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:
- 46
- 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 | The Best of Enemies | Ann Atwater | 2019-04-05 |
| Movie | This Changes Everything | Self | 2019-06-28 |
| Movie | Acrimony | Melinda Moore Gayle | 2018-03-30 |
| Movie | Proud Mary | Mary | 2018-01-12 |
| Movie | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Yesss (voice) | 2018-11-20 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Picasso Baby | Herself | 2013-08-02 |
| Movie | From the Rough | Catana Starks | 2013-06-08 |
| 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 | 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 | Smokin' Aces | Sharice Watters | 2006-12-09 |
| Movie | Something New | Nedra | 2006-01-29 |
| Movie | Animal | Ramona | 2005-05-01 |
| Movie | Four Brothers | Camille Mercer | 2005-08-11 |
| Movie | Hair Show | Tiffany | 2004-10-17 |
| Series | The Division | 2001-01-07 | |
| Movie | Baby Boy | Yvette | 2001-06-27 |
| Movie | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Bess Pinckney | 2001-05-02 |
| Movie | Satan's School for Girls | Paige | 2000-03-13 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Left-Wing Student | 2000-06-30 |
| Series | The View | Herself | 1997-08-11 |