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