Taraji P. Henson

54, from Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Artwork for Minions: The Rise of GruImage of 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.

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.

Timeline

2024Aged 54

  • Poster for Where’s Usher?

    Self

  • Poster for TIME100: The World's Most Influential People

    Host

2023Aged 53

  • Poster for PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

    Victoria Vance (voice)

  • Poster for Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

    Self (voice)

  • Poster for The Color Purple

    Shug Avery

  • Poster for Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

    Self

2022Aged 52

  • Poster for Minions: The Rise of Gru

    Belle Bottom (voice)

  • Poster for Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4

    Self

  • Poster for Tell It Like a Woman

    Director

2021Aged 51

  • Poster for Mary J. Blige's My Life

    Self

  • Poster for Muppets Haunted Mansion

    The Bride

  • Poster for Annie Live!

    Miss Hannigan

2020Aged 50

  • Poster for Coffee & Kareem

    Vanessa Manning

  • Poster for Feeding America Comedy Festival

    Self

2019Aged 49

  • Poster for What Men Want

    Alison "Ali" Davis

  • Poster for The Best of Enemies

    Ann Atwater

  • Poster for This Changes Everything

    Self

2018Aged 48

  • Poster for Proud Mary

    Mary

  • Poster for Acrimony

    Melinda Moore Gayle

  • Poster for Ralph Breaks the Internet

    Yesss (voice)

2017Aged 47

  • Poster for Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special

    Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer

2016Aged 46

  • Poster for Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

    Ethel (voice)

  • Poster for Term Life

    Samantha Thurman

  • Poster for Hidden Figures

    Katherine G. Johnson

2014Aged 44

  • Poster for Think Like a Man Too

    Lauren Harris

  • Poster for No Good Deed

    Terri

  • Poster for Seasons of Love

    Jackie

  • Poster for Top Five

    Self

2013Aged 43

2012Aged 42

  • Poster for Think Like a Man

    Lauren Harris

  • Poster for Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You

    Self

2011Aged 41

  • Poster for Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story

    Tiffany Rubin

  • Poster for The Good Doctor

    Nurse Theresa

  • Poster for Larry Crowne

    B'Ella

2010Aged 40

  • Poster for Forehead Tittaes

    Herself

  • Poster for Date Night

    Detective Arroyo

  • Poster for The Karate Kid

    Sherry Parker

  • Poster for Peep World

    Mary

  • Poster for Once Fallen

    Pearl

2009Aged 39

  • Poster for Not Easily Broken

    Clarice Clark

  • Poster for The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

    Self

  • Poster for I Can Do Bad All By Myself

    April

  • Poster for Hurricane Season

    Dayna Collins

2008Aged 38

  • Poster for Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

    Pam

  • Poster for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    Queenie

2007Aged 37

  • Poster for Talk to Me

    Vernell Watson

2006Aged 36

  • Poster for Something New

    Nedra

  • Poster for Smokin' Aces

    Sharice Watters

2005Aged 35

  • Poster for Animal

    Ramona

  • Poster for Hustle & Flow

    Shug

  • Poster for Four Brothers

    Camille Mercer

2004Aged 34

  • Poster for Hair Show

    Tiffany

2002Aged 32

  • Poster for Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

    Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)

2001Aged 31

  • Poster for Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

    Bess Pinckney

  • Poster for Baby Boy

    Yvette

2000Aged 30

  • Poster for Satan's School for Girls

    Paige

  • Poster for The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

    Left-Wing Student

1998Aged 28

  • Poster for Streetwise

    (Unknown)

Year unknown