Taraji P. Henson
Actor

Taraji P. Henson

10 Movies
1 TV Shows
11 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 11
Birthday September 11, 1970 (55 years old)
Place of Birth Washington, D.C., USA
Also Known As Taraji Penda Henson, Taraji Henson
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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.

Filmography (128)

STRAW 2025
Escape Room 2025
Number One on the Call Sheet 2025
My Happy Place 2025
Where's Usher? 2024
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People 2024
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist 2024
Hollywood Black 2024
The Color Purple 2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 2023
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey 2023
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie 2023
Celebrity Prank Wars 2023
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige 2023
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show 2022
Sherri 2022
Muppets Haunted Mansion 2021
Mary J. Blige's My Life 2021
Annie Live! 2021
Abbott Elementary 2021
That's My Jam 2021
Hart to Heart 2021
Coffee & Kareem 2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival 2020
Celebrity IOU 2020
Legendary 2020
History 101 2020
The Best of Enemies 2019
This Changes Everything 2019
What Men Want 2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle 2019
The Masked Singer 2019
Proud Mary 2018
Acrimony 2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet 2018
The Alec Baldwin Show 2018
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special 2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series 2017
Term Life 2016
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade 2016
Hidden Figures 2016 Empire 2015
Lip Sync Battle 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter 2015
Hot Ones 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
Taraji's White Hot Holidays 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden 2015
Celebrity Family Feud 2015
No Good Deed 2014
Think Like a Man Too 2014
Seasons of Love 2014
Top Five 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014
From the Rough 2013
Madly Madagascar 2013
Picasso Baby 2013
Hollywood Game Night 2013
Think Like a Man 2012
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You 2012
The Good Doctor 2011
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story 2011
Larry Crowne 2011
Person of Interest 2011
Hurricane Season 2010
Date Night 2010
Once Fallen 2010
The Karate Kid 2010
Peep World 2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked 2010
Conan 2010
I Can Do Bad All By Myself 2009
Not Easily Broken 2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button 2009
The Cleveland Show 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 2009
RuPaul's Drag Race 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys 2008
Eli Stone 2008
Talk to Me 2007
Something New 2006
Smokin' Aces 2006
Animal 2005
Hustle & Flow 2005
Four Brothers 2005
Hair Show 2004
House 2004
Boston Legal 2004
Project Runway 2004
All of Us 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs 2002
Half & Half 2002
Baby Boy 2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man 2001
The Division 2001
BET Awards 2001
Satan's School for Girls 2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000
Strong Medicine 2000
Streetwise 1998
Felicity 1998
Smart Guy 1997
The View 1997
The Daily Show 1996
Pacific Blue 1996
The Parent 'Hood 1995
Sister, Sister 1994
ER 1994
Saved by the Bell: The New Class 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
The Simpsons 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
Entertainment Tonight 1981
Saturday Night Live 1975
American Music Awards 1974
Sorcerority
Force
Why Did I Get Married Again?
'Tis So Sweet