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