Birthday
1970/09/11 (54 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Also know as
Taraji Penda Henson, Taraji Henson, 타라지 P. 헨슨, タラジ・P・ヘンソン , טאראג'י פ. הנסון, טראג'י פנדה הנסון, 塔拉吉·P·漢森
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 pe...Read more
(2023) PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
as Victoria Vance (voice)
(2005) Animal
as Ramona
(2021) Muppets Haunted Mansion
as The Bride
(2005) Hustle & Flow
as Shug
(2008) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Queenie
(2007) Talk to Me
as Vernell Watson
(2009) Hurricane Season
as Dayna Collins
(2005) Four Brothers
as Camille Mercer
(2009) I Can Do Bad All By Myself
as April
(2010) Date Night
as Detective Arroyo
(2009) Not Easily Broken
as Clarice Clark
(2006) Something New
as Nedra
Sorcerority
as ---
(2008) Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Pam
(2010) Once Fallen
as Pearl
(2001) Baby Boy
as Yvette
(2010) The Karate Kid
as Sherry Parker
(2011) The Good Doctor
as Nurse Theresa
(2012) Think Like a Man
as Lauren Harris
(2011) Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
as Tiffany Rubin
(2023) The Color Purple
as Shug Avery
(2011) Larry Crowne
as B'Ella
(2014) No Good Deed
as Terri
(2004) Hair Show
as Tiffany
(2014) Think Like a Man Too
as Lauren Harris
(2013) From the Rough
as Catana Starks
(2000) Satan's School for Girls
as Paige
(2001) Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
as Bess Pinckney
(2023) Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
as Self (voice)
(2014) Seasons of Love
as Jackie
(2014) Top Five
as Self
(2022) Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
as Self
(2024) Where’s Usher?
as Self
(2016) Term Life
as Samantha Thurman
(2023) Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self
(2012) Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
as Self
(2010) Peep World
as Mary
(2024) TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
as Host
(2016) Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
as Ethel (voice)
(2016) Hidden Figures
as Katherine G. Johnson
Force
as ---
(2006) Smokin' Aces
as Sharice Watters
(2013) Madly Madagascar
as Okapi (voice)
(2000) The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Left-Wing Student
(2018) Proud Mary
as Mary
(2019) The Best of Enemies
as Ann Atwater
(2018) Acrimony
as Melinda Moore Gayle
(2017) Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
as Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer
(2019) This Changes Everything
as Self
(2019) What Men Want
as Alison "Ali" Davis
(2018) Ralph Breaks the Internet
as Yesss (voice)
(2020) Coffee & Kareem
as Vanessa Manning
(2022) Minions: The Rise of Gru
as Belle Bottom (voice)
(2020) Feeding America Comedy Festival
as Self
(1998) Streetwise
as ---
(2013) Picasso Baby
as Self
(2021) Mary J. Blige's My Life
as Self
(2021) Annie Live!
as Miss Hannigan
(2009) The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
as Self
(2002) Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
as Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)
(2008) Eli Stone
as ---
(1993) Saved by the Bell: The New Class
as Girl
(2004) House
as Moira
(2011) Person of Interest
as Joss Carter
(2000) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Christina
(2002) Half & Half
as Gabrielle
(2003) All of Us
as ---
(2001) The Division
as Raina Washington
(1997) Smart Guy
as ---
(1994) Sister, Sister
as ---
(1992) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as ---
(1995) The Parent 'Hood
as ---
(2000) Strong Medicine
as Crystal
(1994) ER
as Patrice Robbins
(2019) A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
(2009) The Cleveland Show
as ---
(2021) That's My Jam
as Self
(2021) Abbott Elementary
as Vanetta
(2018) The Alec Baldwin Show
as Self
(1974) American Music Awards
as Self - Host
(2015) Empire
as Cookie Lyon
(1996) The Daily Show
as Self
(2015) Lip Sync Battle
as Self
(2023) Celebrity Prank Wars
as Self
(1988) LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
(2004) Boston Legal
as Whitney Rome
(2021) That's My Jam
as Self - Guest
(2017) Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
(2020) Celebrity IOU
as Self
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest Host
(2015) Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
(2015) Hot Ones
as Self
(2022) The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
(2022) Sherri
as Self - Guest
(2015) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
(2014) Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
(2020) Legendary
as Self - Guest Judge
(2013) Hollywood Game Night
as Self
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(2021) Hart to Heart
as Self
(2015) Taraji's White Hot Holidays
as Herself - Host
(2015) The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(2024) Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
as Vivian Thoma
(1997) The View
as Self
(2010) RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
as Self - Guest
(1981) Entertainment Tonight
as Self
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
(2004) Project Runway
as Self - Guest Judge
(2010) Conan
as Herself
(2009) RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
(1998) Felicity
as R.A. #2
(1998) Felicity
as Art Student
(1989) The Simpsons
as Praline (voice)
(2023) The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
as Self
(2020) History 101
as Self (archive footage)
(1994) ER
as Elan
(1996) Pacific Blue
as Rhonda
(2018) Lie Detector
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) Lie Detector
as Self