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Biography

Taraji is an American actress born on September 11 in 1970, in Washington DC. Henson was a cruise ship entertainer and at the Pentagon…more

Born

9/11/1970, Washington, DC

Birth Name

Taraji Penda Henson

Gender

Female

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Role
- Person of Interest
  Detective Carter
  - S 1: Ep 23 Firewall
    5/17/12
  - S 1: Ep 22 No Good Deed
    5/10/12
  - S 1: Ep 21 Many Happy Returns
    5/3/12
  - S 1: Ep 20 Matsya Nyaya
    4/26/12
  - S 1: Ep 19 Flesh and Blood
    4/5/12
  - + 18 More Credits
- Boston Legal
  Whitney Rome
  - S 4: Ep 18 Indecent Proposals
    4/30/08
  - S 4: Ep 16 The Mighty Rogues
    4/15/08
  - S 4: Ep 14 Rescue Me
    2/19/08
  - S 4: Ep 11 Mad About You
    1/15/08
  - S 4: Ep 10 Green Christmas
    12/18/07
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Division
  Officer/Inspector Raina Washington [Seasons 2+]
  - S 4: Ep 22 Somewhere In America (2)
    6/28/04
  - S 4: Ep 21 Zero Tolerance (1)
    6/28/04
  - S 4: Ep 20 Be Careful What You Wish For
    6/27/04
  - S 4: Ep 19 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here
    6/20/04
  - S 4: Ep 18 Baby, the Rain Must Fall
    6/13/04
  - + 61 More Credits
Guest Star (28)

Role
- CBS This Morning
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 85 April 16, 2012
    4/16/12
- The Talk
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 64 Episode 64
    1/31/11
- Chelsea Lately
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 16 Taraji P. Henson (3)
    1/27/11
- TMZ
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 253 Episode #3.253
    6/28/10
  - S 3: Ep 223 Episode #3.223
    5/24/10
  - S 2: Ep 203 Episode #2.203
    5/1/09
  - S 2: Ep 194 Episode #2.194
    4/21/09
  - S 2: Ep 129 Episode #2.129
    2/4/09
- Lopez Tonight
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 95 June 16, 2010
    6/16/10
  - S 1: Ep 67 April 7, 2010
    4/7/10
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 59: Ep 116 June 11, 2010
    6/11/10
  - S 57: Ep 248 December 11, 2008
    12/11/08
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 168 John Waters/Taraji P. Henson
    6/8/10
- The Cleveland Show
  Chanel Williams
  - S 1: Ep 18 Brotherly Love
    5/2/10
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 224 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 04/06/2010
    4/6/10
  - S 1: Ep 106 Elijah Wood, Taraji P. Henson, John Fogerty
    9/8/09
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 98 Drew Barrymore/Taraji P. Henson
    2/5/09
- Eli Stone
  Angela Dellacroix
  - S 2: Ep 7 Help
    12/9/08
  - S 2: Ep 6 Happy Birthday Nate
    12/2/08
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Humanitarian
    11/18/08
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  Christina
  - S 6: Ep 17 I Like to Watch
    3/9/06
- House
  Moira
  - S 2: Ep 6 Spin
    11/15/05
- Half & Half
  Gabrielle
  - S 4: Ep 8 The Big How to Do & Undo It Episode
    11/14/05
- All of Us
  Kim
  - S 2: Ep 4 In Through The Out Door
    10/12/04
- Soul Train
  Presenter
  - S 33: Ep 21 The 18th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
    3/20/04
- Soap Talk
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 45 Episode 45.02
    8/25/03
- Murder, She Wrote
  Unknown
  - S 13: Ep 0 The Last Free Man
    5/2/01
- Strong Medicine
  Crystal
  - S 1: Ep 6 Drug Interactions
    8/27/00
- Pacific Blue
  Rhonda
  - S 4: Ep 22 The Right Thing (1)
    4/25/99
- Felicity
  Art Student
  - S 1: Ep 15 Todd Mulcahy (2)
    2/16/99
- Saved by the Bell: The New Class
  Girl
  - S 6: Ep 11 Loser
    11/21/98
- Felicity
  R.A. #2
  - S 1: Ep 8 Drawing the Line (1)
    11/10/98
- ER
  Elam
  - S 5: Ep 2 Split Second
    10/1/98
- ER
  Patrice
  - S 4: Ep 20 Of Past Regret and Future Fear
    4/30/98
- Sister, Sister
  frontier girl
  - S 5: Ep 15 Ladies in Waiting
    2/5/98
- Sister, Sister
  Briana
  - S 5: Ep 10 Two's Company
    11/19/97
- Smart Guy
  Monique
  - S 2: Ep 7 Big Picture
    10/29/97

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Person of Interest: Carter's Number is Up

By Tim Surette, Dec 09, 2011

Everyone was after Detective Carter this week in episode that expanded her backstory and paved the way for her future. read more
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Casting continues for new shows

By Tim Surette, Jul 02, 2007

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- Taraji was nominated, along with her Boston Legal cast mates for a SAG Award in the category of Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2008.
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- In 2005 at the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for the movie Hustle & Flow.
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- At the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2006 she was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for the movie Hustle & Flow shared with Anthony Anderson, Ludacris, Isaac Hayes, Terrence Howard, Taryn Manning, Elise Neal, Paula Jai Parker, DJ Qualls.
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- Taraji Henson: (On playing Tiffany in the Lifetime movie Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story) I had never played a real-life person up until that point. All of my characters had been fictional, so there was an excitement to playing a real person and then her story is amazing... ...I've always liked playing women who are victims but who don't settle for being a victim.
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- Taraji Henson: (On inspiration for playing the role of Tiffany in the Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story) Being a mother made me totally understand her struggle and why she fought so hard. It just made me understand her emotional roller coaster. I really didn't have to do too much acting because I just put myself in her shoes and what I would do if my son was in another country and I didn't know anything about it.
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- Taraji Henson: (On how the Lifetime movie Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story is a wake-up call for abductions) You kinda know when a situation happens and it's in the media and it's big and then it goes away. It made me remember how many kids-how many families-are going through this. It reminded me that it's still an issue.
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