About
| Birth Name: | Taraji Penda Henson |
| Birth Notes: | 11 September 1970, Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Height: | 5' 5" |
Filmography
| Date Night (2010) as Detective Arroyo |
| Four Brothers (2005) as Camille Mercer |
| Hurricane Season (2009) as Dayna Collins |
| Hustle & Flow (2005) as Shug |
| I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009) as April |
| Not Easily Broken (2009) as Clarice Clark |
| Smokin' Aces (2006) as Sharice Watters |
| Something New (2006) as Nedra |
| Talk to Me (2007) as Vernell Watson |
| The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) as Left-Wing Student |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) as Queenie |
| The Family That Preys (2008) as Pam |
| The Karate Kid (2010) as Sherry Parker |
| All or Nothing (2001) as Kiko |
| Baby Boy (2001) as Yvette |
| Bowl of Dreams (2010) as Herself |
| From the Rough (2011) as Cassandra Turner |
| Hair Show (2004) as Tiffany |
| Larry Crowne (2011) |
| Once Fallen (2010) as Pearl |
| Peep World (2010) as Mary |
| Sow Your Dreams (2009) as Herself |
| Streetwise (1998) |
| The Good Doctor (2011) as Nurse Theresa |
| Untitled Jamie Foxx Documentary (2012) as Herself |
Trivia
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* Voted one of "The 10 Sexiest Women of 2001" by the readers of Black Men Magazine. * Has a son named Marcel. * Born and raised in Washington, DC and attended Oxon Hill High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland. * First attended North Carolina Agric & Tech where she attempted to study Electrical Engineering. She failed Pre-Calculus so she transferred to Howard University. She worked two jobs: in the morning as a secretary at the Pentagon; in the night as a singing and dancing waitress on a dinner cruise ship to pay for Howard. She graduated from Howard University in 1995. * The father of her only son died unexpectedly in 1997. * Contrary to previously published accounts, Taraji is a relative, not a descendant, of North Pole explorer Matthew Henson. * First and middle names are Swahili for 'hope' and 'love', respectively. * An only child. |
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