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Regina King
Actor, Director, ProducerBorn January 15, 1971 (55 years)
Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971) is an American actress, director and producer. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
King first gained attention for starring in the television sitcom 227 (1985–1990). Her subsequent roles included the film Friday (1995), the animated series The Boondocks (2005–2014), and the crime television series Southland (2009–2013). She received four Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the ABC anthology series American Crime (2015–2017), the Netflix miniseries Seven Seconds, and the HBO limited series Watchmen (2019). Her other television roles include the drama series The Leftovers (2015–2017) and the sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2013–2019).
She has also played supporting roles in the drama films Boyz n the Hood (1991), Poetic Justice (1993), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), and Ray (2004), as well as in the comedies Down to Earth (2001), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), A Cinderella Story (2004), and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). She earned critical acclaim, as well as the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018). She then starred in the western The Harder They Fall (2021) and played the title role in the biopic Shirley (2024).
King has directed episodes for several television shows, including Scandal in 2015 and 2016 and This Is Us in 2017. She has also directed the music video for the 2010 song "Finding My Way Back" by Jaheim. King's feature film directorial debut came with the drama One Night in Miami... (2020), which earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director.
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King first gained attention for starring in the television sitcom 227 (1985–1990). Her subsequent roles included the film Friday (1995), the animated series The Boondocks (2005–2014), and the crime television series Southland (2009–2013). She received four Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the ABC anthology series American Crime (2015–2017), the Netflix miniseries Seven Seconds, and the HBO limited series Watchmen (2019). Her other television roles include the drama series The Leftovers (2015–2017) and the sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2013–2019).
She has also played supporting roles in the drama films Boyz n the Hood (1991), Poetic Justice (1993), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), and Ray (2004), as well as in the comedies Down to Earth (2001), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), A Cinderella Story (2004), and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). She earned critical acclaim, as well as the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018). She then starred in the western The Harder They Fall (2021) and played the title role in the biopic Shirley (2024).
King has directed episodes for several television shows, including Scandal in 2015 and 2016 and This Is Us in 2017. She has also directed the music video for the 2010 song "Finding My Way Back" by Jaheim. King's feature film directorial debut came with the drama One Night in Miami... (2020), which earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director.
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Filmography
| 2027 | |
| 2025 | Caught Stealing · as Detective Roman |
| 2024 | Shirley · as Shirley Chisholm |
| 2021 | The Harder They Fall · as Trudy Smith |
| 2021 | Flag Day · as U.s. Marshal Blake |
| 2019 | Watchmen (TV Series) · as Angela Abar / Sister Night |
| 2019 | A Lifetime of Sundays · as Narrator |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk · as Sharon Rivers |
| 2018 | Seven Seconds (TV Series) · as Latrice Butler |
| 2016 | The Snowy Day · as Mom (voice) |
| 2015 | American Crime (TV Series) · as Terri Lacroix |
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue · as Dynamite (voice) |
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue · as Dynamite (voice) |
| 2014 | The Strain (TV Series) · as Ruby Wain |
| 2014 | The Leftovers (TV Series) · as Erika Murphy |
| 2014 | The Gabby Douglas Story · as Natalie Hawkins |
| 2013 | Divorce: A Love Story · as Cassandra |
| 2011 | Shameless (US) (TV Series) · as Gail Johnson |
| 2010 | Our Family Wedding · as Angela |
| 2009 | SouthLAnd (TV Series) · as Detective Lydia Adams |
| 2008 | Living Proof · as Ellie Jackson |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) |
| 2007 | This Christmas · as Lisa Whitfield Moore |
| 2007 | The Big Bang Theory (TV Series) · as Janine Davis |
| 2007 | Year of the Dog · as Layla |
| 2006 | The Ant Bully · as Kreela (voice) |
| 2006 | The Ant Bully (TV Series) · as Kreela |
| 2005 | The Boondocks (TV Series) · as Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice) |
| 2005 | Weekends at the DL (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous · as Sam Fuller |
| 2004 | Ray · as Margie Hendricks |
| 2004 | A Cinderella Story · as Rhonda |
| 2004 | Boondocks Pilot · as Huey Freeman, Riley Freeman (voice) |
| 2003 | Tupac: Resurrection · as Cast |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde · as Grace Rossiter |
| 2003 | Daddy Day Care · as Kim Hinton |
| 2002 | Damaged Care · as Cheryl Griffith |
| 2002 | Leap of Faith (TV Series) · as Cynthia |
| 2002 | Turnaround · as Rayne |
| 2001 | 24 (TV Series) · as Sandra Palmer |
| 2001 | Down to Earth · as Sontee Jenkins |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 · as Allie |
| 1999 | Love and Action in Chicago · as Lois Newton |
| 1999 | Where the Truth Lies · as Lillian Rose-Martin |
| 1998 | Mighty Joe Young · as Cecily Banks |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State · as Carla Dean |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back · as Vanessa |
| 1996 | Jerry Maguire · as Marcee Tidwell |
| 1996 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate · as Mia |
| 1995 | Friday · as Dana |
| 1995 | Higher Learning · as Monet |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Marah |
| 1993 | Living Single (TV Series) |
| 1993 | Poetic Justice · as Iesha |
| 1991 | Boyz n the Hood · as Shalika |
| 1990 | Northern Exposure (TV Series) · as Mother Nature |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | 227 (TV Series) · as Brenda Jenkins |