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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

Empire (2015)

2015
as Cookie Lyon

The Karate Kid

2010
as Sherry Parker

Person of Interest

2011
as Joss Carter

Hidden Figures

2016
as Katherine G. Johnson

Minions: The Rise of Gru

2022
as Belle Bottom (voice)

What Men Want

2019
as Ali Davis

Date Night

2010
as Detective Arroyo

The Color Purple

2023
as Shug Avery

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

Boston Legal

2004
as Whitney Rome

Coffee & Kareem

2020
as Vanessa

Four Brothers

2005
as Camille Mercer

Talk to Me

2007
as Vernell Watson

Animal

2005
as Ramona

Top Five

2014
as Herself

Hair Show

2004
as Tiffany

Acrimony

2018
as Melinda

Smokin' Aces

2006
as Sharice Watters

Something New

2006
as Nedra

Baby Boy

2001
as Yvette

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 Division

2001
as Raina Washington

Once Fallen

2010
as Pearl

Muppets Haunted Mansion

2021
as Constance Hatchaway

Annie Live!

2021
as Miss Hannigan

The Good Doctor

2011
as Nurse Theresa

The Best of Enemies

2019
as Ann Atwater

Seasons of Love

2014
as Jackie

Peep World

2010
as Mary

Host

Series Peace of Mind with Taraji 2020
Episode Saturday Night Live
Taraji P. Henson/Mumford & Sons
2015
Episode The Kelly Clarkson Show
Guest Host Taraji P. Henson, Robert Irwin, Bindi Irwin, Terri Irwin, Angélique Kidjo
2022

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

Guest Star

Episode Lip Sync Battle
Terrence Howard vs. Taraji P. Henson (Part 2)
2015
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Taraji P. Henson, David Harbour, Phish, Doyle Bramhall II
2016
Episode Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Alicia Keys & John Legend
2017
Episode Desus & Mero (2019)
TECH FLEX
2019
Episode Pacific Blue
The Right Thing (1)
1999
Episode Hot Ones
Taraji P. Henson Needs a Stunt Double to Eat Spicy Wings
2018
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Mean Tweets Movie Edition
1970
Episode Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Drama Actresses
2015
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Taraji P. Henson, Mike Birbiglia, FKA Twigs
2016
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Chance The Rapper, Taraji P. Henson, Lil Nas X
2019
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Taraji P. Henson, Matthew Fox, Byron Bowers
2015
Episode Half & Half
The Big How to Do & Undo It Episode
2005
Episode Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Taraji P. Henson
2024
Episode Felicity
Drawing the Line (1)
1998
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Taraji P. Henson, Edward Burns, Sam Hunt
2015
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Taraji P. Henson, Luke Combs, Nathaniel Rateliff
2020
Episode That's My Jam
John Stamos & Taraji P. Henson vs. Quinta Brunson & Craig Robinson
2023
Episode The Alec Baldwin Show
Robert De Niro, Taraji P. Henson
2018
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Taraji P. Henson, Miley Cyrus
2017
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Taraji P. Henson, Sebastian Maniscalco, Imagine Dragons
2018
Episode Eli Stone
The Humanitarian
2008
Episode Variety: Actors on Actors
Taraji P. Henson & Jeffrey Wright
2023
Episode Chelsea Lately
Taraji P. Henson
2011
Episode Hart to Heart
Taraji P. Henson
2021
Episode Anderson
Co-Host Taraji P. Henson | Ty Burrell | Cesar Milan
2012
Episode The Kelly Clarkson Show
Taraji P. Henson, Celina Smith, Lang Lang
2021
Episode Sister, Sister
Two's Company
1997
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Taraji P. Henson, Michael Che, Sofi Tukker
2018
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
John Waters, Taraji P. Henson
2010
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Taraji P. Henson, Gabrielle Union, Jake Wesley Rogers
2021
Episode That's My Jam
Taika Waititi & Rita Ora vs Normani & Taraji P. Henson
2022
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Jennifer Lawrence; Taraji P. Henson
2013
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Brian Williams, Taraji P. Henson, Nate Bargatze
2009
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Taraji P. Henson, BTS
2018
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Taraji P. Henson, Chloe Fineman, FINNEAS
2020
Episode The Cleveland Show
Brotherly Love
2010
Episode Eli Stone
Happy Birthday Nate
2008
Episode The Simpsons
The Great Phatsby (1)
2017
Episode Variety: Actors on Actors
Episode 1
2019
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Taraji P. Henson, Jovan Adepo, Mike Posner
2017
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Taraji P. Henson, Steve Zahn, Damon Albarn
2021
Episode The Wendy Williams Show
From the Rough
2014
Episode ER
Of Past Regret and Future Fear
1998
Series Hart to Heart 2021
Episode The Simpsons
The Great Phatsby (2)
2017
Episode All of Us
In Through The Out Door
2004
Episode CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
I Like to Watch
2006
Episode Abbott Elementary
Mom
2023
Episode Tuca & Bertie
SweetBeak
2019
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Taraji P. Henson, Justin Bartha, Jermaine Fowler
2015
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Taraji P. Henson, Geri Halliwell-Horner, Jelly Roll
2023
Episode Person of Interest
Terra Incognita
2015
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Taraji P. Henson, Dua Lipa
2020
Episode Eli Stone
Help
2008
Episode Felicity
Todd Mulcahy (2)
1999
Episode Legendary
Pop Tart
2021
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Taraji P. Henson, Jason Clarke, Nate Bargatze
2019
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Jon Cryer, Taraji P. Henson, Nelly Furtado
2012
Episode Chelsea Lately
Taraji P. Henson
2010
Episode House
Spin
2005
Episode Sister, Sister
Ladies in Waiting
1998
Episode Smart Guy
Big Picture
1997
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Liam Neeson & Taraji P. Henson
2018
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Taraji P. Henson, Jon Glaser, Run the Jewels
2017
Episode Lip Sync Battle
Terrence Howard vs. Taraji P. Henson (Part 1)
2015
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Taraji P. Henson, Andrea & Matteo Bocelli
2020
Episode ER
Split Second
1998
Episode Vanity Fair: Lie Detector Test
Tracy Morgan & Taraji P. Henson
2019