The beautiful No Good Deed star, Taraji P. Henson, 44, fills Us in on a few things we didn’t know about. 

1. My nickname in college was Cookie.

2. I can’t watch the daily takes on set or I’ll obsess.

3. I was the class clown of Ballou High.

4. To pay for college, I was a singing waitress on a boat in Washington, D.C.

5. My cousin Matthew Henson helped discover the North Pole.

6. Mary-J Blige is my go-to sushi pal.

7. I’m a great cook, especially on Thanksgiving.

8. My inner self is a rock star with pink hair.

9. When I first started out, my signature look was a flower in my hair.

10. My grandma is 90 and dating. I’m not dating. What’s up with that?

11. She’s an executive producer on No Good Deed.

12. She received a scholarship to Howard University from actresses Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad.

Source: US Magazine