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Regina King
Actor, Director, Producer
Born January 15, 1971 (53 years)
Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971) is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of several awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four acting Primetime Emmy Awards, the most for an African-American performer. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.
King first gained attention for her role as Brenda Jenkins in the television series 227 from 1985 to 1990. Notable roles followed in the films Friday (1995) and Jerry Maguire (1996), and the crime television series Southland (2009–2013). From 2015 to 2017, King starred in the ABC anthology series American Crime, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards, and in 2018, she starred in the Netflix miniseries Seven Seconds, for which she won her third Emmy Award. Her role as a troubled mother in the 2018 film If Beale Street Could Talk won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. King won her fourth Emmy Award for starring in the 2019 superhero television series Watchmen.
King has also played supporting roles in the films Boyz n the Hood (1991), Poetic Justice (1993), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), Ray (2004), and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). Her other television roles include the drama series The Leftovers from 2015 to 2017 and the sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2013 to 2019.
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. Her feature film directorial debut came with the drama One Night in Miami... (2020), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. She became the second black woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director.
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King first gained attention for her role as Brenda Jenkins in the television series 227 from 1985 to 1990. Notable roles followed in the films Friday (1995) and Jerry Maguire (1996), and the crime television series Southland (2009–2013). From 2015 to 2017, King starred in the ABC anthology series American Crime, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards, and in 2018, she starred in the Netflix miniseries Seven Seconds, for which she won her third Emmy Award. Her role as a troubled mother in the 2018 film If Beale Street Could Talk won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. King won her fourth Emmy Award for starring in the 2019 superhero television series Watchmen.
King has also played supporting roles in the films Boyz n the Hood (1991), Poetic Justice (1993), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), Ray (2004), and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). Her other television roles include the drama series The Leftovers from 2015 to 2017 and the sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2013 to 2019.
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. Her feature film directorial debut came with the drama One Night in Miami... (2020), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. She became the second black woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director.
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Known For
Filmography
| 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 |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk · as Sharon Rivers |
| 2018 | Seven Seconds (TV Series) · as Latrice Butler |
| 2016 | The Snowy Day · as Mom |
| 2015 | American Crime (TV Series) · as Terri Lacroix |
| 2014 | Planes | Fire and Rescue: Smokejumpers · 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 1985 | 227 (TV Series) · as Brenda Jenkins |