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Taraji P. Henson
Highest Rated: 100% Annie Live! (2021)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Sep 11, 1970
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA
Actress Taraji P. Henson began to catch the attention of film audiences with supporting roles in John Singleton's "Baby Boy" (2001) and "Four Brothers" (2005), but her breakout performance opposite Terrence Howard in the acclaimed urban drama "Hustle & Flow" (2005) really set the critical buzz in motion. A virtual unknown when she was flooded with award nominations for her performance and her singing on the film's soundtrack single "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp," Henson's image as a feisty, independent woman led to steady series television work and another round of accolades for the acclaimed period biopic "Talk to Me" (2007). When Henson found herself sharing the screen with Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008) the following year, it was clear that her long-held dream of being a respected A-list actress was quickly becoming reality.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82% | 95% | The Color Purple | Shug Avery (Character) | $60.6M | 2023 |
| 97% | 86% | Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project |
Unknown (Voice), Executive Producer |
- | 2023 |
| 71% | 94% | PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Victoria Vance (Voice) | $65.1M | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tell It Like a Woman | Director | - | 2022 |
| 70% | 89% | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Belle Bottom (Voice) | $369.5M | 2022 |
| 100% | 28% | Annie Live! | Miss Hannigan (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 60% | 40% | Mary J. Blige's My Life | Self | - | 2021 |
| 21% | 29% | Coffee & Kareem | Vanessa Manning (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 52% | 76% | The Best of Enemies | Ann Atwater (Character) | $10.2M | 2019 |
| 42% | 40% | What Men Want |
Ali Davis (Character), Executive Producer |
$54.6M | 2019 |
| 88% | 100% | This Changes Everything | Self | - | 2018 |
| 88% | 64% | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Yesss (Voice) | $201.1M | 2018 |
| 18% | 61% | Acrimony | Melinda (Character) | $43.5M | 2018 |
| 25% | 45% | Proud Mary |
Mary (Character), Executive Producer |
$20.2M | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Yesss (Voice) | - | 2018 |
| 93% | 93% | Hidden Figures | Katherine Johnson (Character) | $169.3M | 2016 |
| 0% | 33% | Term Life | Samantha Thurman (Character) | $13.0K | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | La era de hielo: El gran robo del huevo | Ethel (Voice) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Seasons of Love | Jackie (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 12% | 55% | No Good Deed |
Terry (Character), Executive Producer |
$52.5M | 2014 |
| 23% | 59% | Think Like a Man Too | Lauren (Character) | $65.1M | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | From the Rough | Catana Starks (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 54% | 79% | Think Like a Man | Lauren (Character) | $91.5M | 2012 |
| 68% | 31% | The Good Doctor | Nurse Theresa (Character) | $4.1K | 2011 |
| 71% | 84% | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | Taraji (Character) | $7.7M | 2011 |
| 37% | 41% | Larry Crowne | B'Ella (Character) | $35.6M | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story | Tiffany Rubin (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 24% | 22% | Peep World | Mary (Character) | $10.9K | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 23% | Once Fallen | Pearl (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 66% | 67% | The Karate Kid | Sherry Parker (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 67% | 55% | Date Night | Det. Arroyo (Character) | $98.7M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Hurricane Season | Dayna Collins (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 31% | 67% | Not Easily Broken | Clarice Johnson (Character) | $10.6M | 2009 |
| 61% | 81% | Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself | April (Character) | $51.7M | 2009 |
| 72% | 80% | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Queenie (Character) | $127.5M | 2008 |
| 53% | 61% | Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys | Pam (Character) | $37.0M | 2008 |
| 83% | 77% | Talk to Me | Vernell (Character) | $4.5M | 2007 |
| 31% | 62% | Smokin' Aces | Sharice Watters (Character) | $35.6M | 2007 |
| 61% | 72% | Something New | Nedra (Character) | $11.4M | 2006 |
| 53% | 80% | Four Brothers | Camille Mercer (Character) | $74.5M | 2005 |
| 82% | 82% | Hustle & Flow | Shug (Character) | $22.2M | 2005 |
| 17% | 69% | Hair Show | Tiffany (Character) | $303.0K | 2004 |
| 71% | 87% | Baby Boy | Yvette (Character) | $28.7M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | All or Nothing | Kiko (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Bess Pinckney (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Satan's School for Girls | Paige (Character) | - | 2000 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2011 2015 2017 2019-2021 2024 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2015 2017 2019 2024 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Guest | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show |
Guest, Host |
2021-2023 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | The View | Guest | 2015-2020 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2019 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2015-2021 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity IOU | Self | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | That's My Jam | Guest | 2022-2023 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2015 2019-2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Heart | Guest | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Soul of a Nation | Host | 2021 |
| 82% | 15% | A Little Late With Lilly Singh | Guest | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2014-2015 2017-2018 2020 |
| 84% | 48% | Empire | Cookie Lyon (Character) | 2015-2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desus & Mero | Guest | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dr. Oz Show | Guest | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2019 |
| 0% | 12% | The Alec Baldwin Show | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Little Help With Carol Burnett | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2015-2016 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hot Ones | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2017 |
| 85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Praline (Guest Voice) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lip Sync Battle | Contestant | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mo'Nique Show | Unknown (Character) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2011-2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 106 & Park |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2012 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Game Night | Guest | 2014 |
| 92% | 78% | Person of Interest | Joss Carter (Character) | 2011-2013 |
| 100% | 90% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2009-2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | The Cleveland Show | Chanel (Guest Voice) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2009 |
| 60% | 100% | Eli Stone | Angela Scott (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 86% | 94% | Boston Legal | Whitney Rome (Character) | 2007-2008 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 90% | 96% | House | Moira (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Half & Half | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Division | Inspector Raina Washington (Character) | 2003-2004 |