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9/11/1970, Washington, DC

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Taraji Penda Henson

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Female

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Taraji P. Henson

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Taraji is an American actress born on September 11 in 1970, in Washington DC. Henson was a cruise ship entertainer and at the Pentagon before she became an actress. Henson also has a degree in theater arts from Howard University. She made her singing debut in the movie…more

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Star (3)

Role
- Person of Interest
  Detective Carter
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Crossing
    11/19/13
  - S 3: Ep 8 Endgame
    11/12/13
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Perfect Mark
    11/5/13
  - S 3: Ep 6 Mors Praematura
    10/29/13
  - S 3: Ep 5 Razgovor
    10/22/13
  - + 49 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
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 21: Ep 11.20.13 11/20
    11/20/13
Guest Star (41)

Role
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter: Best Documentary Feature
  - S 89: Ep 1 The 89th Annual Academy Awards
    2/26/17
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  - S 68: Ep 1 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/18/16
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
  - S 67: Ep 1 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/20/15
- Lip Sync Battle
  Contestant
  - S 1: Ep 18 Terrence Howard vs. Taraji P. Henson
    8/20/15
  - S 1: Ep 17 Terrence Howard vs. Taraji P. Henson
    8/20/15
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 316 2015/08/18
    8/18/15
- Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Drama Actresses
    8/2/15
- Person of Interest
  Detective Carter
  - S 4: Ep 20 Terra Incognita
    4/14/15
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - S 40: Ep 19 Taraji P. Henson; Mumford & Sons
    4/11/15
- LIVE with Kelly and Ryan
  Herself - Guest Co-host
  - S 27: Ep 140 2015/03/16
    3/16/15
- Entertainment Tonight
  Herself
  - S 2015: Ep 20150211 2015/02/11
    2/11/15
  - S 2015: Ep 20150204 2015/02/04
    2/4/15
  - S 2015: Ep 20150114 2015/01/14
    1/14/15
- LIVE with Kelly and Ryan
  Herself
  - S 27: Ep 90 2015/01/05
    1/5/15
  - S 27: Ep 9 2014/09/11
    9/11/14
  - S 25: Ep 116 February 27, 2013
    2/27/13
- Good Morning America
  Herself
  - S 2014: Ep 207 2014/06/17
    6/17/14
- CBS This Morning
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 85 April 16, 2012
    4/16/12
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
  - S 63: Ep 1 The 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/18/11
- 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 on TV
  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
- 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
  Bess Pinckney
  - 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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