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Taraji P. Henson

Taraji Penda Henson is best known for playing strong female characters, notably Loretha 'Cookie' Lyon in Empire, Officer Jocelyn 'Joss' Carter in Person of Interest, Whitney Rome in Boston Legal, Inspector Raina Washington in The Division, and films such as Streetwise (1998), Baby Boy (2001), Hustle & Flow (2005) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Aliases
  • Taraji Penda Henson
English
Filmography

The Karate Kid

2010
as Sherry Parker

Hidden Figures

2016
as Katherine G. Johnson

Minions: The Rise of Gru

2022
as Belle Bottom (voice)

What Men Want

2019
as Ali Davis

Ralph Breaks the Internet

2018
as Yesss (voice)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008
as Queenie

Date Night

2010
as Detective Arroyo

Think Like a Man

2012
as Lauren Harris

No Good Deed

2014
as Terri

Think Like a Man Too

2014
as Lauren Harris

Larry Crowne

2011
as B'Ella

Coffee & Kareem

2020
as Vanessa

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

2016
as Ethel (voice)

Four Brothers

2005
as Camille Mercer

Talk to Me

2007
as Vernell Watson

Animal

2005
as Ramona

Forehead Tittaes

2010

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4

2022

Top Five

2014
as Herself

The Color Purple

2023
as Shug Avery

Hair Show

2004
as Tiffany

The Family That Preys

2008
as Pam

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

2001
as Bess Pinckney

I Can Do Bad All By Myself

2009
as April

Oprah and the Color Purple Journey

2023

Acrimony

2018
as Melinda

Hustle & Flow

2005
as Shug

Smokin' Aces

2006
as Sharice Watters

Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film

2013
as Taraji P. Henson

Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny Nunez

2010
as Taraji P. Henson

Something New

2006
as Nedra

Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special

2017
as Taraji P. Henson

Baby Boy

2001
as Yvette

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

2000
as Left-Wing Student

Satan's School for Girls

2000
as Paige

Hurricane Season

2009
as Dayna Collins

Proud Mary

2018
as Mary

Not Easily Broken

2009
as Clarice Clark

Madly Madagascar

2013
as Okapi (voice)

From the Rough

2013
as Catana Starks

Term Life

2016
as Samantha Thurman

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

2009
as Taraji P. Henson

Once Fallen

2010
as Pearl

Muppets Haunted Mansion

2021
as Constance Hatchaway

Annie Live!

2021
as Miss Hannigan

Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story

2011
as Tiffany Rubin

The Good Doctor

2011
as Nurse Theresa

The Best of Enemies

2019
as Ann Atwater

Seasons of Love

2014
as Jackie

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

2023
as Victoria Vance

Peep World

2010
as Mary

This Changes Everything

2018
as Herself

Producer

Movie What Men Want 2019
Movie No Good Deed 2014
Movie Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special 2017
Movie Proud Mary 2018
Movie Seasons of Love 2014

Crew

Movie Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special 2017