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Taraji P. Henson

1970-09-11 (54 years old) in Washington, D.C., USA

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.

Movies

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Where’s Usher?
0 %|Feb 8, 2024
Comedy
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Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
45 %|Dec 28, 2023
Documentary
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The Color Purple
71 %|Dec 25, 2023
Drama
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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
69.17 %|Nov 3, 2023
Documentary
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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
70.3 %|Sep 21, 2023
Animation, Family, Action, Science Fiction, Comedy, Drama, Adventure
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Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
70.33 %|Nov 9, 2022
Music, Documentary
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Minions: The Rise of Gru
73 %|Jun 29, 2022
Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure
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Annie Live!
53.17999999999999 %|Dec 2, 2021
Comedy, Family, Music, TV Movie
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Muppets Haunted Mansion
64 %|Oct 8, 2021
Comedy, Family, TV Movie
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Mary J. Blige's My Life
64 %|Jun 25, 2021
Documentary, Music
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Feeding America Comedy Festival
68 %|May 10, 2020
Comedy
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Coffee & Kareem
54.63 %|Apr 3, 2020
Comedy, Action, Crime
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This Changes Everything
62 %|Jun 28, 2019
Documentary
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The Best of Enemies
74 %|Apr 5, 2019
Drama, History
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What Men Want
61.790000000000006 %|Feb 8, 2019
Comedy, Romance
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Ralph Breaks the Internet
71.8 %|Nov 20, 2018
Family, Animation, Comedy, Adventure
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Acrimony
67 %|Mar 30, 2018
Drama, Thriller
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Proud Mary
54.900000000000006 %|Jan 12, 2018
Thriller, Action, Crime
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Hidden Figures
80.57000000000001 %|Dec 10, 2016
Drama, History
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Term Life
59.62 %|Apr 29, 2016
Thriller, Drama, Action, Mystery
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Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
64 %|Mar 19, 2016
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, TV Movie
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Top Five
61 %|Dec 12, 2014
Drama, Comedy
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Seasons of Love
32.22 %|Nov 23, 2014
TV Movie, Romance
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No Good Deed
59 %|Sep 10, 2014
Crime, Thriller
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Think Like a Man Too
64.15 %|Jun 20, 2014
Comedy, Romance
actor
Picasso Baby
90 %|Aug 2, 2013
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From the Rough
62.67 %|Jun 8, 2013
Drama
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Madly Madagascar
65 %|Jan 29, 2013
Animation, Comedy, Family
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Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
75 %|Jul 1, 2012
Music, Documentary
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Think Like a Man
68 %|Apr 20, 2012
Comedy, Romance
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Larry Crowne
59.76 %|Jun 30, 2011
Comedy, Romance, Drama
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The Good Doctor
62 %|Apr 23, 2011
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
69 %|Jan 31, 2011
Drama, TV Movie
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Once Fallen
50 %|Nov 2, 2010
Drama, Action, Crime
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Peep World
47 %|Sep 15, 2010
Comedy
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The Karate Kid
65 %|Jun 10, 2010
Action, Adventure, Drama, Family
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Date Night
61 %|Apr 8, 2010
Comedy, Action, Adventure
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Forehead Tittaes
49 %|Mar 7, 2010
Comedy
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Hurricane Season
67.53999999999999 %|Dec 8, 2009
Drama
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I Can Do Bad All By Myself
63 %|Sep 11, 2009
Drama, Comedy
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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
68.7 %|May 5, 2009
Documentary
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Not Easily Broken
62 %|Jan 9, 2009
Drama, Romance
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
75.91 %|Dec 25, 2008
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
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Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
68 %|Sep 12, 2008
Drama, Romance
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Talk to Me
69 %|Jul 13, 2007
Drama
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Smokin' Aces
64.91 %|Dec 9, 2006
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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Something New
65 %|Jan 29, 2006
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Four Brothers
67.72 %|Aug 11, 2005
Action, Crime
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Hustle & Flow
71.06 %|Jul 22, 2005
Crime, Drama, Music
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Animal
56.2 %|May 1, 2005
Action, Drama
actor
Sorcerority
0 %|Invalid Date
Fantasy
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Hair Show
57 %|Oct 17, 2004
Comedy, Romance
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Baby Boy
72 %|Jun 27, 2001
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
61 %|May 2, 2001
TV Movie, Mystery
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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
41 %|Jun 30, 2000
Family, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
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Satan's School for Girls
47.5 %|Mar 13, 2000
TV Movie, Horror
actor
Force
0 %|Invalid Date
Drama, Crime
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Streetwise
10 %|Jun 12, 1998
Crime, Drama

