Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Taraji P. Henson

  • Birthday:

    1970-09-11

  • Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., USA
  • Gender:

    Female

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 3.0202
  • Also Known 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

    تاراجی پی. هنسون

Taraji P. Henson

Biography

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.

Top Movie Cast

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movietrue- Victoria Vance (voice)

2023-09-21

7.0
Animal
Animaltrue- Ramona

2005-05-01

5.6
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Muppets Haunted Mansiontrue- The Bride

2021-10-08

6.4
Hustle & Flow
Hustle & Flowtrue- Shug

2005-07-22

7.1
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttontrue- Queenie

2008-12-25

7.6
Talk to Me
Talk to Metrue- Vernell Watson

2007-07-13

6.9
Hurricane Season
Hurricane Seasontrue- Dayna Collins

2009-12-08

6.8
Four Brothers
Four Brotherstrue- Camille Mercer

2005-08-11

6.8
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
I Can Do Bad All By Myselftrue- April

2009-09-11

6.3
Date Night
Date Nighttrue- Detective Arroyo

2010-04-08

6.1
Not Easily Broken
Not Easily Brokentrue- Clarice Clark

2009-01-09

6.2
Something New
Something Newtrue- Nedra

2006-01-29

6.4
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preystrue- Pam

2008-09-12

6.8
Once Fallen
Once Fallentrue- Pearl

2010-11-02

5.0
Baby Boy
Baby Boytrue- Yvette

2001-06-27

7.1
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kidtrue- Sherry Parker

2010-06-10

6.5
The Good Doctor
The Good Doctortrue- Nurse Theresa

2011-04-23

6.2
Think Like a Man
Think Like a Mantrue- Lauren Harris

2012-04-20

6.8
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Storytrue- Tiffany Rubin

2011-01-31

6.9
The Color Purple
The Color Purpletrue- Shug Avery

2023-12-25

7.1
Larry Crowne
Larry Crownetrue- B'Ella

2011-06-30

6.0
No Good Deed
No Good Deedtrue- Terry

2014-09-10

5.9
Hair Show
Hair Showtrue- Tiffany

2004-10-17

5.6
Think Like a Man Too
Think Like a Man Tootrue- Lauren Harris

2014-06-20

6.4
From the Rough
From the Roughtrue- Catana Starks

2013-06-08

6.4
Satan's School for Girls
Satan's School for Girlstrue- Paige

2000-03-13

4.6
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Mantrue- Bess Pinckney

2001-05-02

6.3
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Projecttrue- Self (voice)

2023-11-03

6.9
Seasons of Love
Seasons of Lovetrue- Jackie

2014-11-23

3.2
Top Five
Top Fivetrue- Self

2014-12-12

6.1
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4true- Self

2022-11-09

7.1
Where’s Usher?
Where’s Usher?true- Self

2024-02-08

0.0
Term Life
Term Lifetrue- Samantha Thurman

2016-04-29

6.0
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Oprah & The Color Purple Journeytrue- Self

2023-12-28

4.5
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love Youtrue- Self

2012-07-01

7.5
Peep World
Peep Worldtrue- Mary

2010-09-15

4.7
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
TIME100: The World's Most Influential Peopletrue- Host

2024-05-12

0.0
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapadetrue- Ethel (voice)

2016-03-19

6.4
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figurestrue- Katherine G. Johnson

2016-12-10

8.1
Smokin' Aces
Smokin' Acestrue- Sharice Watters

2006-12-09

6.5
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkletrue- Left-Wing Student

2000-06-30

4.2
Madly Madagascar
Madly Madagascartrue- Okapi (voice)

2013-01-29

6.5
Proud Mary
Proud Marytrue- Mary

2018-01-12

5.5
The Best of Enemies
The Best of Enemiestrue- Ann Atwater

2019-04-05

7.4
Acrimony
Acrimonytrue- Melinda Moore Gayle

2018-03-30

6.7
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Specialtrue- Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer

2017-12-14

8.4
This Changes Everything
This Changes Everythingtrue- Self

2019-06-28

6.2
What Men Want
What Men Wanttrue- Alison "Ali" Davis

2019-02-08

6.2
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Ralph Breaks the Internettrue- Yesss (voice)

2018-11-20

7.2
Coffee & Kareem
Coffee & Kareemtrue- Vanessa Manning

2020-04-03

5.5
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Minions: The Rise of Grutrue- Belle Bottom (voice)

2022-06-29

7.3
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Feeding America Comedy Festivaltrue- Self

2020-05-10

6.8
Streetwise
Streetwisetrue

1998-06-12

1.0
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Mary J. Blige's My Lifetrue- Self

2021-06-25

6.6
Annie Live!
Annie Live!true- Miss Hannigan

2021-12-02

5.0
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Buttontrue- Self

2009-05-05

6.8
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogstrue- Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)

2002-02-14

10.0

Top Movie Crew

Tell It Like a Woman
Tell It Like a Womantrue

Directing

2022-10-07

4.3
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Projecttrue

Production

2023-11-03

6.9
No Good Deed
No Good Deedtrue

Production

2014-09-10

5.9
Seasons of Love
Seasons of Lovetrue

Production

2014-11-23

3.2
Proud Mary
Proud Marytrue

Production

2018-01-12

5.5
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Specialtrue

Production

2017-12-14

8.4
What Men Want
What Men Wanttrue

Production

2019-02-08

6.2

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