‘You Working Errythang!’: Taraji P. Henson’s Throwback Footage Leaves Fans Fawning

Taraji P. Henson shared a throwback video of herself on Thursday, and it generated a huge response.

The clip is from one of her specials “White Hot Holidays,” which she co-hosted on Fox with fellow “Empire” actor Terrence Howard in 2015. She then hosted the show by herself for the next two years.

In the brief video, Henson can be seen sporting a black dress, which was made by Berta, a fashion house that specializes in bridal wear.

The Washington, D.C.-born actress was also playing up to the camera in the clip by fixing her hair and giving a few seductive looks.

“You working Errythang girl!” one person wrote in Henson’s comment section.

“😍FIERCE HONEY!!” wrote someone else.

And a few of Henson’s followers said the video reminded them of Diana Ross.

“Channeling your inner Diana Ross,” one person stated.

“Got that MS. Boss Ross going on,” another fan wrote.

Henson can currently be seen in the sixth and final season of “Empire,” where she’s been playing Cookie Lyon since 2015.

Next she’ll star in the Netflix cop film “Coffee & Kareem” alongside Ed Helms, who plays a Detroit police officer.

Henson portrays his girlfriend in the movie, and Helms’ character works with her son to clear his name and to take on the city’s most vicious crime figure. A release date for that project has yet to be announced.

Henson also worked with Netflix on the streaming company’s animated series “Tuca & Bertie,” that came out in May. And she voiced the part of Terry for it.

But fans let her know they’d love for her to host another Fox Holiday special, and they would easily tune in if that were the case.

“I hope you do another holiday show?” one person wrote.

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