Taraji P. Henson

Acting · Born 1970-09-11 in 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 The Way Girl.

Filmography

• Hustle & Flow as Shug
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Queenie
• Baby Boy as Yvette
• The Color Purple as Shug Avery
• Hidden Figures as Katherine G. Johnson
• The Best of Enemies as Ann Atwater
• Ralph Breaks the Internet as Yesss (voice)
• Minions: The Rise of Gru as Belle Bottom (voice)
• STRAW as Janiyah Wiltkinson
• PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie as Victoria Vance (voice)

TV

• House as Moira
• Person of Interest as Joss Carter
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Christina
• ER as Patrice Robbins
• Boston Legal as Whitney Rome
• The Simpsons as Praline (voice)
• ER as Elan
• The Masked Singer as Self - Panelist
• Eli Stone as Angela Scott
• Saved by the Bell: The New Class as Girl