Cast
Taraji P. Henson
Acting
Cast
Taraji P. Henson
Known for
Acting
Born
1970-09-11
From
Washington, D.C., USA
Also known as Taraji Penda Henson, Taraji Henson
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.
★7.3
MOVIE2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru
as Belle Bottom (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE2016
Hidden Figures
as Katherine G. Johnson
★6.6
MOVIE2010
The Karate Kid
as Sherry Parker
★7.2
MOVIE2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet
as Yesss (voice)
★7.6
MOVIE2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Queenie
★6.9
MOVIE2023
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
as Victoria Vance (voice)
★7.7
MOVIE2025
STRAW
as Janiyah Wiltkinson
★6.8
MOVIE2005
Four Brothers
as Camille Mercer
★6.1
MOVIE2010
Date Night
as Detective Arroyo
★6.2
MOVIE2019
What Men Want
as Alison 'Ali' Davis
★6.0
MOVIE2014
No Good Deed
as Terry
★7.4
MOVIE2019
The Best of Enemies
as Ann Atwater
★7.0
MOVIE2023
The Color Purple
as Shug Avery
★6.4
MOVIE2014
Think Like a Man Too
as Lauren Harris
★6.0
MOVIE2011
Larry Crowne
as B'Ella
★6.5
MOVIE2006
Smokin' Aces
as Sharice Watters
★6.2
MOVIE2011
The Good Doctor
as Nurse Theresa
★6.4
MOVIE2016
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
as Ethel (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2012
Think Like a Man
as Lauren Harris
★6.5
MOVIE2013
Madly Madagascar
as Okapi (voice)
★7.1
MOVIE2001
Baby Boy
as Yvette
★6.3
MOVIE2009
Not Easily Broken
as Clarice Clark
★6.4
MOVIE2006
Something New
as Nedra
★6.1
MOVIE2014
Top Five
as Taraji P. Henson
★6.0
MOVIE2016
Term Life
as Samantha Thurman
★6.7
MOVIE2018
Acrimony
as Melinda Moore Gayle
★5.5
MOVIE2018
Proud Mary
as Mary
★6.4
MOVIE2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
as The Bride
★7.2
MOVIE2005
Hustle & Flow
as Shug
★4.3
MOVIE2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Left-Wing Student
★6.2
MOVIE2019
This Changes Everything
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE2010
Hurricane Season
as Dayna Collins
MOVIE2024
Where's Usher?
as Self
★8.2
MOVIE2025
Escape Room
★5.7
MOVIE2005
Animal
as Ramona
★6.8
MOVIE2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Pam
★6.8
MOVIE2007
Talk to Me
as Vernell Watson
★6.9
MOVIE2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
as Self
★4.9
MOVIE2000
Satan's School for Girls
as Paige
★6.1
MOVIE2013
From the Rough
as Catana Starks
★3.2
MOVIE2014
Seasons of Love
as Jackie
★9.0
MOVIE2013
Picasso Baby
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE2020
Coffee & Kareem
as Vanessa Manning
★5.8
MOVIE2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
as Self
MOVIETBA
Force
★4.8
MOVIE2010
Peep World
as Mary
★6.5
MOVIE2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
as Bess Pinckney
MOVIE2026
Why Did I Get Married Again?
★6.3
MOVIE2009
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
as April
★6.8
MOVIE2022
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
as Self
MOVIETBA
Sorcerority
★5.5
MOVIE2004
Hair Show
as Tiffany
★6.6
MOVIE2021
Mary J. Blige's My Life
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE2010
Once Fallen
as Pearl
MOVIETBA
'Tis So Sweet
★9.5
MOVIE2002
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
as Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)
★3.3
MOVIE2023
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self
★8.4
MOVIE2017
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
as Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer
★5.5
MOVIE2021
Annie Live!
as Miss Hannigan
★6.7
MOVIE2011
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
as Tiffany Rubin
★7.5
MOVIE2012
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
as Self (voice)
MOVIE2024
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
as Host
★4.5
MOVIE1998
Streetwise
as Tammy