Taraji P. Henson: movies and TV shows
Taraji P. Henson has 149 credits in the archive: 74 films and 75 TV series, from 1974 to 2026. Highest rated: House (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1974 – 2026 · busiest year: 2014 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Star Search | TV | 6.0 | 55 | |
| 2026 | Why Did I Get Married Again? | Film | 5.0 | 55 | |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet | Self | TV | 3.6 | 54 |
| 2025 | STRAW | Janiyah Wiltkinson | Film | 7.7 | 54 |
| 2025 | Escape Room | Film | 8.2 | 54 | |
| 2025 | My Happy Place | Self | TV | 1.5 | 54 |
| 2024 | Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist | Vivian Thoma | TV | 6.8 | 53 |
| 2024 | Hollywood Black | Self (archive footage) | TV | 3.7 | 53 |
| 2024 | Where's Usher? | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2024 | TIME100: The World's Most Influential People | Host | Film | — | 53 |
| 2023 | PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Victoria Vance (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 2023 | The Color Purple | Shug Avery | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2023 | Celebrity Prank Wars | Self | TV | 6.6 | 52 |
| 2023 | Oprah & The Color Purple Journey | Self | Film | 3.3 | 52 |
| 2023 | Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Self (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 2023 | Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Film | 6.4 | 52 | |
| 2023 | The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige | Self | TV | — | 52 |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | TV | 5.6 | 51 |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest | TV | 2.6 | 51 |
| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Belle Bottom (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 2022 | Tell It Like a Woman | Film | 4.2 | 51 | |
| 2022 | Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 | Self | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 2021 | Abbott Elementary | Vanetta | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 2021 | That's My Jam | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 50 |
| 2021 | Hart to Heart | Self | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 2021 | Muppets Haunted Mansion | The Bride | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 2021 | Mary J. Blige's My Life | Self | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 2021 | Annie Live! | Miss Hannigan | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 2020 | History 101 | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.1 | 49 |
| 2020 | Celebrity IOU | Self | TV | 6.6 | 49 |
| 2020 | Legendary | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 7.6 | 49 |
| 2020 | Coffee & Kareem | Vanessa Manning | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 2020 | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 48 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest Host | TV | 6.3 | 48 |
| 2019 | The Masked Singer | Self - Panelist | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 2019 | A Little Late with Lilly Singh | Self | TV | 3.4 | 48 |
| 2019 | Today with Jenna & Sheinelle | Self | TV | 3.3 | 48 |
| 2019 | The Best of Enemies | Ann Atwater | Film | 7.4 | 48 |
| 2019 | What Men Want | Alison 'Ali' Davis | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 2019 | What Men Want | Film | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 2019 | This Changes Everything | Self | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Yesss (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 47 |
| 2018 | Acrimony | Melinda Moore Gayle | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 2018 | The Alec Baldwin Show | Self | TV | 1.0 | 47 |
| 2018 | Proud Mary | Mary | Film | 5.5 | 47 |
| 2018 | Proud Mary | Film | 5.5 | 47 | |
| 2017 | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Self | TV | 6.1 | 46 |
| 2017 | Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special | Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer | Film | 8.4 | 46 |
| 2017 | Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special | Film | 8.4 | 46 | |
| 2016 | Hidden Figures | Katherine G. Johnson | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 2016 | Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade | Ethel (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 2016 | Term Life | Samantha Thurman | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 44 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | TV | 5.1 | 44 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 44 |
| 2015 | Hot Ones | Self | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 2015 | Empire | Cookie Lyon | TV | 7.1 | 44 |
| 2015 | Empire | TV | 7.1 | 44 | |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 44 |
| 2015 | Celebrity Family Feud | Self - Contestant | TV | 7.6 | 44 |
| 2015 | Lip Sync Battle | Self | TV | 6.4 | 44 |
| 2015 | Taraji's White Hot Holidays | Herself - Host | TV | 10.0 | 44 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 43 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 43 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 43 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 43 |
| 2014 | No Good Deed | Terry | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 2014 | No Good Deed | Film | 6.0 | 43 | |
