Taraji P. Henson
Acting
Born September 11, 1970 · Washington, D.C., USA
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.
Directed (2)
Acting (60)
Escape Room
2025
STRAW
2025
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
2024
Where's Usher?
2024
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
The Color Purple
2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
2023
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022
Annie Live!
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
Mary J. Blige's My Life
2021
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
Coffee & Kareem
2020
This Changes Everything
2019
The Best of Enemies
2019
What Men Want
2019
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018
Acrimony
2018
Proud Mary
2018
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
2017
Hidden Figures
2016
Term Life
2016
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016
Top Five
2014
Seasons of Love
2014
No Good Deed
2014
Think Like a Man Too
2014
Picasso Baby
2013
From the Rough
2013
Madly Madagascar
2013
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
2012
Think Like a Man
2012
Larry Crowne
2011
The Good Doctor
2011
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
2011
Once Fallen
2010
Peep World
2010
The Karate Kid
2010
Date Night
2010
Hurricane Season
2010
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009
Not Easily Broken
2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008
Talk to Me
2007
Smokin' Aces
2006
Something New
2006
Four Brothers
2005
Hustle & Flow
2005
Animal
2005
Hair Show
2004
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002
Baby Boy
2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
Satan's School for Girls
2000
Streetwise
1998