Taraji P. Henson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Taraji P. Henson
Occupation	Movie Actress
Date Of Birth	Sep 11, 1970(1970-09-11)
Age	54
Birthplace	Washington, D.C.
Country	United States
Horoscope	Virgo

Taraji P. Henson Biography

Taraji P. Henson is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actress who was born on September 11, 1970 in Washington, D.C., United States. A seasoned movie actress who has appeared in a variety of critically acclaimed films, including Hustle & Flow, Baby Boy and Hidden Figures. She first began her role as Cookie Lyn on The FOX show Empire in the year 2015. She was chosen to be a character in the film of 2019 What Men Want.

She co-starred in the film The Strange Case of Benjamin Button alongside She co-starred in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Brad Pitt..

Henson was born September 11, 1970 in Southeast Washington, D.C., the daughter of Bernice (née Gordon), a corporate manager at Woodward & Lothrop, and Boris Lawrence Henson, a janitor and metal fabricator. She has two younger siblings, Shawn and April. She has often spoken of the influence of her maternal grandmother, Patsy Ballard, who accompanied her at the Academy Awards the year she was nominated. Her first and middle names are of Swahili origin: Taraji (“hope”) and Penda (“love”). According to a mitochondrial DNA analysis, her matrilineal lineage can be traced to the Masa people of Cameroon. She has said that North Pole explorer Matthew Henson was “the brother of my great-great- grandfather.”

Taraji Penda Henson (/t ə ˈ r ɑː dʒ i / tə-RAH -jee; born September 11, 1970) is an American actress and author. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in Baby Boy (2001). She received praise for her performances as a prostitute in Hustle & Flow (2005), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination; and as a single mother of a disabled child in David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), for which she received Academy Award, SAG Award and Critics Choice Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. In 2010 she appeared in the action comedy Date Night, and co-starred in the remake of The Karate Kid.

In 1994 she along with the high school love of her life In 1994, she and her high school sweetheart, William Lamarr Johnson, welcomed a son named Marcell. In 2003, William was tragically murdered. She became engaged to longterm boyfriend and NFL player Kelvin Hayden in May of 2018. welcomed a son called Marcell. When she was born in 2003, William had a tragic death. She got engaged to her long-term partner Kelvin Hayden and NFL athlete Kelvin Hayden in May of 2018.

Taraji P. Henson Net Worth

Taraji P. Henson is one of the richest Movie Actress from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Taraji P. Henson 's net worth $25 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a student at Howard University, and in 2000, she made her debut as a character in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.

The actress was nominated to win the first Academy Award in 2008. The role she played on Empire was rewarded with nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Television Series in 2016.

Henson was also slated to star in and produce an untitled film about Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black Chicago teen who was abducted, tortured, murdered, and dumped in a river by two white men while visiting rural Mississippi in

1955. Henson will play Till’s mother, Mamie, who chose an open-casket funeral for her son “so everyone can see what they did to my boy”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Taraji P. Henson Dating?

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Henson has guest-starred on several television shows, including The WB’s Smart Guy, the Fox series House in 2005, and CBS’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in

2006. She also starred in an episode of Sister, Sister.

Facts & Trivia

Taraji Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Taraji P. Henson celebrates birthday on September 11 of every year.

Henson made her singing debut in the film Hustle & Flow, where she provided the vocals for the Three 6 Mafia track “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp.” The song won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2006, giving Three 6 Mafia the distinction of becoming the first African-American hip hop act to win in that category. Henson and the group performed the song at the live Oscar ceremony on March 5, 2006. She also sang “In My Daughter’s Eyes” on the 2006 charity album Unexpected Dreams – Songs From the Stars.

Top Facts about Taraji P. Henson

1. Taraji P. Henson is an American actress born on September 11, 1970.
2. She gained widespread recognition for her role as Cookie Lyon in the TV series “Empire.”
3. Henson has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
4. She made her film debut in “Baby Boy” (2001) and has since appeared in many successful movies.
5. In 2016, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
6. Henson is known for portraying strong and complex female characters on screen.
7. She has been an advocate for mental health awareness and LGBTQ+ rights.
8. The actress has also ventured into producing and directing projects.
9. Henson’s autobiography, “Around the Way Girl,” was published in 2016.
10. As of now, she continues to be a prominent figure in Hollywood’s entertainment industry.

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