Acting
Taraji P. Henson
Born 1970-09-11 · 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.
Known for
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
The Color Purple
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Hidden Figures
The Karate Kid
Ralph Breaks the Internet
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Four Brothers
What Men Want
No Good Deed
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Date Night
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Larry Crowne
Smokin' Aces
The Good Doctor
Think Like a Man Too
Baby Boy
Proud Mary
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Madly Madagascar
The Best of Enemies
Coffee & Kareem
Acrimony
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Think Like a Man
Something New
Top Five
Hustle & Flow
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Animal
Term Life
Talk to Me
Hurricane Season
Not Easily Broken
The Family That Preys
Whitney Houston - We Will Always Love You
This Changes Everything
Tell It Like a Woman