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:
- 59
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Streetwise 1998-06-12
- Latest Project:
- Series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist 2024-09-05
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist | Vivian Thoma | 2024-09-05 |
| Movie | Where’s Usher? | Self | 2024-02-08 |
| Movie | Despicable Me 4 | Belle Bottom (voice) (uncredited) | 2024-06-20 |
| Movie | PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Victoria Vance (voice) | 2023-09-21 |
| Movie | Oprah & The Color Purple Journey | Self | 2023-12-28 |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Shug Avery | 2023-12-25 |
| 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 | Muppets Haunted Mansion | The Bride | 2021-10-08 |
| Movie | Coffee & Kareem | Vanessa Manning | 2020-04-03 |
| Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
| Movie | The Best of Enemies | Ann Atwater | 2019-04-05 |
| Movie | What Men Want | Alison "Ali" Davis | 2019-02-08 |
| Movie | This Changes Everything | Self | 2019-06-28 |
| 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 | Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special | Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer | 2017-12-14 |
| Movie | Term Life | Samantha Thurman | 2016-04-29 |
| Movie | Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade | Ethel (voice) | 2016-03-19 |
| Movie | Hidden Figures | Katherine G. Johnson | 2016-12-10 |
| Series | Empire | Cookie Lyon | 2015-01-07 |
| Series | Taraji's White Hot Holidays | Herself - Host | 2015-12-09 |
| Movie | Think Like a Man Too | Lauren Harris | 2014-06-20 |
| Movie | No Good Deed | Terri | 2014-09-10 |
| Movie | Top Five | Self | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | Seasons of Love | Jackie | 2014-11-23 |
| 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 | The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button | Self | 2009-05-05 |
| Movie | I Can Do Bad All By Myself | April | 2009-09-11 |
| Movie | Hurricane Season | Dayna Collins | 2009-12-08 |
| 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 | Hustle & Flow | Shug | 2005-07-22 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Bess Pinckney | 2001-05-02 |
| Series | The Division | Raina Washington | 2001-01-07 |
| 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 |