Taraji P. Henson
publication date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 (part of Round XXXVIII)
category: Movies
clue: She didn't give birth to a 90-year-old man, but she was his mother anyway.
explanation: Henson played the adoptive mother of the reverse-aging main character in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Sarah Kyle, Walter Chesser, Mihai Rusu, and Vicki Moore
trivia: Henson was nominated for an Oscar for the role.
![]() | This goo was part of Oscars Week 2009. |
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