1970-09-11 Washington, D.C., USA
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.
Where’s Usher? | Self | 2024-02-08 | |
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People | Host | 2024-05-12 | |
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Self (voice) | 2023-11-03 | |
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Victoria Vance (voice) | 2023-09-21 | |
The Color Purple | Shug Avery | 2023-12-25 | |
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey | Self | 2023-12-28 | |
Minions: The Rise of Gru | Belle Bottom (voice) | 2022-06-29 | |
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 | Self | 2022-11-09 | |
Annie Live! | Miss Hannigan | 2021-12-02 | |
Muppets Haunted Mansion | The Bride | 2021-10-08 | |
Mary J. Blige's My Life | Self | 2021-06-25 | |
Coffee & Kareem | Vanessa Manning | 2020-04-03 | |
Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 | |
This Changes Everything | Self | 2019-06-28 | |
The Best of Enemies | Ann Atwater | 2019-04-05 | |
What Men Want | Alison "Ali" Davis | 2019-02-08 | |
Ralph Breaks the Internet | Yesss (voice) | 2018-11-20 | |
Proud Mary | Mary | 2018-01-12 | |
Acrimony | Melinda Moore Gayle | 2018-03-30 | |
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special | Herself - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer | 2017-12-14 | |
Hidden Figures | Katherine G. Johnson | 2016-12-10 | |
Term Life | Samantha Thurman | 2016-04-29 | |
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade | Ethel (voice) | 2016-03-19 | |
Top Five | Self | 2014-12-12 | |
No Good Deed | Terri | 2014-09-10 | |
Think Like a Man Too | Lauren Harris | 2014-06-20 | |
Seasons of Love | Jackie | 2014-11-23 | |
Madly Madagascar | Okapi (voice) | 2013-01-29 | |
From the Rough | Catana Starks | 2013-06-08 | |
Picasso Baby | Herself | 2013-08-02 | |
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You | Self | 2012-07-01 | |
Think Like a Man | Lauren Harris | 2012-04-20 | |
The Good Doctor | Nurse Theresa | 2011-04-23 | |
Larry Crowne | B'Ella | 2011-06-30 | |
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story | Tiffany Rubin | 2011-01-31 | |
Forehead Tittaes | Herself | 2010-03-07 | |
Date Night | Detective Arroyo | 2010-04-08 | |
The Karate Kid | Sherry Parker | 2010-06-10 | |
Once Fallen | Pearl | 2010-11-02 | |
Peep World | Mary | 2010-09-15 | |
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button | Self | 2009-05-05 | |
Not Easily Broken | Clarice Clark | 2009-01-09 | |
Hurricane Season | Dayna Collins | 2009-12-08 | |
I Can Do Bad All By Myself | April | 2009-09-11 | |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Queenie | 2008-12-25 | |
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys | Pam | 2008-09-12 | |
Talk to Me | Vernell Watson | 2007-07-13 | |
Smokin' Aces | Sharice Watters | 2006-12-09 | |
Something New | Nedra | 2006-01-29 | |
Four Brothers | Camille Mercer | 2005-08-11 | |
Animal | Ramona | 2005-05-01 | |
Hustle & Flow | Shug | 2005-07-22 | |
Hair Show | Tiffany | 2004-10-17 | |
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Bess Pinckney | 2001-05-02 | |
Baby Boy | Yvette | 2001-06-27 | |
Satan's School for Girls | Paige | 2000-03-13 | |
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Left-Wing Student | 2000-06-30 | |
Streetwise | 1998-06-12 | ||
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