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** Conversation in English

Previously aired at the 2021 TBFF. Presented by TD in collaboration with Global News and coprensented by Canada Media Fund.

Academy Award-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson talks about her path towards Hollywood fame as a Black actress.  Henson received the TBFF 2021 Career Achievement Award for her triumphs in TV and film while portraying strong, powerful Black characters. 

Actress, Filmmaker, Producer, and TBFF President & Founder Fabienne Colas discusses with Academy Award-nominated actress and Golden Globes winner Taraji P. Henson about her path towards Hollywood fame as a Black actress. The discussion will be available on the Festival film platform until the end of the event.

Biography

Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actor, writer and producer Taraji P. Henson quickly rose to fame after her breakout performance in the critically acclaimed film HUSTLE & FLOW, which earned her, and cast, a Screen Actors Guild nomination as well as winning her at BET award for Best Actress. Henson currently stars as Cookie Lyon in Fox’s hit musical drama “Empire,” which has earned her three Emmy nominations, a Golden Globe Award, a Critic’s Choice Award and three BET Awards.” In 2017, Henson portrayed NASA mathematician Katherine G. Johnson in the Academy Award-nominated film HIDDEN FIGURES. Henson and her cast received a Screen Actors Guild Award for “Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture” for the film.