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.
60 movies · 67 shows
Escape Room
2025·8.2
STRAW
2025·7.7
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
2024·0.0
Where's Usher?
2024·0.0
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023·3.3
The Color Purple
2023·7.0
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023·6.4
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
2023·6.9
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022·6.8
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022·7.3
Annie Live!
2021·5.5
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021·6.4
Mary J. Blige's My Life
2021·6.6
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020·5.8
Coffee & Kareem
2020·5.4
This Changes Everything
2019·6.2
The Best of Enemies
2019·7.4
What Men Want
2019·6.2
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018·7.2
Acrimony
2018·6.7
Proud Mary
2018·5.5
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
2017·8.4
Hidden Figures
2016·8.0
Term Life
2016·6.0
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016·6.4
Top Five
2014·6.1
Seasons of Love
2014·3.2
No Good Deed
2014·6.0
Think Like a Man Too
2014·6.4
Picasso Baby
2013·9.0
From the Rough
2013·6.1
Madly Madagascar
2013·6.5
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
2012·7.5
Think Like a Man
2012·6.8
Larry Crowne
2011·6.0
The Good Doctor
2011·6.2
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
2011·6.7
Once Fallen
2010·5.2
Peep World
2010·4.8
The Karate Kid
2010·6.6
Date Night
2010·6.1
Hurricane Season
2010·6.6
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009·6.3
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009·7.0
Not Easily Broken
2009·6.3
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008·7.6
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008·6.9
Talk to Me
2007·6.8
Smokin' Aces
2006·6.5
Something New
2006·6.4
Four Brothers
2005·6.8
Hustle & Flow
2005·7.2
Animal
2005·5.7
Hair Show
2004·5.5
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002·9.5
Baby Boy
2001·7.1
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001·6.5
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000·4.3
Satan's School for Girls
2000·4.9
Streetwise
1998·4.5