Taraji P. Henson

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: Acting

Born: Washington, D.C., USA, 1970-09-11

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1998	Streetwise		10
2	2000	Satan's School for Girls	Paige	46
3	2000	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Left-Wing Student	41
4	2001	Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man	Bess Pinckney	61
5	2001	Baby Boy	Yvette	71
6	2002	Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs	Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)	100
7	2004	Hair Show	Tiffany	56
8	2005	Animal	Ramona	56
9	2005	Hustle & Flow	Shug	71
10	2005	Four Brothers	Camille Mercer	68
11	2006	Something New	Nedra	64
12	2006	Smokin' Aces	Sharice Watters	65
13	2007	Talk to Me	Vernell Watson	69
14	2008	Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys	Pam	67
15	2008	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Queenie	76
16	2009	Not Easily Broken	Clarice Clark	63
17	2009	The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button	Self	68
18	2009	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	April	63
19	2009	Hurricane Season	Dayna Collins	68
20	2010	Date Night	Detective Arroyo	61
21	2010	The Karate Kid	Sherry Parker	65
22	2010	Peep World	Mary	47
23	2010	Once Fallen	Pearl	50
24	2011	Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story	Tiffany Rubin	69
25	2011	The Good Doctor	Nurse Theresa	62
26	2011	Larry Crowne	B'Ella	60
27	2012	Think Like a Man	Lauren Harris	68
28	2012	Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You	Self	75
29	2013	Madly Madagascar	Okapi (voice)	65
30	2013	From the Rough	Catana Starks	64
31	2013	Picasso Baby	Self	90
32	2014	Seasons of Love	Jackie	32
33	2014	Top Five	Self	61
34	2016	Term Life	Samantha Thurman	60
35	2021	Muppets Haunted Mansion	The Bride	64
36	2023	PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie	Victoria Vance (voice)	70
37		Sorcerority		0
38	2014	Think Like a Man Too	Lauren Harris	64
39	2014	No Good Deed	Terry	59
40	2016	Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade	Ethel (voice)	64
41	2016	Hidden Figures	Katherine G. Johnson	81
42	2017	Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special	Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer	80
43	2018	Proud Mary	Mary	55
44	2018	Acrimony	Melinda Moore Gayle	67
45	2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Yesss (voice)	72
46	2019	What Men Want	Alison "Ali" Davis	62
47	2019	The Best of Enemies	Ann Atwater	74
48	2019	This Changes Everything	Self	62
49	2020	Coffee & Kareem	Vanessa Manning	55
50	2020	Feeding America Comedy Festival	Self	68
51	2021	Mary J. Blige's My Life	Self	64
52	2021	Annie Live!	Miss Hannigan	50
53	2022	Minions: The Rise of Gru	Belle Bottom (voice)	73
54	2022	Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4	Self	71
55	2023	Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project	Self (voice)	69
56	2023	The Color Purple	Shug Avery	71
57	2023	Oprah & The Color Purple Journey	Self	45
58	2024	Where’s Usher?	Self	0
59	2024	TIME100: The World's Most Influential People	Host	0
60		Force		0
61		Straw		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	American Music Awards	Self - Host	81
2	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	69
3	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	36
4	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self	55
5	1989	The Simpsons	Praline (voice)	80
6	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
7	1993	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Girl	57
8	1994	Sister, Sister		72
9	1994	ER	Patrice Robbins	78
10	1994	ER	Elan	78
11	1995	The Parent 'Hood		73
12	1996	Pacific Blue	Rhonda	54
13	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
14	1997	Smart Guy		77
15	1997	The View	Self	45
16	1998	Felicity	R.A. #2	65
17	1998	Felicity	Art Student	65
18	2000	Strong Medicine	Crystal	71
19	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Christina	76
20	2001	The Division	Raina Washington	70
21	2002	Half & Half	Gabrielle	83
22	2003	All of Us		73
23	2004	Boston Legal	Whitney Rome	79
24	2004	House	Moira	86
25	2004	Project Runway	Self - Guest Judge	62
26	2008	Eli Stone		68
27	2009	RuPaul's Drag Race	Self - Guest Judge	75
28	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	49
29	2009	The Cleveland Show		59
30	2010	RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked	Self - Guest	62
31	2010	Conan	Herself	70
32	2011	Person of Interest	Joss Carter	81
33	2013	Hollywood Game Night	Self	67
34	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	58
35	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	44
36	2015	Empire	Cookie Lyon	72
37	2015	Hot Ones	Self	74
38	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self	53
39	2015	Lip Sync Battle	Self	64
40	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
41	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	65
42	2015	Taraji's White Hot Holidays	Herself - Host	0
43	2017	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Self	59
44	2018	Lie Detector	Self (archive footage)	0
45	2018	Lie Detector	Self	0
46	2018	The Alec Baldwin Show	Self	10
47	2019	Today with Hoda & Jenna	Self	0
48	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	63
49	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self - Guest Host	63
50	2019	A Little Late with Lilly Singh	Self	38
51	2020	Celebrity IOU	Self	61
52	2020	History 101	Self (archive footage)	71
53	2020	Legendary	Self - Guest Judge	77
54	2021	Hart to Heart	Self	82
55	2021	That's My Jam	Self	62
56	2021	That's My Jam	Self - Guest	62
57	2021	Abbott Elementary	Vanetta	75
58	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self	68
59	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42
60	2023	The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige	Self	0
61	2023	Celebrity Prank Wars	Self	62
62	2024	Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist	Vivian Thoma	72