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Taraji P Henson is an American actress, Henson was born on September 11, 1970, in Washington D.C. The daughters of Bernice and Boris Henson. Henson graduated from Oxon High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland in 1988. Later she attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to study electrical engineering. She transferred to Howard University to study drama. To pay for college she worked at two jobs: as a secretary at the Pentagon, and at night she worked as a singing and dancing waitress on a dinner cruise ship.

 Film career 

Actress Taraji P Henson began her breakthrough 2001 comedy drama "Baby Boy". She played as "Yvette" alongside with Tyrese Gibson.