Taraji P. Henson

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American actor actress film actress human television actress

Taraji P. Henson is an American actress known for her versatile performances in film and television, including acclaimed roles in projects like "Empire," "Hidden Figures," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

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Label Occurrences
Taraji P. Henson canonical 34
Taraji 2
Taraji P. Henson (attended, transferred) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor ⓘ
actress ⓘ
film actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
television actress ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress

Critics' Choice Television Award ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama ⓘ
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture ⓘ
birthName Taraji P. Henson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Taraji Penda Henson
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1970-09-11 ⓘ
educatedAt Howard University ⓘ
ethnicGroup African-American ⓘ
familyName Henson ⓘ
fieldOfStudy theater arts ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
givenName Taraji P. Henson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Taraji
hasChild Marcell Johnson ⓘ
hasWritten Around the Way Girl ⓘ
knownFor versatile performances in film and television ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
name Taraji P. Henson self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series ⓘ
notableWork Baby Boy ⓘ
Empire ⓘ
Hidden Figures ⓘ
Hustle & Flow ⓘ
No Good Deed ⓘ
Person of Interest ⓘ
Proud Mary ⓘ
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ⓘ
Think Like a Man ⓘ
What Men Want ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
author ⓘ
producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C. ⓘ
residence Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California (historical/approximate)
role Cookie Lyon ⓘ
surface form: Cookie Lyon in Empire

Detective Jocelyn Carter in Person of Interest ⓘ
Katherine Johnson ⓘ
surface form: Katherine G. Johnson in Hidden Figures

Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ⓘ
Shug in Hustle & Flow ⓘ
Yvette in Baby Boy ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
yearsActive 1990s–present ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

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Think Like a Man → castMember → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Smokin' Aces → starring → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
North Carolina A&T State University → hasNotableAlumni → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taraji P. Henson (attended, transferred)
Empire → portrayedBy → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button → starring → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Taraji P. Henson → name → Taraji P. Henson self-link ⓘ
Taraji P. Henson → birthName → Taraji P. Henson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taraji Penda Henson
Taraji P. Henson → givenName → Taraji P. Henson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taraji
Lauren → portrayedBy → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Person of Interest → portrayedBy → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
subject surface form: Joss Carter
Humanitarian Award → hasRecipient → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Gabourey Sidibe → workedWith → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Cookie Lyon → portrayedBy → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Vivica A. Fox → hasWorkedWith → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
The Family That Preys → star → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
No Good Deed → starring → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Henson → givenName → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
subject surface form: Taraji P. Henson
this entity surface form: Taraji
Hidden Figures → stars → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Hustle & Flow → starring → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Baby Boy → starring → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
What Men Want → starring → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Proud Mary → producer → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Proud Mary → starring → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button → portrayedBy → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
subject surface form: Queenie (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Shug in Hustle & Flow → portrayedBy → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
subject surface form: Shug (Hustle & Flow)
Yvette in Baby Boy → portrayedBy → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
subject surface form: Yvette (Baby Boy)
Detective Jocelyn Carter in Person of Interest → portrayedBy → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
subject surface form: Detective Jocelyn Carter
Around the Way Girl → author → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Around the Way Girl → subject → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Marcell Johnson → mother → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Marcell Johnson → hasRelative → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Date Night → starring → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Ralph Breaks the Internet → voiceCastMember → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Miss Hannigan → portrayedBy → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Theodore Melfi → collaboratedWith → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie → voiceCastMember → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Joss Carter → portrayedBy → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
The Karate Kid (2010 film) → stars → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