Cookie Lyon
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| Portrayed by | Taraji P. Henson | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | "Pilot" (1.01) | ||||||||||||||
| Created by | Danny Strong | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Executive producer= Lee Daniels | ||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Loretha Hardaway Loretha Holloway |
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| Occupation | Co-CEO and Head of A&R at Empire Entertainment (Enterprises) Partner in Lyon Dynasty Artist manager Record producer Former Drug dealer |
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| Residence | New York City, New York | ||||||||||||||
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| Parents | John Holloway (deceased) |
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| Spouse | Lucious Lyon (divorced) |
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| Granddaughters | Bella Lyon |
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Loretha "Cookie" Lyon (née Holloway) is a fictional character from the American musical drama Empire on Fox. Portrayed by Taraji P. Henson, Cookie is one of the main characters within the series, the queen bee and the ex-wife of former drug dealer turned hip-hop mogul, Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) who gets released from prison and strikes out to lay claim to half of their multimillion-dollar record label, which was initially funded by her drug money.
Loretha "Cookie" Lyon (née Holloway) was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has two sisters, Candace (Vivica A. Fox) and Carol (Tasha Smith). Growing up, Cookie gradually began working in the drug dealing business, which is where she met, and soon married Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard). Although she was in a relationship when she met Lucious, Cookie left her boyfriend to date him instead. Cookie's father disapproved of their relationship and the effect Lucious had on Cookie, and kicked her out of the family home. He died shortly after from a heart attack, which Cookie blamed herself for. Cookie and Lucious have three living children, Andre (Trai Byers), Jamal (Jussie Smollett), and Hakeem (Bryshere Y. Gray), and lost one daughter to a miscarriage. Cookie strove to ensure that her children would get the best out of everything. In the drug dealing business, Cookie's life has revolved around music, money, and dodging the law.
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