Taraji P. Henson
Acting
Born September 11, 1970 · Washington, D.C., USA
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 T…
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Simpsons
The Daily Show
House
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Conan
ER
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Person of Interest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Saturday Night Live
RuPaul's Drag Race
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Project Runway
The View
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Boston Legal
The Talk
Strong Medicine
Hot Ones
Sherri
Abbott Elementary
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Masked Singer
Pacific Blue
The Division
Empire
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Celebrity Family Feud
The Cleveland Show
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Felicity
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Sister, Sister