Taraji P. Henson
Acting
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.
Born: September 11, 1970
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., USA
Known For
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Book of Love delivers humor along with the mysteries of unrequited love and relationships gone bad. The film's story line focuses on three men living, dating and loving in Los Angeles in the 90's. They struggle with heartbreak and insecurity as a result of failed relationships. The three characters’ stories unfold through sessions with their therapist – sessions that are often as comedic as they are insightful.
Escape Room
The short film accompanying Teyana Taylor's album of the same name.
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
Taraji P. Henson spreads cheer, goodwill and some holiday magic in these annual music and variety specials.
House
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
Taraji P. Henson, Golden Globe-winning star of EMPIRE and the movie “Hidden Figures,” is back this holiday season to spread cheer, goodwill and some holiday magic in this third annual music and variety special.
Half & Half
Half & Half is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006. The show focuses on the lives of two paternal half-sisters in their twenties who were estranged throughout their childhood, and are finally developing a close relationship. The series is set in San Francisco. It was the second-most-watched show on UPN's Monday night line-up and fourth overall on the network. The show was on The CW's first draft line-up in March 2006, but due to several circumstances—including The CW's contractual obligation to pick up Reba, the uncancelling of All of Us, and the pick-up of the Girlfriends spin-off The Game—Half & Half was left off the final Fall 2006 schedule and ended production. The series has aired in reruns on Global TV in Canada, Trouble in the UK and in local syndication in the United States. It also airs in the United States on TV One.
American Music Awards
An annual American music awards show. Unlike the Grammys, which are awarded on the basis of votes by members of the Recording Academy, the AMAs are determined by a poll of the public and music buyers.
Hart to Heart
A-list entertainers, athletes and public figures reveal their honest, unfiltered and unexpected true selves over a glass of wine with Kevin Hart. No topic is off-limits as guests open up about careers, family, loss and love.
Person of Interest
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.
Hidden Figures
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Filmography
as Janiyah Wiltkinson
as Self
as Self
as Vivian Thoma
as Self
as Shug Avery
as Self (voice)
as Victoria Vance (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Belle Bottom (voice)
as Vanetta
as Miss Hannigan
as Self - Guest
as The Bride
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest Judge
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Vanessa Manning
as Self
as Self - Guest Host
as Self
as Self
as Ann Atwater
as Alison 'Ali' Davis
as Yesss (voice)
as Self
as Melinda Moore Gayle
as Mary
as Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer
as Self
as Katherine G. Johnson
as Samantha Thurman
as Ethel (voice)
as Herself - Host
as Self - Guest
as Self - Contestant
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Cookie Lyon
as Taraji P. Henson
as Jackie
as Terry
as Lauren Harris
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Catana Starks
as Okapi (voice)
as Lauren Harris
as Joss Carter
as B'Ella
as Nurse Theresa
as Tiffany Rubin
as Herself
as Pearl
as Mary
as Sherry Parker
as Detective Arroyo
as Dayna Collins
as Self - Guest
as April
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest Judge
as Clarice Clark
as Queenie
as Angela Scott
as Vernell Watson
as Sharice Watters
as Nedra
as Camille Mercer
as Shug
as Ramona
as Self - Guest Judge
as Moira
as Tiffany
as Whitney Rome
as Self
as Gabrielle
as Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)
as Yvette
as Self - Host
as Bess Pinckney
as Raina Washington
as Christina
as Crystal
as Left-Wing Student
as Paige
as R.A. #2
as Art Student
as Tammy
as Self
as Monique
as Leslie
as Self
as Rhonda
as Patrice Robbins
as Elan
as Briana
as Praline (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Self - Host
as Self - Host
as Self - Presenter