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BET Awards 2024: Taraji P. Henson: 5 Stellar Performances That'll Have You Glued to Your Seat


This marks the Golden Globe winner's 3rd time hosting culture's biggest night.

Henson’s performance as the successful yet romantically challenged Chief Operating Officer of a Fortune 500 company is relatable yet adds humor and heart to the ensemble cast. Henson’s breakout role as Yvette in John Singleton ’s 2001 crime-thriller Baby Boy demonstrated the young actress’s ability to convey raw emotion and complexity. In the Academy Award-nominated biographical drama "Hidden Figures," the actress portrayed Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who played a pivotal role in NASA's space missions.

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