Acting
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.
Filmography
Why Did I Get Married Again?
Film · 2026
Give Me Some Sugah
Film · 2026
STRAW
Film · 2025
Escape Room
Film · 2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
Series · 2025
My Happy Place
Series · 2025
Where's Usher?
Film · 2024
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
Film · 2024
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Series · 2024
Hollywood Black
Series · 2024
The Color Purple
Film · 2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Film · 2023
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Film · 2023
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Film · 2023
Celebrity Prank Wars
Series · 2023
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
Series · 2023
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
Film · 2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Film · 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Series · 2022
Sherri
Series · 2022
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Film · 2021
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Film · 2021
Annie Live!
Film · 2021
Abbott Elementary
Series · 2021
That's My Jam
Series · 2021
Hart to Heart
Series · 2021
Coffee & Kareem
Film · 2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Film · 2020
Celebrity IOU
Series · 2020
Legendary
Series · 2020
History 101
Series · 2020
The Best of Enemies
Film · 2019
This Changes Everything
Film · 2019
What Men Want
Film · 2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Series · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Series · 2019
The Masked Singer
Series · 2019
Proud Mary
Film · 2018
Acrimony
Film · 2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Film · 2018
The Alec Baldwin Show
Series · 2018
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Series · 2017
Term Life
Film · 2016
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Film · 2016
Hidden Figures
Film · 2016
Empire
Series · 2015
Lip Sync Battle
Series · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
Hot Ones
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
Series · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
Celebrity Family Feud
Series · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
No Good Deed
Film · 2014
Think Like a Man Too
Film · 2014
Seasons of Love
Film · 2014
Top Five
Film · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
From the Rough
Film · 2013
Madly Madagascar
Film · 2013
Picasso Baby
Film · 2013
Hollywood Game Night
Series · 2013
Think Like a Man
Film · 2012
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
Film · 2012
The Good Doctor
Film · 2011
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Film · 2011
Larry Crowne
Film · 2011
Person of Interest
Series · 2011
Hurricane Season
Film · 2010
Date Night
Film · 2010
Once Fallen
Film · 2010
The Karate Kid
Film · 2010
Peep World
Film · 2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Series · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
The Talk
Series · 2010
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Film · 2009
Not Easily Broken
Film · 2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Film · 2009
The Cleveland Show
Series · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
Series · 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Film · 2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Film · 2008
Eli Stone
Series · 2008
Talk to Me
Film · 2007
Something New
Film · 2006
Smokin' Aces
Film · 2006
Animal
Film · 2005
Hustle & Flow
Film · 2005
Four Brothers
Film · 2005
Hair Show
Film · 2004
House
Series · 2004
Boston Legal
Series · 2004
Project Runway
Series · 2004
All of Us
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Film · 2002
Half & Half
Series · 2002
Baby Boy
Film · 2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Film · 2001
The Division
Series · 2001
BET Awards
Series · 2001
Satan's School for Girls
Film · 2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Film · 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
Strong Medicine
Series · 2000
Streetwise
Film · 1998
Felicity
Series · 1998
Felicity
Series · 1998
Smart Guy
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Smart Guy
Series · 1997
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
Pacific Blue
Series · 1996
The Parent 'Hood
Series · 1995
Sister, Sister
Series · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Series · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
Entertainment Tonight
Series · 1981
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
American Music Awards
Series · 1974
Sorcerority
Film
Force
Film