Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
9/11/1970
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Also Known As
Taraji Penda HensonTaraji Hensonטאראג'י פ. הנסון
Taraji P. 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 T...
Known For
STRAW
as Janiyah Wiltkinson
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
as Victoria Vance (voice)
Smokin' Aces
as Sharice Watters
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Queenie
Four Brothers
as Camille Mercer
What Men Want
as Alison 'Ali' Davis
Baby Boy
as Yvette
Larry Crowne
as B'Ella
The Karate Kid
as Sherry Parker
Minions: The Rise of Gru
as Belle Bottom (voice)
Hidden Figures
as Katherine G. Johnson
Hurricane Season
as Dayna Collins
Madly Madagascar
as Okapi (voice)
Annie Live!
as Miss Hannigan
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Left-Wing Student
The Color Purple
as Shug Avery
Date Night
as Detective Arroyo
Not Easily Broken
as Clarice Clark
Ralph Breaks the Internet
as Yesss (voice)
Top Five
as Self