The Magic of Cinema: Take a Look at these Photos of Famous Celebrities and the Real-Life People They Portrayed on Screen
Taraji P. Henson and Katherine Johnson
One of the highlight of Taraji P. Henson’s acting career was portraying NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, a woman who is definitely a historical figure and an icon. Johnson calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and other missions, while working at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Her story during the space race was depicted in the 2017 movie Hidden Figures. To portray Johnson, Henson was dressed in 1950s style and wore glasses. Some of the flight trajectories Johnson calculated were those of astronauts John Glenn, the first American in orbit, and Alan Shepard, the first American in space.
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