Taraji Henson
| Taraji P. Henson | |
|---|---|
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Henson at the premiere of
Hidden Figures in 2016 |
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| Born |
Taraji Penda Henson September 11, 1970 Washington, D.C. |
| Alma mater | Howard University |
| Occupation | Actress, author |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Full List |
Taraji Penda Henson (/təˈrɑːdʒi/ 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 playing a prostitute in Hustle & Flow (2005) and a single mother in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008); for the latter, she received an Academy Award and a SAG nomination. In 2010, she appeared in the comedy Date Night and co-starred in the remake of The Karate Kid.
Henson has featured as a regular cast member on television series such as The Division, Boston Legal and Eli Stone. From 2011 to 2013, she co-starred as Detective Jocelyn Carter in the CBS drama Person of Interest, for which she won an NAACP Image Award. Henson went on to star in the ensemble film Think Like a Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel. From 2015 onward, she began starring as Cookie Lyon on the Fox drama series Empire, for which she became the first African-American woman to win a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. She also won a Golden Globe Award, and was nominated for two Emmy Awards, in 2015 and 2016.
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