Taraji P. Henson stars in "The Karate Kid" (2010) as Sherry and recently co-starred in "Date Night" opposite, Tina Fey and Steve Carell. Previously, she starred as Whitney Rome in ABC's "Boston Legal."
Taraji P. Henson earned critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role opposite Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Taraji P. Henson plays the caretaker for Pitt, who suffers from a rare degenerative disease.
Henson recently completed filming
Taraji P. Henson was named Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Feature Film at the 2005 Black Movie Awards and received the Best Actress nod at the 2006 BET Awards for her performance as Shug in the gutsy drama, "Hustle & Flow," produced by Oscar-nominated filmmaker John Singleton and starring Terrence Howard. Taraji P. Henson also received two nominations at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards, including Best Breakthrough Performance, for her role. Taraji P. Henson made her singing debut in the film and is also featured on the soundtrack. Taraji P. Henson performed the Oscar winning song, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp," at the 78th annual Academy Awards.
Taraji P. Henson co-starred in the ensemble action drama "Smokin' Aces," with Jeremy Piven, Alicia Keys and Ben Affleck, and stars in Focus Features "Talk to Me," with Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Martin Sheen. She also was recently seen in "Not Easily Broken," produced by and starring Morris Chestnut and directed by Bill Duke; Tyler Perry's "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" and "Family That Preys"; and "Hurricane Season."
Taraji P. Henson is best remembered for her role as Yvette, the beautiful girlfriend of Jody (Tyrese), in "Baby Boy," written, produced and directed by John Singleton. Taraji P. Henson reunited for the third time with Singleton to film "Four Brothers," with Mark Wahlberg, co-starred with Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker in Focus Features "Something New," and co-starred in the indie feature "Hair Show," starring with Mo'nique. Taraji P. Henson also starred with R&B recording artist Common in the video for his sexy single, "Justified," from the album, "Be."
On television Taraji P. Henson starred for three years as Raina Washington, the youngest female detective on Lifetime's "The Division." Taraji P. Henson co-starred in the CBS movie "Murder She Wrote Movie: The Last Free Man," starring Angela Lansbury, and in the Aaron Spelling production, "Satan's School for Girls," with Shannon Doherty. Taraji P. Henson's guest starring appearances include "ER," "Strong Medicine," "Smart Guy," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "House." She also recently had a recurring role in ABC's "Eli Stone."
Born and raised in Washington, DC, the sweet and sexy Howard University grad resides in Los Angeles and enjoys fashion, reading poetry, dancing and appreciates a variety of music genres. Taraji P. Henson has a strong passion for helping disabled and less fortunate children and reveals, "I always stress to kids to have faith in themselves—the greatest recipe for success is self-confidence."
Taraji P. Henson earned critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role opposite Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Taraji P. Henson plays the caretaker for Pitt, who suffers from a rare degenerative disease.
Henson recently completed filming
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"Larry Crowne" with star and director Tom Hanks. Her other upcoming films include "Once Fallen" with Ed Harris, "Peep World" with Rainn Wilson and "The Good Doctor" with Orlando Bloom.Taraji P. Henson was named Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Feature Film at the 2005 Black Movie Awards and received the Best Actress nod at the 2006 BET Awards for her performance as Shug in the gutsy drama, "Hustle & Flow," produced by Oscar-nominated filmmaker John Singleton and starring Terrence Howard. Taraji P. Henson also received two nominations at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards, including Best Breakthrough Performance, for her role. Taraji P. Henson made her singing debut in the film and is also featured on the soundtrack. Taraji P. Henson performed the Oscar winning song, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp," at the 78th annual Academy Awards.
Taraji P. Henson co-starred in the ensemble action drama "Smokin' Aces," with Jeremy Piven, Alicia Keys and Ben Affleck, and stars in Focus Features "Talk to Me," with Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Martin Sheen. She also was recently seen in "Not Easily Broken," produced by and starring Morris Chestnut and directed by Bill Duke; Tyler Perry's "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" and "Family That Preys"; and "Hurricane Season."
Taraji P. Henson is best remembered for her role as Yvette, the beautiful girlfriend of Jody (Tyrese), in "Baby Boy," written, produced and directed by John Singleton. Taraji P. Henson reunited for the third time with Singleton to film "Four Brothers," with Mark Wahlberg, co-starred with Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker in Focus Features "Something New," and co-starred in the indie feature "Hair Show," starring with Mo'nique. Taraji P. Henson also starred with R&B recording artist Common in the video for his sexy single, "Justified," from the album, "Be."
On television Taraji P. Henson starred for three years as Raina Washington, the youngest female detective on Lifetime's "The Division." Taraji P. Henson co-starred in the CBS movie "Murder She Wrote Movie: The Last Free Man," starring Angela Lansbury, and in the Aaron Spelling production, "Satan's School for Girls," with Shannon Doherty. Taraji P. Henson's guest starring appearances include "ER," "Strong Medicine," "Smart Guy," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "House." She also recently had a recurring role in ABC's "Eli Stone."
Born and raised in Washington, DC, the sweet and sexy Howard University grad resides in Los Angeles and enjoys fashion, reading poetry, dancing and appreciates a variety of music genres. Taraji P. Henson has a strong passion for helping disabled and less fortunate children and reveals, "I always stress to kids to have faith in themselves—the greatest recipe for success is self-confidence."
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