
Taraji P. Henson
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.…
Filmography

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002 · 9.5

House
2004 · 8.6

Half & Half
2002 · 8.3

Escape Room
2025 · 8.2

Person of Interest
2011 · 8.1

Hidden Figures
2016 · 8.1

The Simpsons
1989 · 8.0

Boston Legal
2004 · 7.9

Smart Guy
1997 · 7.9

ER
1994 · 7.8

STRAW
2025 · 7.7

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 · 7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6

Abbott Elementary
2021 · 7.5

Strong Medicine
2000 · 7.4

The Best of Enemies
2019 · 7.4

Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022 · 7.3

The Parent 'Hood
1995 · 7.2

Hustle & Flow
2005 · 7.2

Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018 · 7.1

Empire
2015 · 7.1

The Division
2001 · 7.1

All of Us
2003 · 7.1

Baby Boy
2001 · 7.1

Sister, Sister
1994 · 7.0

The Color Purple
2023 · 7.0

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
2023 · 7.0

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
2024 · 6.9

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008 · 6.9

Why Did I Get Married Again?
2026 · 6.8

Think Like a Man
2012 · 6.8

Four Brothers
2005 · 6.8

Talk to Me
2007 · 6.8

Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
2011 · 6.8

Acrimony
2018 · 6.8

Eli Stone
2008 · 6.7

Felicity
1998 · 6.6

The Karate Kid
2010 · 6.6

Madly Madagascar
2013 · 6.6

Hurricane Season
2010 · 6.6

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001 · 6.5

Smokin' Aces
2006 · 6.5

Think Like a Man Too
2014 · 6.4

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016 · 6.4

Something New
2006 · 6.4

Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021 · 6.4

Not Easily Broken
2009 · 6.3

I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009 · 6.3

What Men Want
2019 · 6.2

The Good Doctor
2011 · 6.2

Date Night
2010 · 6.1

Top Five
2014 · 6.1

From the Rough
2013 · 6.1

Larry Crowne
2011 · 6.0

Term Life
2016 · 6.0

The Cleveland Show
2009 · 5.9

No Good Deed
2014 · 5.9

Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993 · 5.8

Animal
2005 · 5.7

Proud Mary
2018 · 5.5

Annie Live!
2021 · 5.5

Hair Show
2004 · 5.5

Coffee & Kareem
2020 · 5.4

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · 5.3

Pacific Blue
1996 · 5.3

Once Fallen
2010 · 5.2

Satan's School for Girls
2000 · 4.9

Peep World
2010 · 4.8

Streetwise
1998 · 4.5

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000 · 4.3

Seasons of Love
2014 · 3.2
Force
— · 0.0
Sorcerority
— · 0.0
Give Me Some Sugah
2026 · 0.0

TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
2024 · 0.0