette | 2001-06-27 |
| Movie | Satan's School for Girls | Paige | 2000-03-13 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Left-Wing Student | 2000-06-30 |
| Movie | Streetwise | 1998-06-12 | |
| Series | The View | Herself | 1997-08-11 |