Have you watched the FOX hit series Empire? The fierce role of Cookie Lyon is portrayed by none other than the American actress, singer, and author, Taraji P Henson. Debuting her career from Baby Boy to Empire, her journey has seen the new height and added new feathers on her cap throughout the years

All credit goes to her role in Empire, Henson became the first African-American woman to ever win the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actress. In 2016, her autobiography titled Around the Way Girl became a New York Times best-selling book.

Keeping that aside, today we are going to talk about Taraji P. Henson dating affair. So, who is Taraji P. Henson boyfriend? Also, find out the figure of Taraji P. Henson net worth. On deck, we’ll be exploring Taraji P. Henson wiki facts, bio, boyfriend, married, net worth, age, height, parents, and family.

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Taraji P. Henson Boyfriend, Engaged, and Marriage

Just like her fruitful career, Taraji P. Henson love life is also full of colors. Since 2015, she is in a blissful relationship with her boyfriend who is 13 years younger than her. Age is just a number when we love someone genuinely. But who is Taraji P. Henson boyfriend?

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Taraji P. Henson is dating her boyfriend, Kelvin Hayden, a former NFL cornerback. They began dating in 2015, but the duo managed to keep their relationship under wraps until December 2017. In May 2018, Taraji P. Henson boyfriend officially popped the question, and they got engaged.

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Previously, Henson dated her high school sweetheart, William Lamar Johnson who was murdered in 2003. However, she disclosed in the New York Times Best-selling autobiography – Around the Way Girl: A Memoir that she concluded things with him due to physical abuse.

As of now, Henson and her boyfriend are suspected to be secretly married. However, none of them has made any announcements regarding the subject. So speaking anything concerning their marriage would be baseless.

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Taraji P. Henson has been in an intimated relationship with Kelvin Hayden for over five years now. Back on 23rd July 2019, Taraji shared a kissing picture with her fiancee on his birthday with a sweet caption and heart emojis. She wrote

‘Selfie with the birthday boy, I Love You So Much’.

Moreover, the pair looked so happy and perfect together that indicates there are a fewer sign for the couple to break up. Kelvin Hayden is not just a loving partner but a proud father of Henson’s kids as well.

Taraji P. Henson Son

Along with being a brilliant actress, Henson is a beautiful mother of her son. She gave birth to her son named Marcel Johnson on May 10, 1994. The father of her child is none other than William. Her son, Marcel, was in the headlines back in October 2014 after he was pulled over at a traffic stop in possession of hashish oil and marijuana.

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However, following his mother’s footsteps, Marcel made his acting debut in 2015 with a crime drama, Misled. He has also appeared in A Girl Like Her and Needlestick.

Taraji P. Henson Net worth

Taraji P. Henson has an estimated net worth of $16million.

The actress moved to Los Angeles with only $700 in her bank balance. However, after her career took off and Baby Boy got released, she made $65,000. By 2002, she began earning $22,000 per episode for her role in The Division.

In 2002, Henson bought a $431,000 cozy Spanish condo in Glendale, Los Angeles. She boosts her net worth with the income from various endorsement deals with partners like MAC Cosmetics. In 2015, Henson received the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role incredible performance in Empire.

Taraji P. Henson Movies and TV Shows

In the year 1997, her acting performances began to air on TV. In the early 2000s, she first appeared in Baby Boy. Following that, she worked on the movies like Enough in 2002 and Hair Show in 2004. She was the part of Oscar-winning indie film Hustle & Flow in 2005. She appeared as Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which gave her first Oscar nomination.

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Her other outstanding movies are The Karate Kid (2010), Think Like A Man (2012), and Hidden Figures (2016). She has appeared on small screens too. Some of her notable appearances on TV are The Division, Boston Legal, Person of Interest and most recently, Empire.

Taraji P. Henson Wiki – Bio: Age, Height, Parents, Family

Taraji Penda Henson was born in1970, in Washington, D.C. Us to her parents Boris Lawrence Henson and Bernice (née Gordon). At the age of two, she had to separate from her parents after they got divorced. Her mother used to work at the Washington-based department store, Woodward & Lothrop while her father was a metal fabricator and janitor.

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Henson completed her schooling from Oxon Hill High School in 1988. She went to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to study electrical engineering. Later, she transferred to Howard University to study drama

Henson celebrates her birthday on September 11 that makes her age 47. She is of Afro-American ethnicity.

The beautiful actress Henson stands tall with a height of 5 feet and 4 inches.