Regina King
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 15, 1971 (age 55)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Regina King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Story of a Village
Movie · as Self
Children of Blood and Bone
Movie · as Queen Nehanda
Caught Stealing
Movie · as Detective Roman
Escape Room
Movie
Butterfly in the Sky
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Shirley
Movie · as Shirley Chisholm
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
TV · as Self · 3 eps
JANET JACKSON.
TV · as Self · 3 eps
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self
The Harder They Fall
Movie · as Trudy Smith
Flag Day
Movie · as U.S. Marshal Blake
Directors on Directors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Lifetime of Sundays
Movie · as Narrator
The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Watchmen
TV · as Angela Abar / Sister Night · 9 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
If Beale Street Could Talk
Movie · as Sharon Rivers
The Alec Baldwin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Seven Seconds
TV · as Latrice Butler · 10 eps
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Movie · as Self
The Snowy Day
Movie · as Mom (voice)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
American Crime
TV · as Aliyah Shadeed, Terri LaCroix, Kimara Walters · 9 eps
The Gabby Douglas Story
Movie · as Natalie Hawkins
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Movie · as Dynamite (voice)
Planes: Fire & Rescue: Smoke Jumpers
Movie · as Dynamite (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Leftovers
TV · as Erika Murphy · 11 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Strain
TV · as Ruby Wain · 3 eps
Inside the Box
Movie · as Stephanie Miles
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Movie · as Self
Shameless
TV · as Gail Johnson · 4 eps
Our Family Wedding
Movie · as Angela
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Southland
TV · as Detective Lydia Adams · 43 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Living Proof
Movie · as Ellie Jackson
Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'
Movie · as Self
The Wendy Williams Show
TV · 1 ep
Year of the Dog
Movie · as Layla
This Christmas
Movie · as Lisa Whitfield Moore
Grindin'
Movie · as Herself
The Big Bang Theory
TV · as Janine Davis · 6 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Ant Bully
Movie · as Kreela (voice)
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Movie · as Sam Fuller
The Boondocks
TV · as Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice) · 55 eps
Weekends at the D.L.
TV · 2 eps
Ray
Movie · as Margie Hendricks
A Cinderella Story
Movie · as Rhonda
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Movie · as Self
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Movie · as Grace Rossiter
Daddy Day Care
Movie · as Kim Hinton
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Movie · as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 7 eps
Truth Be Told
Movie · as Rayne
Damaged Care
Movie · as Cheryl Griffith
Leap of Faith
TV · as Cynthia · 6 eps
Down to Earth
Movie · as Sontee Jenkins
24
TV · as Sandra Palmer · 24 eps
Good Day Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Movie · as Allie
The Acting Class
Movie · as Self
Where the Truth Lies
Movie · as Lillian Rose-Martin
Love and Action in Chicago
Movie · as Lois Newton
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Movie · as Vanessa
Enemy of the State
Movie · as Carla Dean
Mighty Joe Young
Movie · as Cecily Banks
Rituals
Movie · as Iris
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jerry Maguire
Movie · as Marcee Tidwell
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Movie · as Mia
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Friday
Movie · as Dana
Higher Learning
Movie · as Monet
New York Undercover
TV · as Marah · 1 ep
Poetic Justice
Movie · as Iesha
Living Single
TV · 1 ep
Boyz n the Hood
Movie · as Shalika
Northern Exposure
TV · as Mother Nature · 1 ep
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Movie
227
TV · as Brenda Jenkins · 116 eps
Reading Rainbow
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep