Taraji P. Henson
Actor
Born September 11, 1970 in 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.
Filmography
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Why Did I Get Married Again?
Star Search
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 (archive footage)
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 (voice)
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
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
Sherri
Self - Guest
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Belle Bottom (voice)
Abbott Elementary
Vanetta
Annie Live!
Miss Hannigan
That's My Jam
Self - Guest
Muppets Haunted Mansion
The Bride
Hart to Heart
Self
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Self
Legendary
Self - Guest Judge
History 101
Self (archive footage)
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
The Masked Singer
Self - Panelist
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Yesss (voice)
The Alec Baldwin Show
Self
Acrimony
Melinda Moore Gayle
Proud Mary
Mary
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer
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
Herself - Host
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Celebrity Family Feud
Self - Contestant
Lip Sync Battle
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
Hot Ones
Self
Empire
Cookie Lyon
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Top Five
Taraji P. Henson
Seasons of Love
Jackie
No Good Deed
Terry
Think Like a Man Too
Lauren Harris
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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
Herself
Once Fallen
Pearl
The Talk
Self
Peep World
Mary
The Karate Kid
Sherry Parker
Date Night
Detective Arroyo
Hurricane Season
Dayna Collins
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Self - Guest
The Cleveland Show
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
April
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
Not Easily Broken
Clarice Clark
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Queenie
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Pam
Eli Stone
Angela Scott
Talk to Me
Vernell Watson
Smokin' Aces
Sharice Watters
Something New
Nedra
Four Brothers
Camille Mercer
Hustle & Flow
Shug
Animal
Ramona
Project Runway
Self - Guest Judge
House
Moira
Hair Show
Tiffany
Boston Legal
Whitney Rome
All of Us
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Half & Half
Gabrielle
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)
Baby Boy
Yvette
BET Awards
Self - Host
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Bess Pinckney
The Division
Raina Washington
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Christina
Strong Medicine
Crystal
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Left-Wing Student
Satan's School for Girls
Paige
Felicity
R.A. #2
Streetwise
Tammy
The View
Self
Smart Guy
Monique
The Daily Show
Self
Pacific Blue
Rhonda
The Parent 'Hood
ER
Patrice Robbins
Sister, Sister
Briana
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Girl
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Simpsons
Praline (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
American Music Awards
Self - Host