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Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson

Birthday: 1970-09-11 | Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
My Happy Place

as    Self

2024
Where’s Usher?

as    Self

2024
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

as    Vivian Thoma

2023
2023
2023
The Color Purple

as    Shug Avery

2023
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

as    Victoria Vance (voice)

2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru

as    Belle Bottom (voice)

2022
2021
Annie Live!

as    Miss Hannigan

2021
Mary J. Blige's My Life

as    Self

2020
Coffee & Kareem

as    Vanessa Manning

2019
What Men Want

as    Alison "Ali" Davis

2019
The Best of Enemies

as    Ann Atwater

2019
This Changes Everything

as    Self

2018
Proud Mary

as    Mary

2018
Acrimony

as    Melinda Moore Gayle

2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet

as    Yesss (voice)

2016
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

as    Ethel (voice)

2016
Hidden Figures

as    Katherine G. Johnson

2016
Term Life

as    Samantha Thurman

2015
Empire

as    Cookie Lyon

2015
Taraji's White Hot Holidays

as    Herself - Host

2014
Seasons of Love

as    Jackie

2014
Think Like a Man Too

as    Lauren Harris

2014
No Good Deed

as    Terry

2013
Madly Madagascar

as    Okapi (voice)