Taraji P. Henson
Acting
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.
TV Shows(63)
My Happy Place
Self
2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Vivian Thoma
2024
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
2024
Celebrity Prank Wars
Self
2023
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
Self
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Abbott Elementary
Vanetta
2021
That's My Jam
Self - Guest
2021
Hart to Heart
Self
2021
Legendary
Self - Guest Judge
2020
History 101
Self (archive footage)
2020
Celebrity IOU
Self
2020
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
2019
The Masked Singer
Self - Panelist
2019
The Alec Baldwin Show
Self
2018
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
Herself - Host
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Celebrity Family Feud
Self - Contestant
2015
Lip Sync Battle
Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Empire
Cookie Lyon
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Hollywood Game Night
Self
2013
Person of Interest
Joss Carter
2011
Conan
Herself
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Self - Guest
2010
The Cleveland Show
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Eli Stone
Angela Scott
2008
Project Runway
Self - Guest Judge
2004
House
Moira
2004
Boston Legal
Whitney Rome
2004
All of Us
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Half & Half
Gabrielle
2002
BET Awards
Self - Host
2001
The Division
Raina Washington
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Christina
2000
Strong Medicine
Crystal
2000
Felicity
R.A. #2
1998
The View
Self
1997
Smart Guy
Monique
1997
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Pacific Blue
Rhonda
1996
The Parent 'Hood
1995
ER
Patrice Robbins
1994
Sister, Sister
Briana
1994
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Girl
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Simpsons
Praline (voice)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
American Music Awards
Self - Host
1974
Movies(64)
Escape Room
2025
STRAW
Janiyah Wiltkinson
2025
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
Host
2024
Where's Usher?
Self
2024
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Self
2023
The Color Purple
Shug Avery
2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Self (voice)
2023
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Victoria Vance (voice)
2023
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
Self
2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Belle Bottom (voice)
2022
Annie Live!
Miss Hannigan
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
The Bride
2021
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Self
2021
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Self
2020
Coffee & Kareem
Vanessa Manning
2020
This Changes Everything
Self
2019
The Best of Enemies
Ann Atwater
2019
What Men Want
Alison 'Ali' Davis
2019
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Yesss (voice)
2018
Acrimony
Melinda Moore Gayle
2018
Proud Mary
Mary
2018
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer
2017
Hidden Figures
Katherine G. Johnson
2016
Term Life
Samantha Thurman
2016
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Ethel (voice)
2016
Top Five
Taraji P. Henson
2014
Seasons of Love
Jackie
2014
No Good Deed
Terry
2014
Think Like a Man Too
Lauren Harris
2014
Picasso Baby
Self
2013
From the Rough
Catana Starks
2013
Madly Madagascar
Okapi (voice)
2013
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
Self
2012
Think Like a Man
Lauren Harris
2012
Larry Crowne
B'Ella
2011
The Good Doctor
Nurse Theresa
2011
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Tiffany Rubin
2011
Once Fallen
Pearl
2010
Peep World
Mary
2010
The Karate Kid
Sherry Parker
2010
Date Night
Detective Arroyo
2010
Hurricane Season
Dayna Collins
2010
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
April
2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Self
2009
Not Easily Broken
Clarice Clark
2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Queenie
2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Pam
2008
Talk to Me
Vernell Watson
2007
Smokin' Aces
Sharice Watters
2006
Something New
Nedra
2006
Four Brothers
Camille Mercer
2005
Hustle & Flow
Shug
2005
Animal
Ramona
2005
Hair Show
Tiffany
2004
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)
2002
Baby Boy
Yvette
2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Bess Pinckney
2001
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Left-Wing Student
2000
Satan's School for Girls
Paige
2000
Streetwise
Tammy
1998
Sorcerority
Force
Why Did I Get Married Again?
'Tis So Sweet