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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.3285 |
| Birthday | 1970-09-11 |
| Place of Birth | Washington, D.C., USA |
| Also Known As | Taraji Penda Henson, Taraji Henson, |
2005
Animal
5.65/50
His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who cha...
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Animal
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
6.378/251
On Halloween night, Gonzo and Pepe are challenged to face their fears and stay in the Haunted Mansion until sunrise, encountering many frightening, f...
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Muppets Haunted Mansion
2005
Hustle & Flow
7.185/466
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
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Hustle & Flow
2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7.603/14014
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years...
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2007
Talk to Me
6.841/135
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s...
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Talk to Me
2010
Hurricane Season
6.563/71
Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach A...
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Hurricane Season
2005
Four Brothers
6.808/2479
Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.
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Four Brothers
2009
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
6.286/147
When Madea catches teenage Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the you...
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I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2010
Date Night
6.115/3137
Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reserv...
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Date Night
2009
Not Easily Broken
6.3/74
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
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Not Easily Broken
2006
Something New
6.442/266
Kenya McQueen thought she had it all: a successful career, good friends and family. There was just one thing she didn't have under control: her love l...
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Something New
Sorcerority
0/0
Sorcerority follows a young African-American girl, Melanie, who, like her late mother, enrolls into a historically African-American coven and universi...
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Sorcerority
2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
6.897/97
Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throug...
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Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2010
Once Fallen
5.2/30
When Chance (Brian Presley) returns home after five years in jail, he is determined to escape his past, start a new life and make peace with his fathe...
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Once Fallen
2001
Baby Boy
7.099/370
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitment...
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Baby Boy
2010
The Karate Kid
6.567/6701
12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately fal...
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The Karate Kid
2011
The Good Doctor
6.181/262
Dr. Martin Blake, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane, suffering from a kidney infection, and gets a...
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The Good Doctor
2012
Think Like a Man
6.809/917
The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like...
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Think Like a Man
2011
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
6.7/27
In 2008, New York mother Tiffany Rubin faced every parent's worst nightmare when her six year old son Kobe vanished into thin air. Upon learning that...
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Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
2023
The Color Purple
6.956/376
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately find...
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The Color Purple
2011
Larry Crowne
5.996/1449
When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes p...
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Larry Crowne
2014
No Good Deed
5.941/696
Terri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at...
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No Good Deed
2004
Hair Show
5.5/11
Running from the IRS due to back taxes, Baltimore hairdresser and salon owner Peaches reunites with her more successful sister, Angela, a fellow styli...
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Hair Show
2014
Think Like a Man Too
6.4/607
All the couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas, but plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their various misadventures get them into some comp...
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Think Like a Man Too
2013
From the Rough
6.1/17
The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.
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From the Rough
2000
Satan's School for Girls
4.944/18
A young woman enrolls at an all-girls college in New England to investigate her sister's suicide and is slowly lured into a witchcraft cult by a quart...
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Satan's School for Girls
2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
6.5/29
Jessica Fletcher discovers a shocking old family secret that leads her on a journey to the deep South to bring to light the mysterious details surroun...
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Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
6.389/9
Intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of poetry take us on a journey through the dreamscape of legendary queer poet Ni...
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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2014
Seasons of Love
3.2/9
Set in the picturesque backdrop of New York, "Seasons of Love" is a romantic, soulful holiday drama about two people who struggle to find love against...
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Seasons of Love
2014
Top Five
6.066/502
Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of action-comedies about a talking bear but now he wants to...
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Top Five
2022
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
6.8/22
A seductive fashion fever dream that blends style, dance, and music with the hypnotic essence of nocturnal nature. Featuring a star-studded cast all w...
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Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2024
Where's Usher?
0/0
The road to Usher’s Super Bowl halftime performance continues. This time, Apple Music drops a new official film, Where’s Usher?, to promote the perfor...
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Where's Usher?
2016
Term Life
5.967/330
If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days, he'll die happy. Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performi...
