Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson makes her Broadway debut as Bertha Holly in Joe Turner's Come and Gone on Broadway at the Barrymore Theatre from March 30 to July 12, 2026.

A Golden Globe winner and Oscar, Tony, and six-time Emmy nominee, Henson is one of the most well-known and prolific actors working today. She ventured into Broadway for the first time as a producer of the Tony-nominated Jaja's African Hair Braiding in 2023, but she is best known for her screen work, gaining widespread recognition for her breakout performance in the film Hustle & Flow (SAG Award nomination, BET Award for Best Actress) and Oscar-nominated turn as Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Additional high-profile film roles include mathematician Katherine Johnson in Hidden Figures and Shug Avery in the movie musical The Color Purple. On TV, she won a Golden Globe and received two Emmy nominations for playing Cookie Lyon in Fox's Empire; she also became the first Black woman to win a Critics Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. Her guest role on the ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary and starring role in the Lifetime movie Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story earned her additional Emmy nods.