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Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon
Cookie Lyon is the ex-wife of Lucious Lyon and the mother of Andre, Jamal, and Hakeem. She invested $40,000 worth of drug money to create Empire Entertainment, and was consequently forced to spend 17 years in prison. Cookie is a skilled music producer and businesswoman. (Getty)
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