She’s been acting for over two decades but her role as Cookie Lyons on Fox’s hit TV show EMPIRE has made her a household name and now at 44 Taraji P. Henson is snatching magazine covers left, right & center!
This month she graces the cover of the August edition of W Magazine and she is showing a whole lotta skin (read: b00bies) in the publication. But Taraji isn’t just showing skin in this issue she’s also giving us so much attitude in a pair of jeans and white t-shirt among other haute looks!
In this issue she speaks on her role as Cookie in “Empire” saying
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Not only would I never be offered a character like Cookie in a movie, but she doesn’t exist. Cookie is bold and crazy, and she loves the struggle. She started from nothing, and now she’s at the top. In that way, we’re alike: Cookie is the American Dream.
On her 3.49 million followers on Twitter alone she says,
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They want Cookie. They see her heart. They see her intentions. And they love her style—her style is 17 years behind the fashion curve, which makes the clothes a character on the show. As Cookie grows, you’ll see her fashion grow. And people love that—she’s a work in progress. The only thing that never changes is her spirit: To me, Cookie is living, breathing, walking truth.
When Lee Daniels (Creator of EMPIRE) asked Taraji P. Henson if she was interested in playing Cookie Lyon, her answer was a flat-out no.
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I was like, This is stupid. Hip-hop—dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb. But then I started to think, Cookie is going to piss so many people off! She hits her son with a broom; she talks back. Clearly, this was a challenge.
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