Taraji P. Henson
Acting
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.
Born: September 11, 1970 · Washington, D.C., USA
Filmography (108)
STRAW
2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
2024
The Color Purple
2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
2023
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022
Tell It Like a Woman
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Sherri
2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022
Abbott Elementary
2021
Annie Live!
2021
That's My Jam
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
Hart to Heart
2021
Mary J. Blige's My Life
2021
Legendary
2020
History 101
2020
Celebrity IOU
2020
Coffee & Kareem
2020
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
This Changes Everything
2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019
The Best of Enemies
2019
What Men Want
2019
The Masked Singer
2019
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018
Acrimony
2018
Proud Mary
2018
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
Hidden Figures
2016
Term Life
2016
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Lip Sync Battle
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Hot Ones
2015
Empire
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Top Five
2014
Seasons of Love
2014
No Good Deed
2014
Think Like a Man Too
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Hollywood Game Night
2013
From the Rough
2013
Madly Madagascar
2013
Think Like a Man
2012
Person of Interest
2011
Larry Crowne
2011
The Good Doctor
2011
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
2011
Conan
2010
Once Fallen
2010
Peep World
2010
The Karate Kid
2010
Date Night
2010
Hurricane Season
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
The Cleveland Show
2009
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Not Easily Broken
2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
Eli Stone
2008
Talk to Me
2007
Smokin' Aces
2006
Something New
2006
Four Brothers
2005
Hustle & Flow
2005
Animal
2005
Project Runway
2004
House
2004
Hair Show
2004
Boston Legal
2004
All of Us
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Half & Half
2002
Baby Boy
2001
BET Awards
2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001
The Division
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
Satan's School for Girls
2000
Felicity
1998
The View
1997
Smart Guy
1997
The Daily Show
1996
Pacific Blue
1996
The Parent 'Hood
1995
ER
1994
Sister, Sister
1994
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Simpsons
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Saturday Night Live
1975
American Music Awards
1974