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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.
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 | The Birth of a Nation · as Cherry |
| 2015 | Reversion · as Sophie Clé |
| 2014 | The Rewrite · as Rosa |
| 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 |