Taraji P. Henson is an actor, film director working in English cinema and Hindi cinema. Clapnumber holds 70 titles for Taraji P. Henson, from Cutthroat Island in 1995 to Give Me Some Sugah in 2026. By decade, that is 2 in the 1990s, 19 in the 2000s, 27 in the 2010s and 20 in the 2020s. Those titles are mostly adventure, animation and comedy.
Biography
Taraji Penda Henson ( tə-RAH-jee; born September 11, 1970) is an American actress, producer, author, and mental health advocate. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award, alongside nominations for an Academy Award, six Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2016 and 2024, Time named Henson one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
After studying acting at Howard University, she made her film debut in the crime film Streetwise (1998). Henson gained recognition for playing a prostitute in Hustle & Flow (2005) and as nursing home caretaker, Queenie, in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). The latter earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2016, she portrayed mathematician Katherine Johnson in Hidden Figures. She has also acted in Baby Boy (2001), The Karate Kid (2010), Think Like a Man (2012), Acrimony (2018), What Men Want (2019), The Best of Enemies (2019), and The Color Purple (2023).
Henson has also had an extensive career in television. From 2011 to 2013, she co-starred as Joss Carter in the CBS drama series Person of Interest. From 2015 to 2020, she starred as Cookie Lyon in the Fox drama series Empire, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards in 2015 and 2016. Her other Emmy-nominated roles were for the Lifetime movie Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story (2011) and for her guest role in the ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary (2023).
Henson also released a New York Times best selling autobiography titled Around the Way Girl in 2016. In 2019, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Common questions
How many films has Taraji P. Henson been in?
Clapnumber lists 70 titles for Taraji P. Henson.
What was Taraji P. Henson's first film?
The earliest release on file is Cutthroat Island (1995).
What is Taraji P. Henson's latest film?
The most recent release on file is Give Me Some Sugah (2026).
Where can I watch Taraji P. Henson's films?
Titles featuring Taraji P. Henson are listed on Amazon Prime, YouTube and Google Play Movies. Clapnumber records where each one streams rather than hosting any of it.
