Taraji P. Henson
Acting
Born September 11, 1970 · Washington, D.C., USA
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.
Known for
Acting
Why Did I Get Married Again?
2026
STRAW
2025 · Janiyah Wiltkinson
The Color Purple
2023 · Shug Avery
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
2023 · Victoria Vance (voice)
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022 · Self
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022 · Belle Bottom (voice)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021 · The Bride
Mary J. Blige's My Life
2021 · Self
Annie Live!
2021 · Miss Hannigan
Coffee & Kareem
2020 · Vanessa Manning
The Best of Enemies
2019 · Ann Atwater
This Changes Everything
2019 · Self
What Men Want
2019 · Alison 'Ali' Davis
Proud Mary
2018 · Mary
Acrimony
2018 · Melinda Moore Gayle
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018 · Yesss (voice)
Term Life
2016 · Samantha Thurman
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016 · Ethel (voice)
Hidden Figures
2016 · Katherine G. Johnson
No Good Deed
2014 · Terry
Think Like a Man Too
2014 · Lauren Harris
Top Five
2014 · Taraji P. Henson
From the Rough
2013 · Catana Starks
Madly Madagascar
2013 · Okapi (voice)
Think Like a Man
2012 · Lauren Harris
The Good Doctor
2011 · Nurse Theresa
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
2011 · Tiffany Rubin
Larry Crowne
2011 · B'Ella
Hurricane Season
2010 · Dayna Collins
Date Night
2010 · Detective Arroyo
Once Fallen
2010 · Pearl
The Karate Kid
2010 · Sherry Parker
Peep World
2010 · Mary
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009 · April
Not Easily Broken
2009 · Clarice Clark
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009 · Self
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 · Queenie
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008 · Pam
Talk to Me
2007 · Vernell Watson
Something New
2006 · Nedra
Smokin' Aces
2006 · Sharice Watters
Animal
2005 · Ramona
Hustle & Flow
2005 · Shug
Four Brothers
2005 · Camille Mercer
Hair Show
2004 · Tiffany
Baby Boy
2001 · Yvette
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001 · Bess Pinckney
Satan's School for Girls
2000 · Paige
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000 · Left-Wing Student
