Taraji P. Henson

Acting

Born 1970-09-11 Washington, D.C., USA 135 credits BET Award for Best Actor & Actress 3 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1

Awards

Nominated for 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 nominated

2009 Best Supporting Actress Nominated The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 nominated

2011 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story

Screen Actors Guild Awards 5 nominated

2009 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated Boston Legal
2008 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated Boston Legal
2006 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated Hustle & Flow

BET Award for Best Actor & Actress 3 won · 3 nominated

2013 Best Actor & Actress Nominated Person of Interest
2012 Best Actor & Actress Nominated Person of Interest
2011 Best Actor & Actress Won Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
2010 Best Actor & Actress Nominated I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009 Best Actor & Actress Won Not Easily Broken
2006 Best Actor & Actress Won Something New, Hustle & Flow

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture 1 won · 2 nominated

2013 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated Think like a Man
2009 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Won The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2006 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated Hustle & Flow

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 2 nominated

2010 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2008 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated Talk to Me

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

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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.