
Taraji P. Henson
20 FOLLOWERS • 72 CREDITS • SEP 11, 1970 • 54
Biography
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.
Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Daily Show

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Saturday Night Live

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Simpsons

Project Runway

RuPaul's Drag Race

ER

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

House

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Entertainment Tonight

Today with Hoda & Jenna

Lip Sync Battle

Hollywood Game Night

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

The Parent 'Hood

Abbott Elementary

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

American Music Awards

Strong Medicine

That's My Jam

The Cleveland Show

All of Us

History 101

Sister, Sister

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Number One on the Call Sheet

Legendary

The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige

Celebrity Prank Wars

Top Five

Despicable Me 4

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Boston Legal

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

Four Brothers

Term Life

Hart to Heart

Smokin' Aces

Madly Madagascar

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

Larry Crowne

Think Like a Man

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Date Night

Hustle & Flow

Minions: The Rise of Gru

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

The Karate Kid

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

Mary J. Blige's My Life

The Good Doctor

Baby Boy

Empire

Coffee & Kareem

The Color Purple

Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story

STRAW

Hidden Figures

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

What Men Want
Production Credits
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