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Taraji P. Henson

Acting
Known For

54 Years Old

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.

Born

Washington, D.C., USA on 11th September 1970

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Daily Show
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Simpsons
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Lip Sync Battle
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Sherri
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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A Little Late with Lilly Singh
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The View
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Project Runway
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RuPaul's Drag Race
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Person of Interest
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STRAW
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All of Us
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Boston Legal
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The Cleveland Show
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Sister, Sister
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Strong Medicine
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
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Abbott Elementary
Vanetta
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Saturday Night Live
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RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
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The Alec Baldwin Show
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Carpool Karaoke: The Series
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
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Smart Guy
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American Music Awards
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Hot Ones
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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History 101
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Hollywood Game Night
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Empire
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BET Awards
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Number One on the Call Sheet
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Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
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Legendary
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Celebrity Prank Wars
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Hart to Heart
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The Karate Kid
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The Division
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Felicity
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Pacific Blue
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Minions: The Rise of Gru
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Not Easily Broken
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Queenie
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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
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Hidden Figures
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What Men Want
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Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Girl
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Eli Stone
Angela Scott
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Ralph Breaks the Internet
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Half & Half
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Entertainment Tonight
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The Parent 'Hood
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The Color Purple
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No Good Deed
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Four Brothers
Camille Mercer
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Celebrity IOU
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Lie Detector
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Taraji's White Hot Holidays
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Larry Crowne
B'Ella
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Baby Boy
Yvette
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Acrimony
Melinda Moore Gayle
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Date Night
Detective Arroyo
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Smokin' Aces
Sharice Watters
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That's My Jam
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That's My Jam
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Think Like a Man
Lauren Harris
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The Good Doctor
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The Best of Enemies
Ann Atwater
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Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Ethel (voice)
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Madly Madagascar
Okapi (voice)
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Think Like a Man Too
Lauren Harris
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Hustle & Flow
Shug
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Proud Mary
Mary
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Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Pam
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Top Five
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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Left-Wing Student
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Term Life
Samantha Thurman
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Muppets Haunted Mansion
The Bride
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Something New
Nedra
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Coffee & Kareem
Vanessa Manning
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I Can Do Bad All By Myself
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My Happy Place
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Talk to Me
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Hair Show
Tiffany
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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
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Hurricane Season
Dayna Collins
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Mary J. Blige's My Life
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Animal
Ramona
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This Changes Everything
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Satan's School for Girls
Paige
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Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Bess Pinckney
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Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
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Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
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Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
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Peep World
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Once Fallen
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The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
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From the Rough
Catana Starks
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Feeding America Comedy Festival
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Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
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Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special Image
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer
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Annie Live!
Miss Hannigan
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Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)
Where’s Usher? Image
Where’s Usher?
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Seasons of Love
Jackie
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Picasso Baby
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Streetwise
Tammy
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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Self (voice)
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TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
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