1970-09-11 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.
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Where’s Usher? | Self | 2024-02-08 |
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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Victoria Vance (voice) | 2023-09-21 |
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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Self (voice) | 2023-11-03 |
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Oprah & The Color Purple Journey | Self | 2023-12-28 |
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The Color Purple | Shug Avery | 2023-12-25 |
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Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 | Self | 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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Annie Live! | Miss Hannigan | 2021-12-02 |
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Muppets Haunted Mansion | The Bride | 2021-10-08 |
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Coffee & Kareem | Vanessa Manning | 2020-04-03 |
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Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
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This Changes Everything | Self | 2019-06-28 |
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The Best of Enemies | Ann Atwater | 2019-04-05 |
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What Men Want | Alison "Ali" Davis | 2019-02-08 |
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Acrimony | Melinda Moore Gayle | 2018-03-30 |
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Proud Mary | Mary | 2018-01-12 |
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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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Think Like a Man Too | Lauren Harris | 2014-06-20 |
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Seasons of Love | Jackie | 2014-11-23 |
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Top Five | Self | 2014-12-12 |
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No Good Deed | Terri | 2014-09-10 |
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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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Whitney Houston - We Will Always Love You | self | 2012-07-01 |
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Think Like a Man | Lauren Harris | 2012-04-20 |
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Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story | Tiffany Rubin | 2011-01-31 |
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The Good Doctor | Nurse Theresa | 2011-04-23 |
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Larry Crowne | B'Ella | 2011-06-30 |
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Once Fallen | Pearl | 2010-11-02 |
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Date Night | Detective Arroyo | 2010-04-08 |
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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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Peep World | Mary | 2010-09-15 |
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I Can Do Bad All By Myself | April | 2009-09-11 |
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Hurricane Season | Dayna Collins | 2009-12-08 |
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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button | Self | 2009-05-05 |
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Not Easily Broken | Clarice Clark | 2009-01-09 |
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Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys | Pam | 2008-09-12 |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Queenie | 2008-12-25 |
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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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Four Brothers | Camille Mercer | 2005-08-11 |
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Hustle & Flow | Shug | 2005-07-22 |
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Animal | Ramona | 2005-05-01 |
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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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