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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STRAW | 2025-06-05 | |
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Where’s Usher? | Self | 2024-02-08 |
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TIME100: The World's Most Influential People | Host | 2024-05-12 |
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Despicable Me 4 | Belle Bottom (voice) (Uncredited) | 2024-06-20 |
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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Victoria Vance (voice) | 2023-09-21 |
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Oprah & The Color Purple Journey | Self | 2023-12-28 |
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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Self (voice) | 2023-11-03 |
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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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Muppets Haunted Mansion | The Bride | 2021-10-08 |
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Annie Live! | Miss Hannigan | 2021-12-02 |
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Mary J. Blige's My Life | Self | 2021-06-25 |
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Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
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Coffee & Kareem | Vanessa Manning | 2020-04-03 |
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What Men Want | Alison "Ali" Davis | 2019-02-08 |
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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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Ralph Breaks the Internet | Yesss (voice) | 2018-11-20 |
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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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Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special | Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer | 2017-12-14 |
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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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Term Life | Samantha Thurman | 2016-04-29 |
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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 | Terry | 2014-09-10 |
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Think Like a Man Too | Lauren Harris | 2014-06-20 |
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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 | Self | 2013-08-02 |
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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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Larry Crowne | B'Ella | 2011-06-30 |
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Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story | Tiffany Rubin | 2011-01-31 |
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Date Night | Detective Arroyo | 2010-04-08 |
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The Karate Kid | Sherry Parker | 2010-06-10 |
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Once Fallen | Pearl | 2010-11-02 |
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Peep World | Mary | 2010-09-15 |
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Not Easily Broken | Clarice Clark | 2009-01-09 |
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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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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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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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Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs | Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson) | 2002-02-14 |
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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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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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