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‘Empire’ star Taraji P. Henson has working memoir, planned for 2016

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FILE - In this April 2, 2015 file photo, actress Taraji P. Henson arrives at the Launch Of The Samsung Galaxy S6 And The Galaxy S6 Edge at Quixote Studios in West Hollywood, Calif. The Oscar-nominated actress, who currently stars as Cookie Lyon in the Fox series "Empire," has a deal with the Simon & Schuster imprint 37 Ink. The publisher said Thursday, April 9, that the book is currently untitled and a 2016 release is planned. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Her immediate plans are to host “Saturday Night Live” this weekend. But Taraji P. Henson also has a memoir in her future.

The Oscar-nominated actress, who stars as Cookie Lyon in the Fox series “Empire,” has a deal with the Simon & Schuster imprint 37 Ink. The publisher told The Associated Press on Thursday that the book is currently untitled with a planned mid-2016 release.

Henson, 44, will write about her childhood in a rough Washington, DC neighbourhood, being a single parent and her film and TV roles. She also appeared in the films “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” ”Hustle & Flow” and “Baby Boy” and was an Emmy nominee for the TV movie “Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story.”

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