Taraji P. Henson
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.
Movies
Escape Room
STRAW
Janiyah Wiltkinson
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
Host
The Color Purple
Shug Avery
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Victoria Vance (voice)
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Belle Bottom (voice)
Annie Live!
Miss Hannigan
Muppets Haunted Mansion
The Bride
Coffee & Kareem
Vanessa Manning
The Best of Enemies
Ann Atwater
What Men Want
Alison 'Ali' Davis
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Yesss (voice)
Acrimony
Melinda Moore Gayle
Proud Mary
Mary
Hidden Figures
Katherine G. Johnson
Term Life
Samantha Thurman
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Ethel (voice)
Seasons of Love
Jackie
No Good Deed
Terry
Think Like a Man Too
Lauren Harris
From the Rough
Catana Starks
Madly Madagascar
Okapi (voice)
Think Like a Man
Lauren Harris
Larry Crowne
B'Ella
The Good Doctor
Nurse Theresa
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Tiffany Rubin
Once Fallen
Pearl
Peep World
Mary
The Karate Kid
Sherry Parker
Date Night
Detective Arroyo
Hurricane Season
Dayna Collins
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
April
Not Easily Broken
Clarice Clark
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Queenie
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Pam
Talk to Me
Vernell Watson
Smokin' Aces
Sharice Watters
Something New
Nedra
Four Brothers
Camille Mercer
Hustle & Flow
Shug
Animal
Ramona
Hair Show
Tiffany
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)
Baby Boy
Yvette
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Bess Pinckney
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Left-Wing Student
Satan's School for Girls
Paige
Streetwise
Tammy
'Tis So Sweet
Force
Why Did I Get Married Again?
Sorcerority
TV Series
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Vivian Thoma
8 Episodes
Abbott Elementary
Vanetta
3 Episodes
Empire
Cookie Lyon
102 Episodes
Person of Interest
Joss Carter
90 Episodes
The Cleveland Show
1 Episode
Eli Stone
Angela Scott
3 Episodes
House
Moira
1 Episode
Boston Legal
Whitney Rome
20 Episodes
All of Us
1 Episode
Half & Half
Gabrielle
1 Episode
The Division
Raina Washington
66 Episodes
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Christina
1 Episode
Strong Medicine
Crystal
1 Episode
Felicity
R.A. #2
1 Episode
Smart Guy
Monique
2 Episodes
Pacific Blue
Rhonda
1 Episode
The Parent 'Hood
1 Episode
ER
Patrice Robbins
2 Episodes
Sister, Sister
Briana
1 Episode
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Girl
1 Episode
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1 Episode
The Simpsons
Praline (voice)
1 Episode