Taraji P. Henson
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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.
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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.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Simpsons
Project Runway
RuPaul's Drag Race
ER
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
House
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Lip Sync Battle
Hollywood Game Night
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Abbott Elementary
American Music Awards
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
All of Us
History 101
That's My Jam
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Legendary
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
Celebrity Prank Wars
Top Five
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Boston Legal
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Four Brothers
Term Life
Hart to Heart
Smokin' Aces
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Madly Madagascar
The Karate Kid
Think Like a Man
Larry Crowne
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Date Night
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Hustle & Flow
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Good Doctor
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Baby Boy
Empire
Coffee & Kareem
The Color Purple
Hidden Figures
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
What Men Want
Production Credits
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