Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 15, 1971
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
103 titles
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
Filmography
Children of Blood and Bone
Caught Stealing
Detective Roman
Escape Room
FOREVER
Executive Producer
A Man in Full
Director
Butterfly in the Sky
Self (archive footage)
Shirley
Shirley Chisholm
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
Self
JANET JACKSON.
Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
The Harder They Fall
Trudy Smith
Flag Day
U.S. Marshal Blake
Directors on Directors
Self
One Night in Miami...
Executive Producer
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Self
Watchmen
Angela Abar / Sister Night
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
A Lifetime of Sundays
Narrator
If Beale Street Could Talk
Sharon Rivers
The Alec Baldwin Show
Self
Seven Seconds
Latrice Butler
The Good Doctor
Director
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Self
The Snowy Day
Mom (voice)
Insecure
Director
This Is Us
Director
Animal Kingdom
Director
The Catch
Director
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
American Crime
Aliyah Shadeed
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Planes: Fire & Rescue: Smoke Jumpers
Dynamite (voice)
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Dynamite (voice)
The Strain
Ruby Wain
The Leftovers
Erika Murphy
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Gabby Douglas Story
Natalie Hawkins
Inside the Box
Stephanie Miles
Let the Church Say Amen
Director
Scandal
Director
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
Shameless
Gail Johnson
The Talk
Self
Our Family Wedding
Angela
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Southland
Detective Lydia Adams