
Taraji P. Henson
20 FOLLOWERS • 74 CREDITS • SEP 11, 1970 • 55
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

Saturday Night Live

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Celebrity Family Feud

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

American Music Awards

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

Strong Medicine

Number One on the Call Sheet

The Cleveland Show

All of Us

History 101

Sister, Sister

That's My Jam

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Celebrity Prank Wars

Legendary

The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige

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

Think Like a Man

Larry Crowne

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

Hustle & Flow

Date Night

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Mary J. Blige's My Life

The Karate Kid

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Good Doctor

Coffee & Kareem

Baby Boy

The Color Purple

Empire

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

What Men Want

Hidden Figures

STRAW

Acrimony

Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Production Credits
Originals for Netflix
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