Regina King
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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
Credits
Caught Stealing (2025)
as Detective Roman
Enemy of the State (1998)
as Carla Dean
Jerry Maguire (1996)
as Marcee Tidwell
A Cinderella Story (2004)
as Rhonda
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
as Shalika
The Harder They Fall (2021)
as Trudy Smith
The Ant Bully (2006)
as Kreela (voice)
Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
as Dynamite (voice)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
as Grace Rossiter
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
as Sam Fuller
Friday (1995)
as Dana
Mighty Joe Young (1998)
as Cecily Banks
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
as Sharon Rivers
Ray (2004)
as Margie Hendricks
Daddy Day Care (2003)
as Kim Hinton
Down to Earth (2001)
as Sontee Jenkins
Children of Blood and Bone (2027)
as Queen Nehanda
Higher Learning (1995)
as Monet
Flag Day (2021)
as U.S. Marshal Blake
Poetic Justice (1993)
as Iesha
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
as Vanessa
Our Family Wedding (2010)
as Angela
This Christmas (2007)
as Lisa Whitfield Moore
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
as Allie
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2021)
as Self
Year of the Dog (2007)
as Layla
Planes: Fire & Rescue: Smoke Jumpers (2014)
as Dynamite (voice)
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)
as Mia
The Gabby Douglas Story (2014)
as Natalie Hawkins
Butterfly in the Sky (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People (2017)
as Self
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There (1985)
Actor
Shirley (2024)
as Shirley Chisholm
Where the Truth Lies (1999)
as Lillian Rose-Martin
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' (2011)
as Self
Escape Room (2025)
Actor
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles (2004)
as Self
Truth Be Told (2002)
as Rayne
Living Proof (2008)
as Ellie Jackson
Love and Action in Chicago (1999)
as Lois Newton
Damaged Care (2002)
as Cheryl Griffith
Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof' (2008)
as Self
The Snowy Day (2016)
as Mom (voice)
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend (2003)
as Self
The Acting Class (2000)
as Self
Rituals (1998)
as Iris
A Lifetime of Sundays (2019)
as Narrator
Story of a Village (—)
as Self
Inside the Box (2013)
as Stephanie Miles
Grindin' (2007)
as Herself