Taraji P. Henson
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1970-09-11
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
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.
Also Known For
Animal
May 01, 2005
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Oct 08, 2021
Hustle & Flow
Jul 22, 2005
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dec 25, 2008
Talk to Me
Jul 13, 2007
Hurricane Season
Feb 09, 2010
Four Brothers
Aug 11, 2005
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Sep 11, 2009
Date Night
Apr 08, 2010
Not Easily Broken
Jan 09, 2009
Something New
Jan 29, 2006
Sorcerority
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Sep 12, 2008
Once Fallen
Nov 02, 2010
Baby Boy
Jun 27, 2001
The Karate Kid
Jun 10, 2010
The Good Doctor
Apr 23, 2011
Think Like a Man
Apr 20, 2012
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Jan 31, 2011
The Color Purple
Dec 25, 2023
Larry Crowne
Jun 30, 2011
No Good Deed
Sep 10, 2014
Hair Show
Oct 17, 2004
Think Like a Man Too
Jun 20, 2014
From the Rough
Jun 08, 2013
Satan's School for Girls
Mar 13, 2000
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
May 02, 2001
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Nov 03, 2023
Seasons of Love
Nov 23, 2014
Top Five
Dec 12, 2014
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
Nov 09, 2022
Where’s Usher?
Feb 08, 2024
Term Life
Apr 29, 2016
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Dec 28, 2023
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
Jul 01, 2012
Peep World
Sep 15, 2010
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
May 12, 2024
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Mar 19, 2016
Hidden Figures
Dec 10, 2016
Force
Smokin' Aces
Dec 09, 2006
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Jun 30, 2000
Madly Madagascar
Jan 29, 2013
Proud Mary
Jan 12, 2018
The Best of Enemies
Apr 05, 2019
Acrimony
Mar 30, 2018
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
Dec 14, 2017
This Changes Everything
Jun 28, 2019
What Men Want
Feb 08, 2019
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Nov 20, 2018
Coffee & Kareem
Apr 03, 2020
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Jun 29, 2022
Feeding America Comedy Festival
May 10, 2020
Streetwise
Jun 12, 1998
Picasso Baby
Aug 02, 2013
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Jun 25, 2021
Annie Live!
Dec 02, 2021
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
May 05, 2009
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Feb 14, 2002
STRAW
Jun 05, 2025
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Sep 21, 2023
Escape Room
Aug 22, 2025
Why Did I Get Married Again?
'Tis So Sweet
Eli Stone
Jan 31, 2008
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Sep 11, 1993
House
Nov 16, 2004
Person of Interest
Sep 22, 2011
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Oct 06, 2000
Half & Half
Sep 23, 2002
All of Us
Sep 16, 2003
The Division
Jan 07, 2001
Smart Guy
Mar 26, 1997
Sister, Sister
Apr 01, 1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
The Parent 'Hood
Jan 18, 1995
Strong Medicine
Jul 23, 2000
ER
Sep 19, 1994
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Sep 16, 2019
The Cleveland Show
Sep 27, 2009
That's My Jam
Nov 29, 2021
Abbott Elementary
Dec 07, 2021
The Alec Baldwin Show
Oct 14, 2018
American Music Awards
Feb 19, 1974
Empire
Jan 07, 2015
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
Lip Sync Battle
Apr 02, 2015
Celebrity Prank Wars
Apr 05, 2023
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Boston Legal
Oct 03, 2004
That's My Jam
Nov 29, 2021
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Aug 08, 2017
Celebrity IOU
Apr 13, 2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Aug 02, 2015
Hot Ones
Mar 12, 2015
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sep 12, 2022
Sherri
Sep 12, 2022
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
Legendary
May 27, 2020
Hollywood Game Night
Jul 11, 2013
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Hart to Heart
Aug 05, 2021
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
Dec 09, 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mar 23, 2015
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Sep 05, 2024
The View
Aug 11, 1997
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Feb 01, 2010
Entertainment Tonight
Sep 15, 1981
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Project Runway
Dec 01, 2004
Conan
Nov 08, 2010
RuPaul's Drag Race
Feb 02, 2009
Felicity
Sep 29, 1998
Felicity
Sep 29, 1998
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
Mar 01, 2023
History 101
May 22, 2020
ER
Sep 19, 1994
Pacific Blue
Mar 02, 1996
Lie Detector
Mar 01, 2018
Today with Hoda & Jenna
Apr 08, 2019
Number One on the Call Sheet
Mar 27, 2025
My Happy Place
Apr 27, 2025
BET Awards
Jun 19, 2001
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
