Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson

Birthday:Sep 11, 1970
Place of birth:Washington, D.C., USA

Filmography

2025
STRAW

STRAW

Thriller Drama Crime Domestic Thriller Tragic Drama
6.5

20251h 45min

United States

Director: Tyler Perry

What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperation.

2023
The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Drama Historical Drama
6.8

20232h 21min

United States

Director: Blitz Bazawule

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.


PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

Family Comedy Adventure Animation Animal Companion Family
5.9

20231h 28min

Canada, France

Director: Cal Brunker

A magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City and gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups.

2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Family Comedy Adventure Animation Science Fiction
6.5

20221h 27min

United States

Director: Kyle Balda

A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.

2019
The Best of Enemies

The Best of Enemies

Drama History Historical Drama Biographical History
7.3

20192h 13min

United States

Director: Robin Bissell

Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.


What Men Want

What Men Want

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy High-Concept Comedy
5.4

20191h 57min

United States

Director: Adam Shankman

Magically able to hear what men are thinking, a sports agent uses her newfound ability to turn the tables on her overbearing male colleagues.

2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Family Animation Comedy Adventure Family Animation
7.0

20181h 52min

United States

Director: Phil Johnston

Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope's video game, Sugar Rush. In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet — the netizens — to help navigate their way, including an entrepreneur named Yesss, who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of trend-making site BuzzzTube.


Acrimony

Acrimony

Drama Thriller Relationship Drama Revenge Thriller
5.9

20182h

United States

Director: Tyler Perry

Faithful wife Melinda, who is tired of standing by her devious husband Robert, is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed. That's when she lost it, and now she cannot let it go.


Proud Mary

Proud Mary

Thriller Action Crime Epic Action Organized Crime
5.0

20181h 28min

United States

Director: Babak Najafi

Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.

2016
Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures

Drama History Historical Drama Biographical History
7.8

20162h 7min

United States

Director: Theodore Melfi

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.