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Taraji Penda Henson (Washington, Distrito de Colúmbia, 11 de setembro de 1970) é uma premiada atriz estadunidense, [1] mais conhecida por seus papéis como Yvette em Baby Boy (2001), Cookie Lyon em Empire (2015-2020), Shug em Hustle & Flow (2005), Queenie em The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) pelo qual foi indicada ao Oscar Melhor ...
- Taraji Penda Henson
Taraji P. Henson. Actress: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Taraji Penda Henson is an American actress and singer. 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).
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- Washington D.C., USA
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Taraji Penda 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 often spoken of the influence of her maternal grandmother, Patsy Ballard, who accompanied her at the Academy Awards the ye...
2001–2014: Early career
Henson received her SAG membership card in the early 1990s for doing three roles as a background performer. Her first prominent role was in the 2001 comedy-drama film Baby Boy, where she portrayed Yvette, alongside singer Tyrese Gibson. 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 appeared in an episode of Sister, Sister. In 2005, Henson was in the independent film H...
2015–present: Empire and beyond
In 2015 Henson was cast to headline in the Fox series Empire, a musical drama set in the hip hop recording industry, where she plays Cookie Lyon opposite former Hustle & Flow costar Terrence Howard. Fox ordered the pilot in May 2014, and the series debuted on January 7, 2015, with positive critical reviews and wide commercial success. The role brought Henson widespread recognition and critical acclaim. In July 2015, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress i...
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 perfor...
In 1994, Henson gave birth to her son Marcell. His father, Henson's high-school sweetheart William LaMarr Johnson, was murdered in 2003. In 2014, Henson said that her son had been racially profiled by police and that his car had been illegally searched during a traffic stop in Glendale, California. A video obtained by the Los Angeles Times showed M...
Henson has received many accolades for her work in film and television. In 2015, Henson won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (for Empire), and became the first black actress in the history of the awards show to do so. She also won a Golden Globe in the same category for the series. Additionally, Henson has rec...
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- September 11, 1970
Taraji P. Henson. Actress: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Taraji Penda Henson is an American actress and singer. 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).
2 de abr. de 2014 · Famous Actors. Black History. Taraji P. Henson starred in 'Hustle and Flow' and earned an Academy Award nomination for her role in 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.' She has also won a...
