Known For
Acting
Known Credits
136
Gender
Female
Birthday
September 11, 1970 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., 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.
| 2026 | Star Search...Executive Producer | |
| 2023 | Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project...Executive Producer | |
| 2022 | Tell It Like a Woman...Director | |
| 2019 | What Men Want...Executive Producer | |
| 2018 | Proud Mary...Executive Producer | |
| 2017 | Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special...Executive Producer | |
| 2015 | Empire...Director | |
| 2014 | Seasons of Love...Executive Producer | |
| 2014 | No Good Deed...Executive Producer | |
| Two Faced...Director | ||
| Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been...Producer | ||
| Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been...Executive Producer |