Series

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Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
72 %|Sep 5, 2024
Drama, Crime
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Celebrity Prank Wars
62 %|Apr 5, 2023
Reality, Comedy
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
64 %|Sep 12, 2022
Talk
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Sherri
42 %|Sep 12, 2022
Talk
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Abbott Elementary
75 %|Dec 7, 2021
Comedy
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That's My Jam
62 %|Nov 29, 2021
Reality
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That's My Jam
62 %|Nov 29, 2021
Reality
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Hart to Heart
81.67 %|Aug 5, 2021
Talk
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Legendary
77 %|May 27, 2020
Reality
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History 101
71 %|May 22, 2020
Documentary
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Celebrity IOU
61 %|Apr 13, 2020
Reality
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A Little Late with Lilly Singh
38 %|Sep 16, 2019
Comedy, Talk
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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The Alec Baldwin Show
10 %|Oct 14, 2018
Talk
actor
Lie Detector
0 %|Mar 1, 2018
actor
Lie Detector
0 %|Mar 1, 2018
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Carpool Karaoke: The Series
59 %|Aug 8, 2017
Comedy
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
66 %|Sep 8, 2015
Comedy, Talk
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Lip Sync Battle
64 %|Apr 2, 2015
Reality, Comedy
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Hot Ones
74 %|Mar 12, 2015
Talk, Comedy
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Empire
72 %|Jan 7, 2015
Drama, Soap
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
58 %|Feb 17, 2014
Comedy, Talk
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Hollywood Game Night
68 %|Jul 11, 2013
Comedy
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Person of Interest
81 %|Sep 22, 2011
Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Conan
70.36 %|Nov 8, 2010
Talk, Comedy, News
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RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
62 %|Feb 1, 2010
Reality
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The Cleveland Show
58.39 %|Sep 27, 2009
Animation, Comedy
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
50 %|Jul 16, 2009
Talk, Comedy
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RuPaul's Drag Race
75 %|Feb 2, 2009
Reality
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Eli Stone
67.67 %|Jan 31, 2008
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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Project Runway
62.05 %|Dec 1, 2004
Reality
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House
85.89 %|Nov 16, 2004
Drama, Mystery, Comedy
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Boston Legal
79 %|Oct 3, 2004
Comedy, Drama
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All of Us
73.54 %|Sep 16, 2003
Comedy, Family
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Half & Half
83 %|Sep 23, 2002
Comedy
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The Division
70 %|Jan 7, 2001
Drama
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
76 %|Oct 6, 2000
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Strong Medicine
71 %|Jul 23, 2000
Drama
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Felicity
65 %|Sep 29, 1998
Drama, Soap
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Felicity
65 %|Sep 29, 1998
Drama, Soap
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The View
44.21 %|Aug 11, 1997
Talk
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Smart Guy
76 %|Mar 26, 1997
Comedy, Drama, Kids
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The Daily Show
64 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
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Pacific Blue
54.39 %|Mar 2, 1996
Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime, War & Politics
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The Parent 'Hood
72 %|Jan 18, 1995
Comedy
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ER
78.13 %|Sep 19, 1994
Drama
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ER
78.13 %|Sep 19, 1994
Drama
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Sister, Sister
72 %|Apr 1, 1994
Comedy, Family, Kids, Drama
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Saved by the Bell: The New Class
57 %|Sep 11, 1993
Family, Comedy
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
54 %|May 25, 1992
Talk, Comedy
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The Simpsons
80.16999999999999 %|Dec 17, 1989
Family, Animation, Comedy
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
52 %|Sep 5, 1988
Talk
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Entertainment Tonight
37 %|Sep 15, 1981
News
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Saturday Night Live
69.36 %|Oct 11, 1975
Comedy, News
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American Music Awards
81 %|Feb 19, 1974
Talk