Fátima Ptacek ( ; born August 20, 2000) is an American film and television actress and human rights activist working with UN Women's #HeForShe campaign for gender equality, best known as the lead actor in the 2012 Academy Award winning film "Curfew" and its full-length feature film version "Before I Disappear", a 2014 American drama film directed by ?
Before I Disappear Before I Disappear is a 2014 American drama film directed by Shawn Christensen. The film is a feature-length adaptation of his 2012 Oscar-winning short film, "Curfew". The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest Film on March 10, 2014. The film was acquired for distribution by IFC Films on August 5, 2014 and released on November 28, 2014.
Taraji P. Henson Taraji Penda Henson ( ; born September 11, 1970) is an American actress, singer and author. 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). 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. In 2010, she appeared in the comedy "Date Night" and co-starred in the remake of "The Karate Kid".