Taraji P. Henson
Acting
🎂 1970-09-11
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.
Cast credits(126)
Praline (voice)
1989
Moira
2004
Christina
2000
Self
1996
Self
2014
Joss Carter
2011
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2019
Self - Guest Host
2019
Self - Host
1975
Self
2022
Self - Guest Judge
2004
Herself
2010
Self
2015
Self - Guest
2022
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Patrice Robbins
1994
Elan
1994
Self
2015
Janiyah Wiltkinson
2025
Whitney Rome
2004
Self
2015
Crystal
2000
Self
2014
Self
1997
Sherry Parker
2010
Self
1988
Self
2015
Katherine G. Johnson
2016
Cookie Lyon
2015
Raina Washington
2001
R.A. #2
1998
Art Student
1998
2009
1992
Self
2003
Queenie
2008
Rhonda
1996
Vanetta
2021
Clarice Clark
2009
Self
2017
Self
2015
Victoria Vance (voice)
2023
Yesss (voice)
2018
Belle Bottom (voice)
2022
Self - Guest
2010
Self
2019
Self - Host
1974
Briana
1994
Angela Scott
2008
Girl
1993
2003
1995
Self
2018
Alison 'Ali' Davis
2019
1997
Self
2020
Gabrielle
2002
Self
2019
Lauren Harris
2014
Self (archive footage)
2020
Camille Mercer
2005
Self
2025
Terry
2014
Detective Arroyo
2010
Yvette
2001
Self
2013
Mary
2010
Self - Guest Judge
2020
Vivian Thoma
2024
Self
1981
Melinda Moore Gayle
2018
Lauren Harris
2012
Ann Atwater
2019
Sharice Watters
2006
Self
2021
B'Ella
2011
Shug Avery
2023
Self
2019
Mary
2018
Ethel (voice)
2016
Self - Host
2001
Self
2022
Nedra
2006
Self
2021
Self - Guest
2021
Samantha Thurman
2016
Nurse Theresa
2011
Shug
2005
Left-Wing Student
2000
Pearl
2010
Self
2014
Self
2013
The Bride
2021
Tiffany Rubin
2011
Self
2020
Vernell Watson
2007
Okapi (voice)
2013
Herself - Host
2015
Miss Hannigan
2021
Ramona
2005
Vanessa Manning
2020
Self
2009
Catana Starks
2013
Bess Pinckney
2001
Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)
2002
Self
2023
Pam
2008
Self
2018
Self
2023
Dayna Collins
2009
Self
2012
Self
2025
Tiffany
2004
Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer
2017
April
2009
Host
2024
Tammy
1998
Paige
2000
Self
2024
Self
2023
Jackie
2014
Self (voice)
2023
Self
2021
