Taraji Penda Henson (/təˈrɑːdʒi/ tə-RAH-jee; lahir 11 September 1970) adalah seorang aktris Amerika. Dia belajar akting di Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in Baby Boy (2001). dan memulai karier Hollywoodnya dalam peran tamu di beberapa acara televisi sebelum membuat terobosan Hustle & Flow (2005), yang untuknya dia menerima sebuah Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture pencalonan; dan sebagai ibu tunggal dari anak cacat di David Fincher The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), yang dia terima Academy Award, SAG Award dan Critics Choice Award nominasi untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik. Pada tahun 2010, dia muncul dalam komedi aksi Date Night, dan ikut membintangi pembuatan ulang The Karate Kid.
| Taraji P. Henson | |
|---|---|
| Lahir | Taraji Penda Henson 11 September 1970 Washington, D.C., A.S. |
| Pendidikan | North Carolina A&T State University Howard University (BFA) |
| Pekerjaan | Aktris |
| Tahun aktif | 1992–sekarang |
| Anak | 1 |
| Penghargaan | Daftar panjang |
Filmografi sunting
Film sunting
| Tahun | Judul | Peran | Catatan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Streetwise | Tammy | |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Left-Wing Student | |
| 2001 | Baby Boy | Yvette | |
| 2002 | Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs | Date #4/Ghetto Girl | |
| 2004 | Hair Show | Tiffany | |
| 2005 | Hustle & Flow | Shug | |
| Four Brothers | Camille Mercer | ||
| Animal | Ramona | ||
| 2006 | Something New | Nedra | |
| Smokin' Aces | Sharice Watters | ||
| 2007 | Talk to Me | Vernell Watson | |
| 2008 | The Family That Preys | Pam Evans | |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Queenie | ||
| 2009 | Not Easily Broken | Clarice Clark-Johnson | |
| Hurricane Season | Dayna Collins | ||
| I Can Do Bad All by Myself | April Jones | ||
| 2010 | Date Night | Detective Arroyo | |
| The Karate Kid | Sherry Parker | ||
| Peep World | Mary | ||
| Once Fallen | Pearl | ||
| 2011 | The Good Doctor | Nurse Theresa | |
| Larry Crowne | B'Ella | ||
| Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | Taraji | Cameo | |
| From the Rough | Catana Starks | ||
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | Lauren Harris | |
| 2013 | Madly Madagascar | Okapi (suara) | Film pendek |
| 2014 | Think Like a Man Too | Lauren Harris | |
| No Good Deed | Terri Granger | ||
| Top Five | Herself | Kameo | |
| 2016 | Term Life | Samantha Thurman | |
| Hidden Figures | Katherine Johnson | ||
| 2018 | Proud Mary | Mary Goodwin | |
| Acrimony | Melinda Gayle | ||
| Ralph Breaks the Internet | Yesss (suara) | ||
| 2019 | What Men Want | Ali Davis | |
| The Best of Enemies | Ann Atwater | ||
| 2020 | Coffee & Kareem | Vanessa Manning | |
| 2021 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Belle Bottom (suara) | Dalam produksi |
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| Tahun | Judul | Peran | Catatan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Parent 'Hood | Aida | Episode: "Fast Cash" |
| 1997–98 | Smart Guy | Monique / Leslie | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | Sister, Sister | Briana | Episode: "Two's Company" |
| 1998 | ER | Patrice Robbins / Elan | 2 episodes |
| Saved by the Bell: The New Class | Girl #3 | Episode: "Loser" | |
| 1998–99 | Felicity | R.A. #2 / Art Student | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Pacific Blue | Rhonda | Episode: "The Right Thing" |
| 2000 | Satan's School for Girls | Paige | Movie |
| Strong Medicine | Crystal | Episode: "Drug Interactions" | |
| 2001 | Murder She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Bess Pinckney | Movie |
| 2002–04 | The Division | Inspector Washington | 14 episodes |
| 2004 | All of Us | Kim | Episode: "In Through the Out Door" |
| 2005 | Half & Half | Gabrielle | Episode: "The Big How to Do & Undo It Episode" |
| House | Moira | Episode: "Spin" | |
| 2006 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Christina | Episode: "I Like to Watch" |
| 2007–08 | Boston Legal | Whitney Rome | 17 episodes |
| 2008 | Eli Stone | Angela Scott | 3 episodes di musim 2 |
| 2010 | The Cleveland Show | Chanel Williams (suara) | Episode: "Brotherly Love" |
| 2011 | Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story | Tiffany Rubin | Movie |
| 2011–13, 2015 | Person of Interest | Detective Jocelyn "Joss" Carter | 55 episodes |
| 2014 | Season Of Love | Jackie | Lifetime movie |
| 2015–20 | Empire | Cookie Lyon | Peran utama |
| 2015 | Piala Dunia Wanita FIFA | Herself/Narrator | Piala Dunia Wanita FIFA |
| 2015, 2018 | Lip Sync Battle | Herself | Episodes: "Terrence Howard vs. Taraji P. Henson" pts 1 & 2, "Michael Jackson Celebration" |
| 2015 | Saturday Night Live | Herself (host) | Episode: "Taraji P. Henson/Mumford & Sons" |
| Live! with Kelly and Michael | Herself/co-host | Maret 16 episode | |
| Taraji and Terrence's White Hot Holidays | Herself/co-host | Spesial | |
| 2016–17 | Taraji's White Hot Holidays | Herself/host | Spesial |
| 2016 | Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade | Ethel (suara) | Spesial |
| 2017 | The Simpsons | Praline (suara) | Episode: "The Great Phatsby" |
| Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Herself | Episode: "Alicia Keys & John Legend" | |
| 2019 | Tuca & Bertie | Terry (suara) | Episode: "Sweetbeak" |
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Pada 2015, Henson memenangkan Penghargaan Televisi Pilihan Kritikus untuk Aktris Terbaik dalam Serial Drama (untuk Empire), dan menjadi aktris kulit hitam pertama dalam sejarah acara penghargaan yang melakukannya.
Referensi sunting
- ^ "Taraji P. Henson - Biografi". Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks). Diakses tanggal 18 September 2014.
- ^ . TVGuide.com. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 5 Maret 2016. Diakses tanggal 18 September 2014.
- "Production starts on 'Think Like a Man Too'". upi.com. 28 Mei 2013. Diakses tanggal 19 September 2013.
- Morales, Wilson (4 Januari 2011). . Black News, Entertainment, Style and Culture - HuffPost Black. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 10 Januari 2011.
- Vena, Jocelyn (15 Februari 2017). "James Corden and Will Smith Get Jiggy with It in a Helicopter". Bravo. The Daily Dish. Diakses tanggal 7 Maret 2019.
- Mannie Holmes. "Taraji P. Henson's 'Empire' Win Highlights Critics' Choice Awards' Diverse Selections". Variety.com. Diakses tanggal 2017-03-14.
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