An American actress, Taraji P. Henson's film credits include "Streetwise", "The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle", "All or Nothing", "Baby Boy", "Hair Show", "Hustle & Flow", "Four Brothers", "Something New" and "Smokin' Aces." She contributed the female vocals to the Oscar-winning song "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle & Flow."
Taraji P. Henson, who played Whitney Rome on Boston Legal and most recently as Brad Pitt's mother in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , will soon take on yet another motherly role. This time, the BET Best Actress winner will be playing the mother of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith's son Jaden in the remake of T he Karate Kid. "I'm off to Beijing [soon] to work on a film," actress Taraji P. ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:15:24 GMTSomewhere Mr. Miyagi is smiling. The cast of a "Karate Kid" reboot is about to start breaking boards on their China set. Well, most of the cast has the moves. Before leaving for China this week, Taraji P. Henson says she's not exactly a lethal weapon. "I'll leave the moves to the boys.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:21:43 GMTTaraji P. Henson is appropriately representing "love" in Pepsi's new "We Inspire" ad campaign. After all, her middle name - Penda - means "love" in Swahili.
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Taraji is a descendant of Matthew Henson, co-discoverer of the North Pole.
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