"[20], Henson acted in two Tyler Perry films, The Family That Preys in 2008 and I Can Do Bad All By Myself in 2009. Lance Gross - Howard University [50], On March 16, 2015, she was a guest co-host on Live! [45], Henson made her singing debut in the film Hustle & Flow, where she provided the vocals for the Three 6 Mafia track "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp. “All the science jargon is a bit overwhelming,” Henson said. [12][13] According to a mitochondrial DNA analysis, her matrilineal lineage can be traced to the Masa people of Cameroon. Affion Crockett - Fayetteville State University 5 of 15 6. All rights reserved. Alpha Kappa Alpha first honored Katherine G. Johnson, portrayed by Taraji P. Henson, at the sorority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson and Janelle Monae star in # HiddenFigures, the amazing untold story centered on the women behind the Space Race victory. Though it did not receive a majority of positive reviews, the film was a commercial success. [citation needed] Named after her father, it deals with cultural mental illness. In 2010 she appeared in the remake of The Karate Kid with Jaden Smith. Following that recognition, AKA honored Johnson with the Septima Poinsette Award at their national convention's public luncheon held in Atlanta, GA. [56] Forty minutes after the video was made public,[56] Henson said in an Instagram message, "I would like to publicly apologize to the officer and the Glendale Police Department. The Fraternity’s motto is “achievement in every field of human endeavor.” Contact: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. “I look up the terms and I still don’t know what they mean, just like I didn’t know what they meant when I was in high school.”. Taraji Penda Henson[1][2] (/təˈrɑːdʒi/ tə-RAH-jee; born September 11, 1970) is an American actress. She also won a Golden Globe Award; and was nominated for Emmy Awards in 2015 and 2016. [1] She attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, where she intended to study electrical engineering, before transferring to Howard University to study drama. The #MACTaraji collection debuted the following month. The Upcoming ‘Hidden Figures’ Movie Is Based On Three Members Of Alpha Kappa Alpha 128.2K SharesShare128.2KTweet1There has been a lot of buzz around the upcoming “Hidden Figures” movie starring Taraji P. Henson, … "They are cold, hungry, thirsty, vulnerable, and lonely. [54][55][56] His father, Henson's high-school sweetheart William LaMarr Johnson, was murdered in 2003. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in Baby Boy (2001). The Pi Theta Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority hosted a private debut screening. Head over to Watch The Yard to read more. [67], Henson is a Christian and considers acting to be a spiritual experience. A new movie comes out in 2017 called Hidden Figures, based on the book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly (out Sept. 6). Alpha Kappa Alpha Hidden Figures Janelle Monae John Glenn Katherine Johnson NASA space race Taraji P. Henson Technology Black Girls Code Makes Cameo on Fox’s ‘Empire’ In 1938 she enrolled at West Virginia University where she became the one of three black students, and the only female, to integrate the graduate school after the US Supreme Court ruled that each state which provided a school for white students had to provide in-state education to blacks as well. ", "Taraji P. Henson to Star in 'What Men Want' for Paramount Players", "Paramount Players Plots 'What Men Want'; 'Empire's Taraji P. Henson To Star", "Empire's Taraji P. Henson And Danny Strong Re-Team On Robin Bissell-Helmed 'The Best Of Enemies, "Taraji P. Henson to Star in and Produce Film on Emmett Till", "Taraji P. Henson Nabs Female Lead in Fox's Lee Daniels Hip-Hop Drama 'Empire, "Lee Daniels' 'Empire' picked up by Fox, will 'likely' film in Chicago", "Cookie Monster: How Cookie Lyon Became the Most Compelling Character on TV", "Just Give Taraji P. Henson the Emmy Already", "Taraji P. Henson to Host Second Annual Fox Holiday Special", "Taraji P. Henson To Develop 'Empire' Spin-Off At FOX", "Unexpected Dreams: Songs from the Stars", "Tyrese "Stay" (official music video) feat. She took on a teaching job at a black public school in Marion, Virginia. ", This page was last edited on 31 December 2020, at 20:49. Taraji P. Henson Will Voice a Character in Wreck-It-Ralph 2 Who Name-Drops Oh My Disney! Hampton Alum Marie R. Sylla-Dixon Appointed As Raytheon Technologies Chief Diversity... Shaw University Receives $525,000 Grant From Gilead Sciences. [51], Henson collaborated with MAC Cosmetics to create the Taraji P. Henson makeup collection in late August 2016. It was based on true events in the life of a New York woman whose son, Kobe, was abducted by his biological father to South Korea. In 2016, Henson starred in the film Hidden Figures, a major box-office success nominated for numerous awards, including three Oscars (Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer) and two Golden Globes (Best Supporting Actress for Spencer and Best Original Score). But did you know that these women were and are members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.? The special was produced again in 2016 and 2017, without Howard. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was founded on Howard University’s campus on January 13, 1913. Tucker, Neely (October 6, 2011). In 2008 she appeared with Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,[18] where she played Queenie, Benjamin's mother, and for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Finally, Jackson, played by Monae, was also a member of AKA and graduated from Hampton Institute, now University: “…She was born in 1921, in Hampton, Virginia and graduated with highest honors from high school.  She earned her Bachelor of Science Degrees in Mathematics and Physical Science at Hampton Institute and taught in Maryland before joining the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. In 2011, she was cast in the CBS crime-suspense series Person of Interest. She reprised the role in the film's sequel, Think Like a Man Too, released in June 2014.[25]. 