Taraji P. Henson 1970 55
Taraji P. Henson 1970 55
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.
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2025 Sorcerority
2025 Two Faced Director
2025 Force
2025 STRAW as Janiyah Wiltkinson
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) Executive Producer
2023 PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie as Victoria Vance (voice), Victoria Vance (voice)
2022 Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 as Self
2022 Tell It Like a Woman Director
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru as Belle Bottom (voice)
2021 Annie Live! as Miss Hannigan
2021 Muppets Haunted Mansion as The Bride
2021 Mary J. Blige's My Life as Self
2020 Feeding America Comedy Festival as Self
2020 Coffee & Kareem as Vanessa Manning
2019 This Changes Everything as Self
2019 The Best of Enemies as Ann Atwater
2019 What Men Want as Alison "Ali" Davis Executive Producer
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet as Yesss (voice)
2018 Acrimony as Melinda Moore Gayle
2018 Proud Mary as Mary Executive Producer
2017 Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special as Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer Executive Producer
2016 Hidden Figures as Katherine G. Johnson
2016 Term Life as Samantha Thurman
2016 Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade as Ethel (voice)
2014 Top Five as Self
2014 Seasons of Love as Jackie Executive Producer
2014 No Good Deed as Terry Executive Producer
2014 Think Like a Man Too as Lauren Harris
2013 Picasso Baby 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 Larry Crowne as B'Ella
2011 The Good Doctor as Nurse Theresa
2011 Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story as Tiffany Rubin
2010 Once Fallen as Pearl
2010 Peep World as Mary
2010 The Karate Kid as Sherry Parker
2010 Date Night as Detective Arroyo
2009 Hurricane Season as Dayna Collins
2009 I Can Do Bad All By Myself as April
2009 The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button as Self
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
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 Hair Show as Tiffany
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
2000 The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as Left-Wing Student
2000 Satan's School for Girls as Paige
1998 Streetwise as Tammy