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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-01-15 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Regina Rene King

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Regina King

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.

Known For

Acting

Boyz n the Hood

1991

Boyz n the Hood

as

Shalika

Ray

2004

Ray

as

Margie Hendricks

Friday

1995

Friday

as

Dana

Daddy Day Care

2003

Daddy Day Care

as

Kim Hinton

A Cinderella Story

2004

A Cinderella Story

as

Rhonda

Living Proof

2008

Living Proof

as

Ellie Jackson

Poetic Justice

1993

Poetic Justice

as

Iesha

Enemy of the State

1998

Enemy of the State

as

Carla Dean

Mighty Joe Young

1998

Mighty Joe Young

as

Cecily Banks

Jerry Maguire

1996

Jerry Maguire

as

Marcee Tidwell

The Ant Bully

2006

The Ant Bully

as

Kreela (voice)

Our Family Wedding

2010

Our Family Wedding

as

Angela

Year of the Dog

2007

Year of the Dog

as

Layla

This Christmas

2007

This Christmas

as

Lisa Whitfield Moore

Higher Learning

1995

Higher Learning

as

Monet

Down to Earth

2001

Down to Earth

as

Sontee Jenkins

Where the Truth Lies

1999

Where the Truth Lies

as

Lillian Rose-Martin

Inside the Box

2013

Inside the Box

as

Stephanie Miles

The Gabby Douglas Story

2014

The Gabby Douglas Story

as

Natalie Hawkins

Planes: Fire & Rescue

2014

Planes: Fire & Rescue

as

Dynamite (voice)

Truth Be Told

2002

Truth Be Told

as

Rayne

Butterfly in the Sky

2024

Butterfly in the Sky

as

Self (archive footage)

Caught Stealing

2025

Caught Stealing

as

Roman

Damaged Care

2002

Damaged Care

as

Cheryl Griffith

The Snowy Day

2016

The Snowy Day

as

Mom (voice)

If Beale Street Could Talk

2018

If Beale Street Could Talk

as

Sharon Rivers

A Lifetime of Sundays

2019

A Lifetime of Sundays

as

Narrator

Grindin'

2007

Grindin'

as

Herself

The Harder They Fall

2021

The Harder They Fall

as

Trudy Smith

Shirley

2024

Shirley

as

Shirley Chisholm

Flag Day

2021

Flag Day

as

U.S. Marshal Blake

Last Friday

Last Friday

as

Dana Jones

The View

The View

as

Self

227

227

as

Brenda Jenkins

24

24

as

Sandra Palmer

Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall

as

Self - Guest

The Boondocks

The Boondocks

as

Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice)

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as

Self - Host

Leap of Faith

Leap of Faith

as

Cynthia

Southland

Southland

as

Detective Lydia Adams

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory

as

Janine Davis

The Leftovers

The Leftovers

as

Erika Murphy

Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow

as

Herself - Narrator (voice)

Seven Seconds

Seven Seconds

as

Latrice Butler

Watchmen

Watchmen

as

Angela Abar / Sister Night

The Strain

The Strain

as

Ruby Wain

The Oscars

The Oscars

as

Self - Presenter

RuPaul's Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race

as

Self - Guest Judge

Shameless

Shameless

as

Gail Johnson

American Crime

American Crime

as

Aliyah Shadeed

American Crime

American Crime

as

Terri LaCroix

American Crime

American Crime

as

Kimara Walters

Production

Crew

Directing