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Taraji P. Henson

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Taraji P. Henson

Born Sep 11, 1970 · 55 years135 titles 67 movies · 68 TV
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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.

Also known as

Taraji Penda Henson · Taraji Henson

Born

Sep 11, 1970

Washington, D.C., USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

131

Acting credits

3

Directing

0

Writing

8

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1974 1 title(s)

1975 1 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

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2019 7 title(s)

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2025 4 title(s)

2026 2 title(s)

Undated 5 title(s)