48.4K SharesShare48.4KTweetYou might not know it, but the women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. have some pretty strong connections to NASA and space travel. Henson will play Till's mother, Mamie, who chose an open-casket funeral for her son "so everyone can see what they did to my boy". [9][11] To pay for college, she worked mornings as a secretary at The Pentagon and evenings as a singing-dancing waitress on a dinner-cruise ship, the Spirit of Washington. [30] In April 2019, she will star in the historical drama The Best of Enemies, portraying civil rights activist Ann Atwater. Henson said she hopes to tackle a number of sensitive topics while cultivating young, fresh voices. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Service to All Mankind Since 1908. In 2012, he was selected by Luke Lawal Jr. to lead HBCU Buzz. [21], In 2011 Henson starred as Tiffany Rubin in the Lifetime Movie Network film Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story. She enrolled at West Virginia State College where she took every math course that the school offered. [1][2][6][7] She has two younger siblings, Shawn and April. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Vic Jagger continues to represent for her hometown and can be heard weekdays with the Russ Parr Morning Show from 6-10am and Middays 10a-3p for "VJ In The Midday". SUBSCRIBE NOW. [39][40][41] In July 2015, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and submitted the show's pilot for Emmy voting. In 1939, after marrying her first husband, James Goble, she left her teaching job and enrolled in a graduate math program. [68][69], In 2015, Henson won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (for Empire), and became the first black actress in the history of the awards show to do so.[72]. [44], In July 2020, it was reported that a spin-off Empire series focusing on Henson's character, Cookie Lyon, is in development, with Henson producing and starring. She passed away at 98-years old on November 10th, 2008.”. [27] In November, she voiced the character Yesss in Disney's Ralph Breaks the Internet,[28] a sequel to the studio's Wreck-It Ralph. Johnson, who is best known for calculating and verifying trajectories for NASA’s Mercury and Apollo programs and was celebrated in the 2016 Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures where she was played by Taraji P. Henson, passed away on Monday morning according to NASA. She starred in the ensemble films Think Like a Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel. "[63], In February 2015, Henson posed in an ad for the NOH8 Campaign supporting the LGBT community. Johnson is portrayed by Taraji P. Henson. [citation needed] "Chained dogs suffer day in and day out," the ad stated. [19] In an interview with Lauren Viera of the Chicago Tribune, she noted that "Queenie is the embodiment of unconditional love. She is 98 years old. Tommy G. Meade Jr. is the Editor-in-Chief of HBCU Buzz. [citation needed] She has often spoken of the influence of her maternal grandmother, Patsy Ballard, who accompanied her at the Academy Awards the year she was nominated. Dorothy worked in the Langley Research Center’s Analysis and Computation Division, and also participated in Scout Project (Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test system) tests at Wallops Flight Facility. Garvey discusses rapper Kanye West postponing his new album, heavyweight champion Mike Tyson making a comeback to the boxing industry, and actress Taraji P. Henson in talks with FOX to launch a spin-off of the television series, Empire. Brewer is a Spelman College graduate and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She will officially start her new role in October. The Ivy Centennial Foundation, in conjunction with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Mu Lambda Omega Chapter and Sisters in S.T.E.M. [52] In November 2016, she again collaborated with MAC as the spokesperson for their Viva Glam Campaign, along with Jussie Smollett, to benefit the MAC HIV/AIDS fund. Save 97%. A video obtained by the Los Angeles Times showed Marcell had driven through a lighted crosswalk while a pedestrian was crossing, given verbal consent to search his vehicle, and admitted to smoking marijuana two hours before driving. The series is part of Henson's two-year first-look deal with 20th Century Fox Television through her production company, TPH Entertainment. with Kelly and Michael, filling in for Kelly Ripa. The movie is set around Katherine Johnson, a trailblazing NASA mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Neil Armstrong and the 1969 Apollo 11 spaceflight to the Moon, and her two colleagues, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson (played by Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae), who helped NASA catch up in the Space Race. [26] In March she starred in the film Tyler Perry's Acrimony as a faithful wife who, after tiring of standing by her husband, is enraged when she believes herself betrayed. [46] Henson and the group performed the song at the live Oscar ceremony on March 5, 2006. Their collection debuted in February, 2017.[53]. In 2010, she appeared in the action comedy Date Night, and co-starred in the remake of The Karate Kid. A mother's job is not easy, and neither is a police officer's. [48], Henson has made several appearances in music videos and television. She was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in an apartment that she described as “one step up from the projects”. [22] Her portrayal of Rubin received positive reviews[23] and earned her several award nominations, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Taraji Penda Henson (/ t ə ˈ r ɑː dʒ i / tə-RAH-jee; born September 11, 1970) is an American actress.She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in Baby Boy (2001). Johnson is a Diamond member of the Lambda Omega Chapter (Newport News, VA) of Alpha Kappa Alpha. [3] From 2011 to 2013, she co-starred as Detective Jocelyn Carter in the CBS drama Person of Interest, for which she won an NAACP Image Award. Mary retired from the NASA Langley Research Center in 1985 as an Aeronautical Engineer after 34 years. As detailed below, she made her