Taraji P. Henson
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Taraji P. Henson

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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.

Films Featuring Taraji P. Henson

Animal

20055.7

Muppets Haunted Mansion

20216.4

Hustle & Flow

20057.2

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

20087.6

Talk to Me

20076.8

Hurricane Season

20106.6

Four Brothers

20056.8

I Can Do Bad All By Myself

20096.3

Date Night

20106.1

Not Easily Broken

20096.3

Something New

20066.4

Sorcerority

Sorcerority

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

20086.9

Once Fallen

20105.2

Baby Boy

20017.1

The Karate Kid

20106.6

The Good Doctor

20116.2

Think Like a Man

20126.8

Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story

20116.7

The Color Purple

20237.0

Larry Crowne

20116.0

No Good Deed

20145.9

Hair Show

20045.5

Think Like a Man Too

20146.4

From the Rough

20136.1

Satan's School for Girls

20004.9

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

20016.5

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

20236.4

Seasons of Love

20143.2

Top Five

20146.1

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4

20226.8

Where's Usher?

2024

Term Life

20166.0

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

20233.3

Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You

20127.5

Peep World

20104.8

TIME100: The World's Most Influential People

2024

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

20166.4

Hidden Figures

20168.0

Force

Force

Smokin' Aces

20066.5

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

20004.3

Madly Madagascar

20136.6

Proud Mary

20185.5

The Best of Enemies

20197.4

Acrimony

20186.7

Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special

20178.4

This Changes Everything

20196.2

What Men Want

20196.2

Ralph Breaks the Internet

20187.2

Coffee & Kareem

20205.4

Minions: The Rise of Gru

20227.3

Feeding America Comedy Festival

20205.8

Streetwise

19984.5

Picasso Baby

Picasso Baby

20139.0

Mary J. Blige's My Life

20216.6

Annie Live!

20215.5

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

20097.0

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

20029.5

STRAW

20257.7

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

20236.9

Escape Room

20258.2

Why Did I Get Married Again?

2026

'Tis So Sweet

'Tis So Sweet