Taraji P. Henson
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.
Filmography · 127
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
The Simpsons
1989 · Praline (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
House
2004 · Moira
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Christina
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Conan
2010 · Herself
ER
1994 · Patrice Robbins
Person of Interest
2011 · Joss Carter
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
Project Runway
2004 · Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Self - Guest Judge
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
The View
1997 · Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self
Boston Legal
2004 · Whitney Rome
Strong Medicine
2000 · Crystal
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
The Talk
2010 · Self
Abbott Elementary
2021 · Vanetta
Felicity
1998 · R.A. #2
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Empire
2015 · Cookie Lyon
The Division
2001 · Raina Washington
The Masked Singer
2019 · Self - Panelist
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
The Cleveland Show
2009
Celebrity Family Feud
2015 · Self - Contestant
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · Self
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010 · Self - Guest
Pacific Blue
1996 · Rhonda
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022 · Belle Bottom (voice)
Sister, Sister
1994 · Briana
Hidden Figures
2016 · Katherine G. Johnson
American Music Awards
1974 · Self - Host
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017 · Self
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993 · Girl
Lip Sync Battle
2015 · Self
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019 · Self
STRAW
2025 · Janiyah Wiltkinson
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 · Queenie
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
2023 · Victoria Vance (voice)
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · Self
The Karate Kid
2010 · Sherry Parker
All of Us
2003
Half & Half
2002 · Gabrielle
Eli Stone
2008 · Angela Scott
Smart Guy
1997 · Monique
The Parent 'Hood
1995
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018 · Yesss (voice)
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
Hollywood Game Night
2013 · Self
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016
Celebrity IOU
2020 · Self
History 101
2020 · Self (archive footage)
What Men Want
2019 · Alison 'Ali' Davis
BET Awards
2001 · Self - Host
Smokin' Aces
2006 · Sharice Watters
Four Brothers
2005 · Camille Mercer
Legendary
2020 · Self - Guest Judge
That's My Jam
2021 · Self - Guest
Date Night
2010 · Detective Arroyo
Hart to Heart
2021 · Self
The Color Purple
2023 · Shug Avery
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016 · Ethel (voice)
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
2024 · Vivian Thoma
Think Like a Man Too
2014 · Lauren Harris
Top Five
2014 · Taraji P. Henson
No Good Deed
2014 · Terry
Madly Madagascar
2013 · Okapi (voice)
Larry Crowne
2011 · B'Ella
The Good Doctor
2011 · Nurse Theresa
Baby Boy
2001 · Yvette
The Best of Enemies
2019 · Ann Atwater
The Alec Baldwin Show
2018 · Self
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021 · The Bride
Think Like a Man
2012 · Lauren Harris
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000 · Left-Wing Student
Something New
2006 · Nedra
Hustle & Flow
2005 · Shug
Acrimony
2018 · Melinda Moore Gayle
Term Life
2016 · Samantha Thurman
Celebrity Prank Wars
2023 · Self
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
2015 · Herself - Host
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008 · Pam
Not Easily Broken
2009 · Clarice Clark
This Changes Everything
2019 · Self
Proud Mary
2018 · Mary
Escape Room
2025
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009 · April
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022 · Self
My Happy Place
2025 · Self
Animal
2005 · Ramona
Coffee & Kareem
2020 · Vanessa Manning
Why Did I Get Married Again?
2026
Satan's School for Girls
2000 · Paige
Hurricane Season
2010 · Dayna Collins
Talk to Me
2007 · Vernell Watson
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001 · Bess Pinckney
Where's Usher?
2024 · Self
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009 · Self
Peep World
2010 · Mary
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020 · Self
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023 · Self
Annie Live!
2021 · Miss Hannigan
Once Fallen
2010 · Pearl
From the Rough
2013 · Catana Starks
Hair Show
2004 · Tiffany
Seasons of Love
2014 · Jackie
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
2023 · Self
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
2017 · Self - Host / Mrs. Cla...
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
2012 · Self
Mary J. Blige's My Life
2021 · Self
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002 · Date #4 / Ghetto Girl...
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023 · Self (voice)
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
2011 · Tiffany Rubin
Streetwise
1998 · Tammy
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
2024 · Host