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Taraji P. Henson
Birth at
11 September 1970
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American actress Taraji Penda Henson was born on September 11, 1970 in Washington. After graduating from high school in Oxon Hill, she entered the University of Agriculture in North Carolina, and then transferred to Howard University, from where she graduated with a higher theatrical education. To pay tuition, Taraji had to work as a secretary in the Pentagon in the morning, and a singing waitress at night. Back in the late nineties, Penda played small roles in the films “Police on Bicycles”, “Ambulance”,
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American actress Taraji Penda Henson was born on September 11, 1970 in Washington. After graduating from high school in Oxon Hill, she entered the University of Agriculture in North Carolina, and then transferred to Howard University, from where she graduated with a higher theatrical education. To pay tuition, Taraji had to work as a secretary in the Pentagon in the morning, and a singing waitress at night.
Back in the late nineties, Penda played small roles in the films “Police on Bicycles”, “Ambulance”, “Happiness”.
In 2001, the crime drama “Baby” directed by John Singleton was released. After this role, she was invited to the most diverse projects. She played in such films as “Beauty Shop”, “Hustle and Movement”, “Blood for Blood”, “Talk to Me”, “Trump Aces”. Not forgetting television, Penda participated in the series Lifetime, The Division, Boston Lawyers.
Henson has always sung perfectly, but she managed to demonstrate her vocal data for the whole country for the first time only in the film “Hustle and Movement”. She also co-wrote the track "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" by American rap group Three 6 Mafia. In the filming of the music video "Testify" rapper Common, the actress played the role of the wife accused of murder.
Fans remember Taraji in the musical "Animal",
Melodrama "Something new" , films "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle", "The Family of Hunters", "Patriots", fantasy tape "The Mysterious Case of Benjamin Baton", etc.