Regina King
Born: 1971-01-15 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Caught Stealing as Detective Roman
- FOREVER ... (Executive Producer)
- Escape Room
2024
- Shirley as Shirley Chisholm
- Butterfly in the Sky as Self (archive footage)
- A Man in Full ... (Director)
2022
- JANET JACKSON. as Self
- Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy as Self
2021
- The Harder They Fall as Trudy Smith
- Variety Studio: Directors on Directors as Self
- Flag Day as U.S. Marshal Blake
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2020
- One Night in Miami... ... (Director)
- Bottomless Brunch at Colman's as Self
2019
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- Watchmen as Angela Abar / Sister Night
- A Lifetime of Sundays as Narrator
2018
- Seven Seconds as Latrice Butler
- If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers
- The Alec Baldwin Show as Self
2017
- The Good Doctor ... (Director)
- August 28: A Day in the Life of a People as Self
2016
- This Is Us ... (Director)
- Animal Kingdom ... (Director)
- Insecure ... (Director)
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self
- The Catch ... (Director)
- The Snowy Day as Mom (voice)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- American Crime as Aliyah Shadeed
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- The Strain as Ruby Wain
- The Leftovers as Erika Murphy
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Planes: Fire & Rescue as Dynamite (voice)
- The Gabby Douglas Story as Natalie Hawkins
- Planes | Fire and Rescue: Smokejumpers as Dynamite (voice)
2013
- Let the Church Say Amen ... (Director)
- Inside the Box as Stephanie Miles
2012
- Scandal ... (Director)
2011
- Shameless as Gail Johnson
- The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' as Self
2010
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- Our Family Wedding as Angela
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Southland as Detective Lydia Adams
2008
- The Wendy Williams Show
- Living Proof as Ellie Jackson
2007
- The Big Bang Theory as Janine Davis
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- This Christmas as Lisa Whitfield Moore
- Year of the Dog as Layla
- Grindin' as Herself
2006
- The Ant Bully as Kreela (voice)
2005
- The Boondocks as Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice)
- Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous as Sam Fuller
- Weekends at the D.L.
2004
- A Cinderella Story as Rhonda
- Ray as Margie Hendricks
- Genius. A Night for Ray Charles as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Daddy Day Care as Kim Hinton
- Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde as Grace Rossiter
- Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend as Self
2002
- Damaged Care as Cheryl Griffith
- Truth Be Told as Rayne
- Leap of Faith as Cynthia
2001
- 24 as Sandra Palmer
- Good Day Live as Self
- Down to Earth as Sontee Jenkins
2000
- If These Walls Could Talk 2 as Allie
- The Acting Class as Self
1999
- Love and Action in Chicago as Lois Newton
- Where the Truth Lies as Lillian Rose-Martin
1998
- Enemy of the State as Carla Dean
- Mighty Joe Young as Cecily Banks
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Vanessa
- Rituals as Iris
1997
- The View as Self
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Jerry Maguire as Marcee Tidwell
- A Thin Line Between Love and Hate as Mia
1995
- Friday as Dana
- Higher Learning as Monet
1994
- New York Undercover as Marah
1993
- Living Single
- Poetic Justice as Iesha
1991
- Boyz n the Hood as Shalika
1990
- Northern Exposure as Mother Nature
1985
- 227 as Brenda Jenkins
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self - Presenter