singing debut in the film, which was nominated for two Academy awards and won one. In this ruling, states could satisfy this requirement by allowing blacks and whites to attend the same school or creating a second school for blacks. In 1937, at 18 years old, she graduated summa cum laude from undergrad and moved to Virginia to teach French and math at a grade school. The show seeks to prompt serious conversations about mental health and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Delta Beta Chapter Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated was founded in 1911 at Indiana University. [33][34] In the November 20, 2013 episode, "The Crossing," after co-starring for two and a half years, Henson's character, 'Joss' Carter was killed as part of the series's new storyline. Hidden Figures will be released worldwide on Jan. 13. In 2015 she began starring as Cookie Lyon in the Fox drama series Empire, for which she became the first African-American woman to win a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. She passed in 2005 and according to her obituary, “was a member of Bethel AME Church, the Newport News-Hampton Chapter of the Continental Societies, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and a former member of numerous civic and social organizations.”. The 2016 motion picture Hidden Figures starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae zeroed in on the lives of three dynamic Black women and their contribution to the Space Race. In February 2019, Henson starred in What Men Want (based on the 2000 Mel Gibson romantic comedy What Women Want)[29] as a female sports agent, looked down upon by male colleagues, who gains the power to hear men's thoughts. HOME. [8][9][10][11] Her first and middle names are of Swahili origin: Taraji ("hope") and Penda ("love"). In 2005 she starred in the rapper Common's music video "Testify" as the wife of a soon-to-be-convicted murderer,[49] and appeared in Tyrese Gibson's music video "Stay" as his love interest. Spelman College board chair Rosalind Brewer, ... Taraji P. Henson - Howard University 4 of 15 5. [1], Henson has also been a cast member on several television shows, including Lifetime's The Division and ABC's Boston Legal for one season. “Katherine Johnson, the main character in the movie who is played by Taraji P. Henson, was born on August 26th, 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia and is currently an active member of the Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha. In January 2018, she starred in Sony Screen Gems's thriller-drama film Proud Mary, as a hit woman whose life is turned around when she meets a young boy who awakens the maternal instinct she never knew she had. "[6][15], Henson graduated from Oxon Hill High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland, in 1988. He is a Central State University alum and is a proud member of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. [14] She has said that North Pole explorer Matthew Henson was "the brother of my great-great-grandfather. That year, she released a New York Times best selling autobiography titled Around the Way Girl. It won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Her recurring characters include Angela Scott on ABC's Eli Stone. Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, Unexpected Dreams – Songs From the Stars, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs, List of awards and nominations received by Taraji P. 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SISTERLY RELATIONS. [65], Henson got engaged to former NFL player Kelvin Hayden on May 13, 2018,[66] but she disclosed the end of her engagement during the October 19, 2020 episode of The Breakfast Club. Black greekdom is currently mourning the passing of NASA trailblazer and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. member Katherine Johnson. Of the three women, Johnson is the only one able to bask in the glory afforded by the film. ABOUT. She received praise for her performances as a prostitute in Hustle & Flow (2005), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination; and as a single mother of a disabled child in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), for which she received Academy Award, SAG Award and Critics Choice Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. ‘Hidden Figures’ Movie To Tell Story Of Three AKAs Who Helped NASA... N.C. 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[5], Henson was born September 11, 1970 in Southeast Washington, D.C., the daughter of Bernice (née Gordon), a corporate manager at Woodward & Lothrop, and Boris Lawrence Henson, a janitor and metal fabricator. PROGRAMS. [47] She also sang "In My Daughter's Eyes" on the 2006 charity album Unexpected Dreams – Songs From the Stars. [32], Henson has guest-starred on several television shows, including The WB's Smart Guy, the Fox series House in 2005, and CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2006. Henson, spent most of her summers as a child in Scotland Neck, NC a small town in between Rocky Mount and Ronoake Rapids, NC about an hour and a half from Raleigh, NC and 45 mins from VA stateline. She worked as a teacher at Robert R. Moton High School, in Farmville, Virginia and then moved to Newport News where she got a jobs as a mathematician at Langley Field for National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the forerunner of today’s NASA space program, where she was among the first African Americans hired as mathematicians. [4] Also that year, she was praised for her starring role as Katherine Johnson in the critically acclaimed drama film Hidden Figures, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The deal includes developing projects for the network across multiple platforms. Because the South was still segregated at the time, she was placed in a segregated section and was responsible for doing the mathematical computations for the engineers conducting aeronautical experiments. "[59][60], A supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Henson in January 2011 appeared nude in an ad for the I'd Rather Be Naked Than Wear Fur campaign. 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