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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The Color Purple | Shug Avery | 2023-12-20 |
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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | 2023-10-11 | |
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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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Coffee & Kareem | Vanessa | 2020-04-03 |
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Feeding America Comedy Festival | 2020-05-10 | |
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The Best of Enemies | Ann Atwater | 2019-04-05 |
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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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Ralph Breaks the Internet | Yesss (voice) | 2018-11-20 |
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Proud Mary | Mary | 2018-01-12 |
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Acrimony | Melinda | 2018-03-30 |
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Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special | Herself - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer | 2017-12-14 |
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Term Life | Samantha Thurman | 2016-04-29 |
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Hidden Figures | Katherine G. Johnson | 2016-12-10 |
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Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade | Ethel (voice) | 2016-03-19 |
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Top Five | Herself | 2014-12-12 |
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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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No Good Deed | Terri | 2014-09-10 |
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Madly Madagascar | Okapi (voice) | 2013-01-29 |
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From the Rough | Catana Starks | 2013-06-08 |
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Picasso Baby | Herself | 2013-08-02 |
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Think Like a Man | Lauren Harris | 2012-04-20 |
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Larry Crowne | B'Ella | 2011-06-30 |
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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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Forehead Tittaes | Herself | 2010-03-07 |
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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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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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Not Easily Broken | Clarice Clark | 2009-01-09 |
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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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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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Something New | Nedra | 2006-01-29 |
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Smokin' Aces | Sharice Watters | 2006-12-09 |
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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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Baby Boy | Yvette | 2001-06-27 |
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Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Bess Pinckney | 2001-05-02 |
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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Left-Wing Student | 2000-06-30 |
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Satan's School for Girls | Paige | 2000-03-13 |
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Streetwise | 1998-06-12 | |
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BET Awards 2022 |
