
Taraji P. Henson
Acting
1970-09-11 · Washington, D.C., USA
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.
Filmography
Give Me Some Sugah
2026 · Movie
TheatersDarlene Love: I Know Where I've Been
2026 · Movie
TheatersWhy Did I Get Married Again?
2026 · Movie

Star Search
2026 · Series

Escape Room
2025 · Movie

STRAW
2025 · Movie

My Happy Place
2025 · Series

Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · Series

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
2024 · Series

Hollywood Black
2024 · Series

TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
2024 · Movie

Where's Usher?
2024 · Movie

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023 · Movie

The Color Purple
2023 · Movie

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023 · Movie

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
2023 · Movie

Celebrity Prank Wars
2023 · Series

The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
2023 · Series

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022 · Movie

Tell It Like a Woman
2022 · Movie

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Series

Sherri
2022 · Series

Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022 · Movie

Abbott Elementary
2021 · Series

Annie Live!
2021 · Movie

That's My Jam
2021 · Series

Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021 · Movie

Hart to Heart
2021 · Series

Mary J. Blige's My Life
2021 · Movie

Legendary
2020 · Series

History 101
2020 · Series

Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020 · Movie

Celebrity IOU
2020 · Series

Coffee & Kareem
2020 · Movie

A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · Series

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series

This Changes Everything
2019 · Movie

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019 · Series

The Best of Enemies
2019 · Movie

What Men Want
2019 · Movie

The Masked Singer
2019 · Series

Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018 · Movie

The Alec Baldwin Show
2018 · Series

Acrimony
2018 · Movie

Proud Mary
2018 · Movie

Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017 · Series

Hidden Figures
2016 · Movie

Term Life
2016 · Movie

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016 · Movie

Taraji's White Hot Holidays
2015 · Series

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Series

Celebrity Family Feud
2015 · Series

Lip Sync Battle
2015 · Series

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series

Hot Ones
2015 · Series

Empire
2015 · Series

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Series

Top Five
2014 · Movie

Seasons of Love
2014 · Movie

No Good Deed
2014 · Movie

Think Like a Man Too
2014 · Movie

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
Picasso Baby
2013 · Movie

Hollywood Game Night
2013 · Series

From the Rough
2013 · Movie

Madly Madagascar
2013 · Movie

Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
2012 · Movie

Think Like a Man
2012 · Movie

Person of Interest
2011 · Series

Larry Crowne
2011 · Movie

The Good Doctor
2011 · Movie

Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
2011 · Movie

Conan
2010 · Series

Once Fallen
2010 · Movie

The Talk
2010 · Series

Peep World
2010 · Movie

The Karate Kid
2010 · Movie

Date Night
2010 · Movie

Hurricane Season
2010 · Movie

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010 · Series

The Cleveland Show
2009 · Series

I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009 · Movie

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009 · Movie

RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Series

Not Easily Broken
2009 · Movie

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 · Movie

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008 · Movie

Eli Stone
2008 · Series

Talk to Me
2007 · Movie

Smokin' Aces
2006 · Movie

Something New
2006 · Movie

Four Brothers
2005 · Movie

Hustle & Flow
2005 · Movie

Animal
2005 · Movie

Project Runway
2004 · Series

House
2004 · Series

Hair Show
2004 · Movie

Boston Legal
2004 · Series

All of Us
2003 · Series

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series

Half & Half
2002 · Series

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002 · Movie

Baby Boy
2001 · Movie

BET Awards
2001 · Series

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001 · Movie

The Division
2001 · Series

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Series

Strong Medicine
2000 · Series

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000 · Movie

Satan's School for Girls
2000 · Movie

Felicity
1998 · Series

Streetwise
1998 · Movie

The View
1997 · Series

Smart Guy
1997 · Series

The Daily Show
1996 · Series

Pacific Blue
1996 · Series

The Parent 'Hood
1995 · Series

ER
1994 · Series

Sister, Sister
1994 · Series

Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993 · Series

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series

The Simpsons
1989 · Series

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series

Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Series

Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series

American Music Awards
1974 · Series
Two Faced
Movie
Force
Movie
Sorcerority
Movie