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.
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
(Victoria Vance (voice))
Animal
(Ramona)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
(The Bride)
Hustle & Flow
(Shug)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(Queenie)
Talk to Me
(Vernell Watson)
Hurricane Season
(Dayna Collins)
Four Brothers
(Camille Mercer)
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
(April)
Date Night
(Detective Arroyo)
Not Easily Broken
(Clarice Clark)
Something New
(Nedra)
Sorcerority
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
(Pam)
Once Fallen
(Pearl)
Baby Boy
(Yvette)
The Karate Kid
(Sherry Parker)
The Good Doctor
(Nurse Theresa)
Think Like a Man
(Lauren Harris)
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
(Tiffany Rubin)
The Color Purple
(Shug Avery)
Larry Crowne
(B'Ella)
No Good Deed
(Terri)
Hair Show
(Tiffany)
Think Like a Man Too
(Lauren Harris)
From the Rough
(Catana Starks)
Satan's School for Girls
(Paige)
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
(Bess Pinckney)
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
(Self (voice))
Seasons of Love
(Jackie)
Top Five
(Self)
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
(Self)
Where’s Usher?
(Self)
Term Life
(Samantha Thurman)
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
(Self)
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
(Self)
Peep World
(Mary)
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
(Host)
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
(Ethel (voice))
Hidden Figures
(Katherine G. Johnson)
Force
Smokin' Aces
(Sharice Watters)
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
(Left-Wing Student)
Madly Madagascar
(Okapi (voice))
Proud Mary
(Mary)
The Best of Enemies
(Ann Atwater)
Acrimony
(Melinda Moore Gayle)
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
(Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer)
This Changes Everything
(Self)
What Men Want
(Alison "Ali" Davis)
Ralph Breaks the Internet
(Yesss (voice))
Forehead Tittaes
(Herself)
Coffee & Kareem
(Vanessa Manning)
Minions: The Rise of Gru
(Belle Bottom (voice))
Feeding America Comedy Festival
(Self)
Streetwise
Picasso Baby
(Self)
Mary J. Blige's My Life
(Self)
Annie Live!
(Miss Hannigan)
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
(Self)
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
(Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson))
Eli Stone
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
(Girl)
House
(Moira)
Person of Interest
(Joss Carter)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(Christina)
Half & Half
(Gabrielle)
All of Us
The Division
(Raina Washington)
Smart Guy
Sister, Sister
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Parent 'Hood
Strong Medicine
(Crystal)
ER
(Patrice Robbins)
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
(Self)
The Cleveland Show
That's My Jam
(Self)
Abbott Elementary
(Vanetta)
The Alec Baldwin Show
(Self)
American Music Awards
(Self - Host)
Empire
(Cookie Lyon)
The Daily Show
(Self)
Lip Sync Battle
(Self)
Celebrity Prank Wars
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(Self)
Boston Legal
(Whitney Rome)
That's My Jam
(Self - Guest)
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
(Self)
Celebrity IOU
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self - Guest Host)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
Hot Ones
(Self)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
(Self)
Sherri
(Self - Guest)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
Legendary
(Self - Guest Judge)
Hollywood Game Night
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Hart to Heart
(Self)
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
(Herself - Host)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
(Vivian Thoma)
The View
(Self)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
(Self - Guest)
Entertainment Tonight
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Project Runway
(Self - Guest Judge)
Conan
(Herself)
RuPaul's Drag Race
(Self - Guest Judge)
Felicity
(R.A. #2)
Felicity
(Art Student)
The Simpsons
(Praline (voice))
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
(Self)
History 101
(Self (archive footage))
ER
(Elan)
Pacific Blue
(Rhonda)
Lie Detector
(Self (archive footage))
Lie Detector
(Self)
Tell It Like a Woman
(Director)
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
(Executive Producer)
No Good Deed
(Executive Producer)
Seasons of Love
(Executive Producer)
Proud Mary
(Executive Producer)
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
(Executive Producer)
What Men Want
(Executive Producer)
Two Faced
(Director)