Lee Daniels and Taraji P. Henson as Cookie on 'Empire' Gilbert Flores / Getty Images / Chuck Hodes / Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection Lee Daniels is mourning the loss of his sister Lydia ...

A decade after Empire first aired on Fox, Cookie Lyon remains one of television’s most iconic and influential characters. Played with unmatched flair by Taraji P. Henson, Cookie was the ...

“She was also my best friend,” he added, noting that she helped inspire the larger-than-life matriarch Taraji P. Henson played on Daniels’ 2015–2020 Fox series Empire. “In ...

Taraji P. Henson feels indebted to fellow actresses Phylicia Rashad And Debbie Allen. The sister duo, Rashad and Allen, are ...

Daniels said at the time that Empire’s Cookie was based on his sister ... in Philadelphia — and she carried a gun,” he said. Henson admitted in 2015 that she was initially intimidated ...

According to the award-winning director, Lydia helped inspire the outspoken queen bee, Cookie Lyon from his hit TV show Empire. “As the fires are burning, so is my heart. My younger sister Lydia ...

“She was also my best friend,” he added, noting that she helped inspire the larger-than-life matriarch Taraji P. Henson played on Daniels’ 2015–2020 Fox series Empire. “In Empire, the character of ...

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Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson has embarked on ... “Hidden Figures” and the TV series “Empire,” Henson is now adding wine entrepreneur to her ...

He wrote in the Jan. 10 post that Lydia was the one who inspired his writing of Taraji P. Henson‘s Empire character, Loretha “Cookie” Lyon. In an emotional post on Instagram, Daniels shared ...