Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson

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.

49 TV shows

TV Shows

The Simpsons poster
Likely Renewed95%

The Simpsons

FOX

House poster
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House

FOX

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster
Likely Renewed85%

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Bravo

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CBS

The Daily Show poster
Likely Renewed82%

The Daily Show

Comedy Central

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster
Likely Renewed82%

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

NBC

Person of Interest poster
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Person of Interest

CBS

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

ER poster
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ER

NBC

Conan poster
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Conan

TBS

Saturday Night Live poster
Likely Renewed97%

Saturday Night Live

NBC

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster
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The Kelly Clarkson Show

Syndication

Boston Legal poster
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Boston Legal

ABC

The Jennifer Hudson Show poster
Likely Renewed70%

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Syndication

RuPaul's Drag Race poster
Likely Renewed85%

RuPaul's Drag Race

MTV

Sherri poster
Likely Renewed72%

Sherri

Syndication

Hot Ones poster
Likely Renewed90%

Hot Ones

YouTube

The Late Late Show with James Corden poster
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The Late Late Show with James Corden

CBS

Empire poster
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Empire

FOX

The View poster
Likely Renewed95%

The View

ABC

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster
Likely Renewed90%

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

ABC

Project Runway poster
Likely Renewed72%

Project Runway

Lifetime

Abbott Elementary poster
Returning

Abbott Elementary

ABC

Strong Medicine poster
Ended

Strong Medicine

Lifetime

The Cleveland Show poster
Ended

The Cleveland Show

FOX

Felicity poster
Ended

Felicity

The WB

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster
Ended

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Syndication

The Masked Singer poster
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The Masked Singer

FOX

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

PBS SoCal

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster
Returning

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Syndication

Pacific Blue poster
Cancelled

Pacific Blue

USA Network

A Little Late with Lilly Singh poster
Cancelled

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

NBC

Celebrity Family Feud poster
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Celebrity Family Feud

ABC

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster
Ended

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

NBC

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster
Ended

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

SundanceTV

Lip Sync Battle poster
Cancelled

Lip Sync Battle

Spike

Sister, Sister poster
Ended

Sister, Sister

ABC

Half & Half poster
Ended

Half & Half

UPN

Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster
Returning

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Apple Music

Eli Stone poster
Cancelled

Eli Stone

ABC

All of Us poster
Cancelled

All of Us

UPN

Saved by the Bell: The New Class poster
Ended

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

NBC

Smart Guy poster
Ended

Smart Guy

The WB

Hollywood Game Night poster
Returning

Hollywood Game Night

NBC

Celebrity IOU poster
Returning

Celebrity IOU

HGTV

The Parent 'Hood poster
Ended

The Parent 'Hood

The WB

American Music Awards poster
Returning

American Music Awards

ABC

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle poster
Returning

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

NBC

Number One on the Call Sheet poster
Ended

Number One on the Call Sheet

Apple TV

Other Credits

The Division, The Alec Baldwin Show, Celebrity Prank Wars, That's My Jam, Legendary, Hart to Heart, Taraji's White Hot Holidays, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, Entertainment Tonight, The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige, History 101, My Happy Place, BET Awards, Hollywood Black