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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 11, 1970
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Also Known As
- Taraji Penda Henson
- Taraji Henson
- טאראג'י פ. הנסון
- טראג'י פנדה הנסון
- تاراجی پی. هنسون
- タラジ P. ヘンソン
- تاراجي هينسون
- טאראג'י פ' הנסון
- تراجی پی. هنسون
- Taraji P. Hensonová
Taraji P. Henson
2.4 Popularity
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
10.0
Escape Room
2025
7.8
Janiyah Wiltkinson
STRAW
2025
0.0
Self
My Happy Place
2025
5.3
Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
7.0
Vivian Thoma
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
2024
0.0
Host
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
2024
0.0
Self
Where's Usher?
2024
3.3
Self
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
7.0
Shug Avery
The Color Purple
2023
6.2
Self (voice)
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023
Credits
Escape Room
2025
10.0
STRAW
as Janiyah Wiltkinson
2025
7.8
My Happy Place
as Self
2025
0.0
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
2025
5.3
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
as Vivian Thoma
2024
7.0
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
as Host
2024
0.0
Where's Usher?
as Self
2024
0.0
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self
2023
3.3
The Color Purple
as Shug Avery
2023
7.0
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
as Self (voice)
2023
6.2
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
as Victoria Vance (voice)
2023
7.0
Celebrity Prank Wars
as Self
2023
6.6
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
as Self
2023
0.0
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
as Self
2022
7.2
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Minions: The Rise of Gru
as Belle Bottom (voice)
2022
7.3
Abbott Elementary
as Vanetta
2021
7.4
Annie Live!
as Miss Hannigan
2021
5.5
That's My Jam
as Self - Guest
2021
6.1
Muppets Haunted Mansion
as The Bride
2021
6.4
Hart to Heart
as Self
2021
8.2
Mary J. Blige's My Life
as Self
2021
6.6
Legendary
as Self - Guest Judge
2020
7.5
History 101
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.1
Feeding America Comedy Festival
as Self
2020
5.8
Celebrity IOU
as Self
2020
6.6
Coffee & Kareem
as Vanessa Manning
2020
5.5
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
2019
3.6
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest Host
2019
6.3
This Changes Everything
as Self
2019
6.1
Today with Hoda & Jenna
as Self
2019
4.5
The Best of Enemies
as Ann Atwater
2019
7.4
What Men Want
as Alison 'Ali' Davis
2019
6.2
Ralph Breaks the Internet
as Yesss (voice)
2018
7.2
The Alec Baldwin Show
as Self
2018
1.0
Acrimony
as Melinda Moore Gayle
2018
6.7
🎬
Lie Detector
as Self
2018
5.5
Proud Mary
as Mary
2018
5.5
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
as Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer
2017
8.4
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2017
6.1
Hidden Figures
as Katherine G. Johnson
2016
8.1
Term Life
as Samantha Thurman
2016
6.0
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
as Ethel (voice)
2016
6.4
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
as Herself - Host
2015
10.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self - Contestant
2015
7.8
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
2015
6.4
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2015
5.3
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
7.2
Empire
as Cookie Lyon
2015
7.1
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
Top Five
as Self
2014
6.1
Seasons of Love
as Jackie
2014
3.2
No Good Deed
as Terry
2014
5.9
Think Like a Man Too
as Lauren Harris
2014
6.4
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
🎬
Picasso Baby
as Self
2013
9.0
Hollywood Game Night
as Self
2013
6.5
From the Rough
as Catana Starks
2013
6.1
Madly Madagascar
as Okapi (voice)
2013
6.5
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
as Self
2012
7.5
Think Like a Man
as Lauren Harris
2012
6.8
Person of Interest
as Joss Carter
2011
8.1
Larry Crowne
as B'Ella
2011
6.0
The Good Doctor
as Nurse Theresa
2011
6.2
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
as Tiffany Rubin
2011
6.8
Conan
as Herself
2010
7.1
Once Fallen
as Pearl
2010
5.2
Peep World
as Mary
2010
4.7
The Karate Kid
as Sherry Parker
2010
6.6
Date Night
as Detective Arroyo
2010
6.1
Hurricane Season
as Dayna Collins
2010
6.6
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
as Self - Guest
2010
6.1
The Cleveland Show
2009
5.9
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
as April
2009
6.2
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
as Self
2009
6.9
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
7.5
Not Easily Broken
as Clarice Clark
2009
6.3
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Queenie
2008
7.6
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Pam
2008
6.7
Eli Stone
as Angela Scott
2008
6.8
Talk to Me
as Vernell Watson
2007
6.8
Smokin' Aces
as Sharice Watters
2006
6.5
Something New
as Nedra
2006
6.4
Four Brothers
as Camille Mercer
2005
6.8
Hustle & Flow
as Shug
2005
7.1
Animal
as Ramona
2005
5.6
Project Runway
as Self - Guest Judge
2004
6.2
House
as Moira
2004
8.6
Hair Show
as Tiffany
2004
5.2
Boston Legal
as Whitney Rome
2004
7.9
All of Us
2003
7.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Half & Half
as Gabrielle
2002
8.2
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
as Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)
2002
10.0
Baby Boy
as Yvette
2001
7.1
BET Awards
as Self - Host
2001
7.7
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
as Bess Pinckney
2001
6.3
The Division
as Raina Washington
2001
7.1
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Christina
2000
7.6
Strong Medicine
as Crystal
2000
7.3
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Left-Wing Student
2000
4.3
Satan's School for Girls
as Paige
2000
4.6
Felicity
as R.A. #2
1998
6.6
Felicity
as Art Student
1998
6.6
Streetwise
as Tammy
1998
1.0
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Smart Guy
as Monique
1997
7.8
Smart Guy
as Leslie
1997
7.8
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Pacific Blue
as Rhonda
1996
5.3
The Parent 'Hood
1995
7.3
ER
as Patrice Robbins
1994
7.8
ER
as Elan
1994
7.8
Sister, Sister
as Briana
1994
7.1
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
as Girl
1993
5.9
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
The Simpsons
as Praline (voice)
1989
8.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
5.4
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
American Music Awards
as Self - Host
1974
8.2
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
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Force
N/A
0.0
🎬
'Tis So Sweet
N/A
0.0
🎬
Sorcerority
N/A
0.0
🎬
Why Did I Get Married Again?
N/A
0.0