Why Did I Get Married Again?
Sep 9, 2026
Escape Room
Aug 22, 2025
STRAW
as Janiyah Wiltkinson
Jun 5, 2025
TIME100: The World's Most Influential People
as Host
May 12, 2024
Where's Usher?
as Self
Feb 8, 2024
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self
Dec 28, 2023
The Color Purple
as Shug Avery
Dec 25, 2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
as Self (voice)
Nov 3, 2023
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
as Victoria Vance (voice)
Sep 21, 2023
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
as Self
Nov 9, 2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru
as Belle Bottom (voice)
Jun 29, 2022
Annie Live!
as Miss Hannigan
Dec 2, 2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
as The Bride
Oct 8, 2021
Mary J. Blige's My Life
as Self
Jun 25, 2021
Feeding America Comedy Festival
as Self
May 10, 2020
Coffee & Kareem
as Vanessa Manning
Apr 3, 2020
This Changes Everything
as Self
Jul 22, 2019
The Best of Enemies
as Ann Atwater
Apr 5, 2019
What Men Want
as Alison 'Ali' Davis
Feb 8, 2019
Ralph Breaks the Internet
as Yesss (voice)
Nov 20, 2018
Acrimony
as Melinda Moore Gayle
Mar 30, 2018
Proud Mary
as Mary
Jan 12, 2018
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
as Self - Host / Mrs. Claus / Mary / Prancer
Dec 14, 2017
Hidden Figures
as Katherine G. Johnson
Dec 10, 2016
Term Life
as Samantha Thurman
Apr 29, 2016
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
as Ethel (voice)
Mar 19, 2016
Top Five
as Taraji P. Henson
Dec 12, 2014
Seasons of Love
as Jackie
Nov 23, 2014
No Good Deed
as Terry
Sep 10, 2014
Think Like a Man Too
as Lauren Harris
Jun 20, 2014
Picasso Baby
as Self
Aug 2, 2013
From the Rough
as Catana Starks
Jun 8, 2013
Madly Madagascar
as Okapi (voice)
Jan 29, 2013
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
as Self
Jul 1, 2012
Think Like a Man
as Lauren Harris
Apr 20, 2012
Larry Crowne
as B'Ella
Jun 30, 2011
The Good Doctor
as Nurse Theresa
Apr 23, 2011
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
as Tiffany Rubin
Jan 31, 2011
Once Fallen
as Pearl
Nov 2, 2010
Peep World
as Mary
Sep 15, 2010
The Karate Kid
as Sherry Parker
Jun 10, 2010
Date Night
as Detective Arroyo
Apr 8, 2010
Hurricane Season
as Dayna Collins
Feb 9, 2010
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
as April
Sep 11, 2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
as Self
May 5, 2009
Not Easily Broken
as Clarice Clark
Jan 9, 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Queenie
Dec 25, 2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Pam
Sep 12, 2008
Talk to Me
as Vernell Watson
Jul 13, 2007
Smokin' Aces
as Sharice Watters
Dec 9, 2006
Something New
as Nedra
Jan 29, 2006
Four Brothers
as Camille Mercer
Aug 11, 2005
Hustle & Flow
as Shug
Jul 22, 2005
Animal
as Ramona
May 1, 2005
Hair Show
as Tiffany
Oct 17, 2004
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
as Date #4 / Ghetto Girl (as Taraji Henson)
Feb 14, 2002
Baby Boy
as Yvette
Jun 27, 2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
as Bess Pinckney
May 2, 2001
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Left-Wing Student
Jun 30, 2000
Satan's School for Girls
as Paige
Mar 13, 2000
Streetwise
as Tammy
Jun 12, 1998
Sorcerority
Force
'Tis So Sweet
My Happy Place
as Self
Apr 27, 2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
Mar 27, 2025
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
as Vivian Thoma
Sep 5, 2024
Hollywood Black
as Self (archive footage)
Aug 11, 2024
Celebrity Prank Wars
as Self
Apr 5, 2023
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
as Self
Mar 1, 2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Sep 12, 2022
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Sep 12, 2022
Abbott Elementary
as Vanetta
Dec 7, 2021
That's My Jam
as Self - Guest
Nov 29, 2021
Hart to Heart
as Self
Aug 5, 2021
Legendary
as Self - Guest Judge
May 27, 2020
History 101
as Self (archive footage)
May 22, 2020
Celebrity IOU
as Self
Apr 13, 2020
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
Sep 16, 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self, Self - Guest Host
Sep 9, 2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
as Self
Apr 8, 2019
The Masked Singer
as Self - Panelist
Jan 2, 2019
The Alec Baldwin Show
as Self
Oct 14, 2018
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
Aug 8, 2017
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
as Herself - Host
Dec 9, 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Sep 8, 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Aug 2, 2015
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self - Contestant
Jun 21, 2015
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
Apr 2, 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self, Self - Guest
Mar 23, 2015
Hot Ones
as Self
Mar 12, 2015
Empire
as Cookie Lyon
Jan 7, 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Dec 21, 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self, Self - Guest
Feb 17, 2014
Hollywood Game Night
as Self
Jul 11, 2013
Person of Interest
as Joss Carter
Sep 22, 2011
Conan
as Herself
Nov 8, 2010
The Talk
as Self
Oct 18, 2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
as Self - Guest
Feb 1, 2010
The Cleveland Show
Sep 27, 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Jul 16, 2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
Feb 2, 2009
Eli Stone
as Angela Scott
Jan 31, 2008
Project Runway
as Self - Guest Judge
Dec 1, 2004
House
as Moira
Nov 16, 2004
Boston Legal
as Whitney Rome
Oct 3, 2004
All of Us
Sep 16, 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Sep 8, 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self, Self - Guest
Jan 26, 2003
Half & Half
as Gabrielle
Sep 23, 2002
BET Awards
as Self - Host
Jun 19, 2001
The Division
as Raina Washington
Jan 7, 2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Christina
Oct 6, 2000
Strong Medicine
as Crystal
Jul 23, 2000
Felicity
as R.A. #2, Art Student
Sep 29, 1998
The View
as Self
Aug 11, 1997
Smart Guy
as Monique, Leslie
Mar 26, 1997
The Daily Show
as Self
Jul 22, 1996
Pacific Blue
as Rhonda
Mar 2, 1996
The Parent 'Hood
Jan 18, 1995
ER
as Patrice Robbins, Elan
Sep 19, 1994
Sister, Sister
as Briana
Apr 1, 1994
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
as Girl
Sep 11, 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
The Simpsons
as Praline (voice)
Dec 17, 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
Sep 5, 1988
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
Sep 15, 1981
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Oct 11, 1975
American Music Awards
as Self - Host
Feb 19, 1974
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Executive Producer
Nov 3, 2023
What Men Want
Executive Producer
Feb 8, 2019
Proud Mary
Executive Producer
Jan 12, 2018
Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special
Executive Producer
Dec 14, 2017
Seasons of Love
Executive Producer
Nov 23, 2014
No Good Deed
Executive Producer
Sep 10, 2014
Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been
Producer, Executive Producer
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