Taraji P. Henson
Acting Born Sep 11, 1970 Washington, D.C., USA 24 credits
Biography
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.
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Full filmography
- The Simpsons (1989) as Praline (voice)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Christina
- House (2004) as Moira
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- Person of Interest (2011) as Joss Carter
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self - Guest Host
- ER (1994) as Patrice Robbins
- ER (1994) as Elan
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Conan (2010) as Herself
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) as Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) as Self - Guest Judge
- Project Runway (2004) as Self - Guest Judge
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) as Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) as Self - Guest
- The View (1997) as Self
- Boston Legal (2004) as Whitney Rome
- Strong Medicine (2000) as Crystal
- Hot Ones (2015) as Self