| 2014 | Think Like a Man Too | Lauren Harris | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 2014 | Top Five | Taraji P. Henson | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 2014 | Seasons of Love | Jackie | Film | 3.2 | 43 |
| 2014 | Seasons of Love | Film | 3.2 | 43 | |
| 2013 | Hollywood Game Night | Self | TV | 6.5 | 42 |
| 2013 | Madly Madagascar | Okapi (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 2013 | Picasso Baby | Self | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 2013 | From the Rough | Catana Starks | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | Lauren Harris | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 2012 | Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You | Self | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 2011 | Person of Interest | Joss Carter | TV | 8.1 | 40 |
| 2011 | Larry Crowne | B'Ella | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 2011 | The Good Doctor | Nurse Theresa | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 2011 | Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story | Tiffany Rubin | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 2010 | Conan | Herself | TV | 7.2 | 39 |
| 2010 | The Talk | Self | TV | 3.0 | 39 |
| 2010 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | Self - Guest | TV | 6.0 | 39 |
| 2010 | The Karate Kid | Sherry Parker | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 2010 | Date Night | Detective Arroyo | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 2010 | Hurricane Season | Dayna Collins | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 2010 | Once Fallen | Pearl | Film | 5.2 | 39 |
| 2010 | Peep World | Mary | Film | 4.8 | 39 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 38 |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 7.5 | 38 |
| 2009 | The Cleveland Show | TV | 5.9 | 38 | |
| 2009 | Not Easily Broken | Clarice Clark | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 2009 | I Can Do Bad All By Myself | April | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 2009 | The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button | Self | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Queenie | Film | 7.6 | 37 |
| 2008 | Eli Stone | Angela Scott | TV | 6.7 | 37 |
| 2008 | Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys | Pam | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 2007 | Talk to Me | Vernell Watson | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 2006 | Smokin' Aces | Sharice Watters | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 2006 | Something New | Nedra | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 2005 | Four Brothers | Camille Mercer | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 2005 | Hustle & Flow | Shug | Film | 7.1 | 34 |
| 2005 | Animal | Ramona | Film | 5.7 | 34 |
| 2004 | House | Moira | TV | 8.6 | 33 |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Whitney Rome | TV | 7.9 | 33 |
| 2004 | Project Runway | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 6.3 | 33 |
| 2004 | Hair Show | Tiffany | Film | 5.5 | 33 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 32 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 32 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 32 |
| 2003 | All of Us | TV | 7.2 | 32 | |
| 2002 | Half & Half | Gabrielle | TV | 8.3 | 31 |
| 2002 | Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs | Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson) | Film | 9.5 | 31 |
| 2001 | The Division | Raina Washington | TV | 7.1 | 30 |
| 2001 | BET Awards | Self - Host | TV | 7.7 | 30 |
| 2001 | Baby Boy | Yvette | Film | 7.1 | 30 |
| 2001 | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Bess Pinckney | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Christina | TV | 7.6 | 29 |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Crystal | TV | 7.4 | 29 |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Left-Wing Student | Film | 4.3 | 29 |
| 2000 | Satan's School for Girls | Paige | Film | 4.9 | 29 |
| 1998 | Felicity | R.A. #2 | TV | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1998 | Felicity | Art Student | TV | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1998 | Streetwise | Tammy | Film | 4.5 | 27 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 26 |
| 1997 | Smart Guy | Monique | TV | 7.9 | 26 |
| 1997 | Smart Guy | Leslie | TV | 7.9 | 26 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 25 |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue | Rhonda | TV | 5.4 | 25 |
| 1995 | The Parent 'Hood | TV | 7.3 | 24 | |
| 1994 | ER | Patrice Robbins | TV | 7.8 | 23 |
| 1994 | ER | Elan | TV | 7.8 | 23 |
| 1994 | Sister, Sister | Briana | TV | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1993 | Saved by the Bell: The New Class | Girl | TV | 5.9 | 22 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV | 5.4 | 21 | |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Praline (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 18 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self | TV | 5.6 | 17 |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV | 4.3 | 10 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 4 |
| 1974 | American Music Awards | Self - Host | TV | 8.2 | 3 |
| Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been | Film | — | — | ||
| Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been | Film | — | — | ||
| Two Faced | Film | — | — | ||
| Force | Film | — | — | ||
| Sorcerority | Film | — | — | ||
| 'Tis So Sweet | Film | — | — |