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Term Life
2023
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
3.3/3
A behind-the-scenes look into the making of the new feature film “The Color Purple,” and the impact the story has had on our culture. Oprah Winfrey ta...
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Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2012
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
7.5/2
Famed for her extraordinary vocal range and uncanny ability to reach the emotional core of a song, We Will Always Love You pays tribute to that magni...
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Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
2010
Peep World
4.774/62
On the day of their Father's 70th birthday party, four siblings come to terms with the publication of a novel written by the youngest sibling, that ex...
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Peep World
2024
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
0/0
Taraji P. Henson hosts the gala to celebrate TIME's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world; scheduled performances from Dua Lipa...
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TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
2016
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
6.4/517
A harried prehistoric bird mother entrusts her precious, soon-to-hatch egg to Sid. When she recommends him to her neighbours, business booms at his ne...
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Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016
Hidden Figures
8.047/10652
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brain...
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Hidden Figures
Force
0/0
Plot kept under wraps. Described as a crime drama about a corrupt vigilante group.
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Force
2006
Smokin' Aces
6.478/1887
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of...
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Smokin' Aces
2013
Madly Madagascar
6.595/273
Your favorite Madagascar pals are back in an all-new adventure! Alex's favorite holiday, Valentine's Day, brings hilarious surprises and excitement fo...
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Madly Madagascar
2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
4.314/408
Rocky and Bullwinkle have been living off the finances made from the reruns of their cartoon show. Boris and Natasha somehow manage to crossover into...
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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2018
Proud Mary
5.501/537
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she...
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Proud Mary
2019
The Best of Enemies
7.418/498
Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctan...
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The Best of Enemies
2018
Acrimony
6.743/421
Faithful wife Melinda, who is tired of standing by her devious husband Robert, is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed. That's when she...
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Acrimony
2019
This Changes Everything
6.167/42
An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry...
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This Changes Everything
2019
What Men Want
6.193/1615
Magically able to hear what men are thinking, a sports agent uses her newfound ability to turn the tables on her overbearing male colleagues.
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What Men Want
2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet
7.154/8265
Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part...
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Ralph Breaks the Internet
2020
Coffee & Kareem
5.435/447
A Detroit cop reluctantly teams with his girlfriend's 11-year-old son to clear his name and take down the city's most ruthless criminal.
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Coffee & Kareem
2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru
7.261/4170
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers,...
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Minions: The Rise of Gru
2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
5.8/5
All-star comics perform in support of Feeding America.
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Feeding America Comedy Festival
1998
Streetwise
4.5/2
Three brothers use legal and illegal methods to make it out of their drug-infected neighborhood.
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Streetwise
2013
Picasso Baby
9/2
Jay Z performs Picasso Baby at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
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Picasso Baby
2021
Mary J. Blige's My Life
6.6/24
Mary J. Blige set the music world on fire with her trailblazing 1994 LP "My Life." The singer, producer and actress reveals the demons and blessings t...
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Mary J. Blige's My Life
2021
Annie Live!
5.5/15
Annie, the beloved seven-time Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation, comes to life like never before in a live musical event starring Harry Connick, J...
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Annie Live!
2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
6.935/169
A documentary about the making of David Fincher's 2008 film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Virtually every element in the evolution of the Finch...
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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2002
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
9.5/2
Book of Love delivers humor along with the mysteries of unrequited love and relationships gone bad. The film's story line focuses on three men living,...
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Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2025
STRAW
7.685/1004
What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperation...
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STRAW
2023
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
6.927/592
A magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City and gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups.
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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
2025
Escape Room
8.2/3
The short film accompanying Teyana Taylor's album of the same name.
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Escape Room
2026
Why Did I Get Married Again?
7.059/17
The couples reunite for the destination wedding of Marcus and Angela's daughter, bringing drama old and new as they ask, "Why did we get married again...
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Why Did I Get Married Again?
2026
Give Me Some Sugah
0/0
A Chicago bakery owner is stunned by a miraculous discovery that challenges her to reclaim lost time, heal old wounds, and find purpose in the unexpec...
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