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Aja Naomi King

ActorBorn January 11, 1985 (40 years)
Aja Naomi King is an American actress. She appeared in several short films before landing guest roles on the CBS procedurals Blue Bloods and Person of Interest. Her big break came in 2012 when she was cast as new surgical intern Cassandra Kopelson on the CW drama Emily Owens, M.D. The series was canceled after a single season in 2013. She later starred in the Amazon Studios comedy pilot The Onion Presents: The News. King also played Wendell Pierce's daughter Abigayle in the independent film Four, released on September 13, 2013. Along with her castmates, she won a Los Angeles Film Festival Award for her role in this movie.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Rewrite

Known For

  • How to Get Away with Murder
  • Lessons in Chemistry
  • The Upside
  • The Birth of a Nation
  • Sylvie's Love
  • Emily Owens, M.D.
  • Boxing Day
  • Grosse Pointe Garden Society

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    Filmography

    2025
    Grosse Pointe Garden Society (TV Series) · as Catherine
    2024
    The Knife · as Alex
    2023
    Lessons in Chemistry (TV Series) · as Harriet Sloane
    2023
    A Little White Lie · as Blythe Brown
    2021
    Boxing Day · as Lisa Dixon
    2020
    Sylvie's Love · as Mona
    2020
    The 24th · as Marie
    2019
    A Girl from Mogadishu · as Ifrah Ahmed
    2019
    A Black Lady Sketch Show (TV Series) · as Recluse
    2019
    Blackout (2019) (TV Series) · as Wren Foster
    2017
    The Upside · as Latrice
    2016
    2015
    Reversion · as Sophie Clé
    2014
    2014
    How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series) · as Michaela Pratt
    2014
    BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as Bojack's Date (voice)
    2014
    Black Box (TV Series) · as Ali Henslee
    2014
    Deadbeat (TV Series) · as N'cole
    2013
    The Blacklist (TV Series) · as Elysa Ruben
    2013
    36 Saints · as Joan
    2013
    Onion News Empire · as Jillian
    2012
    Four · as Abigayle
    2012
    Emily Owens, M.D. (TV Series) · as Cassandra Kopelson
    2012
    Scandal (2012) (TV Series) · as Michaela Pratt
    2011
    Person of Interest (TV Series) · as Lisa
    2011
    Damsels in Distress · as Positive Polly
    2010
    Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as Denise

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