Taraji P. Henson received a nomination for an Oscar.
Taraji P. Henson . She received praise for playing a prostitute in Hustle & Flow ( 2005 ) and a single mother in David Fincher 's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ( 2008 ) ; for the latter , she received Academy Award , SAG Award and Critics Choice Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress ; for the former , she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination . She also won a Golden Globe Award , and was nominated for two Emmy Awards , in 2015 and 2016 .