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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TIME100: The World's Most Influential People | Host | 2024-05-12 |
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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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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Victoria Vance (voice) | 2023-09-21 |
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Minions: The Rise of Gru | Belle Bottom (voice) | 2022-06-29 |
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Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 | Self | 2022-11-09 |
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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 Manning | 2020-04-03 |
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Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
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The Best of Enemies | Ann Atwater | 2019-04-05 |
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This Changes Everything | Self | 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 Moore Gayle | 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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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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No Good Deed | Terri | 2014-09-10 |
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Think Like a Man Too | Lauren Harris | 2014-06-20 |
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Top Five | Self | 2014-12-12 |
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Seasons of Love | Jackie | 2014-11-23 |
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Picasso Baby | Herself | 2013-08-02 |
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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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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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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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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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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 Birth of Benjamin Button | Self | 2009-05-05 |
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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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Animal | Ramona | 2005-05-01 |
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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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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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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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