Taraji P. Henson
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.
128 acting credits · 3 directing credits
Acting · 128
The Simpsons
1989
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
House
2004
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Daily Show
1996
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Person of Interest
2011
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
ER
1994
Conan
2010
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
Boston Legal
2004
Project Runway
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Hot Ones
2015
Strong Medicine
2000
Empire
2015
Sherri
2022
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Abbott Elementary
2021
Pacific Blue
1996
The Division
2001
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Felicity
1998
The Masked Singer
2019
Sister, Sister
1994
The Cleveland Show
2009
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993
Lip Sync Battle
2015
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
Eli Stone
2008
American Music Awards
1974
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
Half & Half
2002
All of Us
2003
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022
The Parent 'Hood
1995
The Karate Kid
2010
Hidden Figures
2016
Hollywood Game Night
2013
Smart Guy
1997
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
2023
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
History 101
2020
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
STRAW
2025
Celebrity IOU
2020
That's My Jam
2021
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
2024
Hart to Heart
2021
Smokin' Aces
2006
Four Brothers
2005
Legendary
2020
Date Night
2010
Hollywood Black
2024
BET Awards
2001
No Good Deed
2014
Larry Crowne
2011
Baby Boy
2001
Celebrity Prank Wars
2023
The Color Purple
2023
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
Acrimony
2018
What Men Want
2019
Madly Madagascar
2013
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016
The Alec Baldwin Show
2018
The Best of Enemies
2019
Hustle & Flow
2005
Think Like a Man
2012
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
2015
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009
Think Like a Man Too
2014
Not Easily Broken
2009
Proud Mary
2018
Term Life
2016
My Happy Place
2025
This Changes Everything
2019
The Good Doctor
2011
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
Something New
2006
Talk to Me
2007
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001
Hurricane Season
2010
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022
Once Fallen
2010
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
Top Five
2014
Hair Show
2004
Coffee & Kareem
2020
Annie Live!
2021
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002
Animal
2005
Peep World
2010
Seasons of Love
2014
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
2012
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
2023
Satan's School for Girls
2000
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
2017
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
2011
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023
From the Rough
2013
Picasso Baby
2013
Mary J. Blige's My Life
2021
Where's Usher?
2024
Escape Room
2025
Why Did I Get Married Again?
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Force
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Sorcerority
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TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
2024
Streetwise
1998
'Tis So Sweet
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