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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Observed surface forms (3)

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Taraji 1
Taraji P. Henson (attended, transferred) 1
Taraji Penda Henson 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 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taraji P. Henson → birthName → Taraji P. Henson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taraji Penda Henson
Think Like a Man → castMember → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Taraji P. Henson → givenName → Taraji P. Henson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taraji
this entity surface form: Taraji P. Henson (attended, transferred)
Humanitarian Award → hasRecipient → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Taraji P. Henson → name → Taraji P. Henson self-link ⓘ
Empire → portrayedBy → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Person of Interest → portrayedBy → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
subject surface form: Joss Carter
Lauren → portrayedBy → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ
Smokin' Aces → starring → Taraji P. Henson ⓘ