Taraji P. Henson
- Acting
- September 11, 1970 · 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
- Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been · Producer, Executive producer
- Why Did I Get Married Again? · Roselyn
- Star Search · Executive producer
- Escape Room
- STRAW · Janiyah Wiltkinson
- My Happy Place · Self
- Number One on the Call Sheet · Self
- Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist · Vivian Thoma
- Hollywood Black · Self
- TIME100: The World's Most Influential People · Host
- Where's Usher? · Self
- Oprah & The Color Purple Journey · Self
- The Color Purple · Shug Avery
- Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project · Self, Executive producer
- PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie · Victoria Vance (Voice)
- Celebrity Prank Wars · Self
- The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige · Self
- Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 · Self
- Tell It Like a Woman · Director
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- Sherri · Self
- Minions: The Rise of Gru · Belle Bottom (Voice)
- Abbott Elementary · Vanetta
- Annie Live! · Miss Hannigan
- That's My Jam · Self
- Muppets Haunted Mansion · The Bride
- Hart to Heart · Self
- Mary J. Blige's My Life · Self
- Legendary · Self
- History 101 · Self
- Feeding America Comedy Festival · Self
- Celebrity IOU · Self
- Coffee & Kareem · Vanessa Manning
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- This Changes Everything · Self
- Today with Jenna & Sheinelle · Self
- The Best of Enemies · Ann Atwater
- What Men Want · Alison 'Ali' Davis, Executive producer
- The Masked Singer · Self
- Ralph Breaks the Internet · Yesss (Voice)
- The Alec Baldwin Show · Self
- Acrimony · Melinda Moore Gayle
- Proud Mary · Mary, Executive producer
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series · Self
- Hidden Figures · Katherine G. Johnson
- Term Life · Samantha Thurman
- Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade · Ethel (Voice)
- Taraji's White Hot Holidays · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Celebrity Family Feud · Self
- Lip Sync Battle · Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Hot Ones · Self
- Empire · Cookie Lyon, Director
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Top Five · Taraji P. Henson
- Seasons of Love · Jackie, Executive producer
- No Good Deed · Terry, Executive producer
- Think Like a Man Too · Lauren Harris
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Picasso Baby · Self
- Hollywood Game Night · Self
- From the Rough · Catana Starks
- Madly Madagascar · Okapi (Voice)
- Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You · Self
- Think Like a Man · Lauren Harris
- Person of Interest · Joss Carter
- Larry Crowne · B'Ella
- The Good Doctor · Nurse Theresa
- Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story · Tiffany Rubin
- Conan · Self
- Once Fallen · Pearl
- The Talk · Self
- Peep World · Mary
- The Karate Kid · Sherry Parker
- Date Night · Detective Arroyo