Taraji P. Henson Filmography: Every Movie and TV Show in Order

How many movies and TV shows has Taraji P. Henson been in? This complete Taraji P. Henson filmography lists 75 credited roles (44 films, 31 TV series), in chronological order from 1989 to 2025, with links to our full guides where available.

Taraji P. Henson movies in order

• The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) as Left-Wing Student
• Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001) as Bess Pinckney
• Baby Boy (2001) as Yvette
• Animal (2005) as Ramona
• Hustle & Flow (2005) as Shug
• Four Brothers (2005) as Camille Mercer
• Something New (2006) as Nedra
• Smokin' Aces (2006) as Sharice Watters
• Talk to Me (2007) as Vernell Watson
• Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008) as Pam
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) as Queenie
• Not Easily Broken (2009) as Clarice Clark
• The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button (2009) as Self
• I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009) as April
• Hurricane Season (2010) as Dayna Collins
• Date Night (2010) as Detective Arroyo
• The Karate Kid (2010) as Sherry Parker
• Peep World (2010) as Mary
• Once Fallen (2010) as Pearl
• Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story (2011) as Tiffany Rubin
• The Good Doctor (2011) as Nurse Theresa
• Larry Crowne (2011) as B'Ella
• Think Like a Man (2012) as Lauren Harris
• Madly Madagascar (2013) as Okapi (voice)
• Think Like a Man Too (2014) as Lauren Harris
• No Good Deed (2014) as Terry
• Top Five (2014) as Taraji P. Henson
• Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016) as Ethel (voice)
• Term Life (2016) as Samantha Thurman
• Hidden Figures (2016) as Katherine G. Johnson
• Proud Mary (2018) as Mary
• Acrimony (2018) as Melinda Moore Gayle
• Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) as Yesss (voice)
• What Men Want (2019) as Alison 'Ali' Davis
• The Best of Enemies (2019) as Ann Atwater
• This Changes Everything (2019) as Self
• Coffee & Kareem (2020) as Vanessa Manning
• Mary J. Blige's My Life (2021) as Self
• Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021) as The Bride
• Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) as Belle Bottom (voice)
• Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 (2022) as Self
• PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023) as Victoria Vance (voice)
• The Color Purple (2023) as Shug Avery
• STRAW (2025) as Janiyah Wiltkinson

Taraji P. Henson TV shows

• The Simpsons (1989) as Praline (voice)
• Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993) as Girl
• Sister, Sister (1994) as Briana
• ER (1994) as Patrice Robbins
• ER (1994) as Elan
• Pacific Blue (1996) as Rhonda
• Smart Guy (1997) as Monique
• Smart Guy (1997) as Leslie
• Felicity (1998) as R.A. #2
• Felicity (1998) as Art Student
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Christina
• Half & Half (2002) as Gabrielle
• All of Us (2003)
• Boston Legal (2004) as Whitney Rome
• House (2004) as Moira
• Project Runway (2004) as Self - Guest Judge
• Eli Stone (2008) as Angela Scott
• RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) as Self - Guest Judge
• The Cleveland Show (2009)
• RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (2010) as Self - Guest
• Person of Interest (2011) as Joss Carter
• Hollywood Game Night (2013) as Self
• Empire (2015) as Cookie Lyon
• Lip Sync Battle (2015) as Self
• Celebrity Family Feud (2015) as Self - Contestant
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series (2017) as Self
• The Masked Singer (2019) as Self - Panelist
• History 101 (2020) as Self (archive footage)
• Legendary (2020) as Self - Guest Judge
• Abbott Elementary (2021) as Vanetta
• Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (2024) as Vivian Thoma

Filmography data via TMDB, refreshed automatically as new roles are announced.