Taraji P. Henson
Acting

Taraji P. Henson

Born 11 September 1970 · Washington, D.C., USA
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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

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Simpsons
Hidden Figures
Ralph Breaks the Internet
House
The Karate Kid
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Date Night
Four Brothers
Person of Interest
Smokin' Aces
What Men Want
Why Did I Get Married Again?
STRAW
Escape Room
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
The Color Purple
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Tell It Like a Woman
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Annie Live!
Coffee & Kareem
The Best of Enemies
What Men Want
Proud Mary
Acrimony
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Term Life
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Hidden Figures
No Good Deed
Think Like a Man Too
Seasons of Love
Top Five
From the Rough
Madly Madagascar
Think Like a Man
The Good Doctor
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Larry Crowne
Hurricane Season
Date Night
Once Fallen
The Karate Kid
Peep World
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Not Easily Broken
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Talk to Me
Something New
Smokin' Aces
Animal
Hustle & Flow
Four Brothers
Hair Show
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Baby Boy
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Satan's School for Girls
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Streetwise
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