Taraji P. Henson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

124

Gender

Female

Birthday

1970-09-11 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington, D.C., USA

Also Known As

  • Taraji Penda Henson
  • Taraji Henson
  • 타라지 P. 헨슨
  • タラジ・P・ヘンソン
  • טאראג'י פ. הנסון
  • טראג'י פנדה הנסון
  • 塔拉吉·P·漢森
  • تاراجی پی. هنسون

Taraji P. Henson

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

The Simpsons
8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

Hidden Figures
8.1%

Hidden Figures

Dec 10, 2016

House
8.6%

House

Nov 16, 2004

The Karate Kid
6.5%

The Karate Kid

Jun 10, 2010

Minions: The Rise of Gru
7.3%

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Jun 29, 2022

Date Night
6.1%

Date Night

Apr 8, 2010

Four Brothers
6.8%

Four Brothers

Aug 11, 2005

Person of Interest
8.1%

Person of Interest

Sep 22, 2011

Smokin' Aces
6.5%

Smokin' Aces

Dec 9, 2006

What Men Want
6.2%

What Men Want

Feb 8, 2019

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Acting

Sorcerority
Force
Straw
2025
Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
2024
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist as Vivian Thoma
2024
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People as Host
2024
Where’s Usher? as Self
2023
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey as Self
2023
The Color Purple as Shug Avery
2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project as Self (voice)
2023
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie as Victoria Vance (voice)
2023
Celebrity Prank Wars as Self
2023
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige as Self
2022
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 as Self
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2022
Sherri as Self - Guest
2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru as Belle Bottom (voice)
2021
Abbott Elementary as Vanetta
2021
Annie Live! as Miss Hannigan
2021
That's My Jam as Self
2021
That's My Jam as Self - Guest
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion as The Bride
2021
Hart to Heart as Self
2021
Mary J. Blige's My Life as Self
2020
Legendary as Self - Guest Judge
2020
History 101 as Self (archive footage)
2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival as Self
2020
Celebrity IOU as Self
2020
Coffee & Kareem as Vanessa Manning
2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest Host
2019
This Changes Everything as Self
2019
Today with Hoda & Jenna as Self
2019
The Best of Enemies as Ann Atwater
2019
What Men Want as Alison "Ali" Davis
2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet as Yesss (voice)
2018
The Alec Baldwin Show as Self
2018
Acrimony as Melinda Moore Gayle
2018
Lie Detector as Self (archive footage)
2018
Lie Detector as Self
2018
Proud Mary as Mary
2017
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special as Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer
2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
2016
Hidden Figures as Katherine G. Johnson
2016
Term Life as Samantha Thurman
2016
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade as Ethel (voice)
2015
Taraji's White Hot Holidays as Herself - Host
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015
Lip Sync Battle as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
2015
Hot Ones as Self
2015
Empire as Cookie Lyon
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014
Top Five as Self
2014
Seasons of Love as Jackie
2014
No Good Deed as Terry
2014
Think Like a Man Too as Lauren Harris
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013
Picasso Baby as Self
2013
Hollywood Game Night as Self
2013
From the Rough as Catana Starks
2013
Madly Madagascar as Okapi (voice)
2012
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You as Self
2012
Think Like a Man as Lauren Harris
2011
Person of Interest as Joss Carter
2011
Larry Crowne as B'Ella
2011
The Good Doctor as Nurse Theresa
2011
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story as Tiffany Rubin
2010
Conan as Herself
2010
Once Fallen as Pearl
2010
Peep World as Mary
2010
The Karate Kid as Sherry Parker
2010
Date Night as Detective Arroyo
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked as Self - Guest
2009
Hurricane Season as Dayna Collins
2009
The Cleveland Show
2009
I Can Do Bad All By Myself as April
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button as Self
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
2009
Not Easily Broken as Clarice Clark
2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Queenie
2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys as Pam
2008
Eli Stone
2007
Talk to Me as Vernell Watson
2006
Smokin' Aces as Sharice Watters
2006
Something New as Nedra
2005
Four Brothers as Camille Mercer
2005
Hustle & Flow as Shug
2005
Animal as Ramona
2004
Project Runway as Self - Guest Judge
2004
House as Moira
2004
Hair Show as Tiffany
2004
Boston Legal as Whitney Rome
2003
All of Us
2002
Half & Half as Gabrielle
2002
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs as Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)
2001
Baby Boy as Yvette
2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man as Bess Pinckney
2001
The Division as Raina Washington
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Christina
2000
Strong Medicine as Crystal
2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as Left-Wing Student
2000
Satan's School for Girls as Paige
1998
Felicity as R.A. #2
1998
Felicity as Art Student
1998
Streetwise
1997
The View as Self
1997
Smart Guy
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1996
Pacific Blue as Rhonda
1995
The Parent 'Hood
1994
ER as Patrice Robbins
1994
ER as Elan
1994
Sister, Sister
1993
Saved by the Bell: The New Class as Girl
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1989
The Simpsons as Praline (voice)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1981
Entertainment Tonight as Self
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1974
American Music Awards as Self - Host

Directing

Two Faced as Director
2022
Tell It Like a Woman as Director

Production

2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project as Executive Producer
2019
What Men Want as Executive Producer
2018
Proud Mary as Executive Producer
2017
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special as Executive Producer
2014
Seasons of Love as Executive Producer
2014
No Good Deed as Executive Producer
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