Regina King
Age: N/A | From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Regina Rene King , 레지나 킹 , رجینا کینگ
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 36
TV Involvements: 27
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
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(2001) Sandra Palmer
RuPaul's Drag Race
(2009) Self
The Strain
(2014) Ruby Wain
Who Do You Think You Are?
(2010) Self
New York Undercover
(1994) Marah
Good Day Live
(2001) Self
Southland
(2009) Detective Lydia Adams
The Leftovers
(2014) Erika MurphyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Shirley Chisholm | ||
| Dynamite | ||
| 2022 | Self | |
| 2021 | Self | |
| Trudy Smith | ||
| U.S. Marshal Blake | ||
| 2019 | Angela Abar / Sister Night | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2018 | Sharon Rivers | |
| Self | ||
| Latrice Butler | ||
| 2017 | Self | |
| 2016 | Mom | |
| Self | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Terri LaCroix | ||
| Aliyah Shadeed | ||
| 2014 | Self | |
| Dynamite (voice) | ||
| Dynamite (voice) | ||
| Ruby Wain | ||
| Erika Murphy | ||
| Self | ||
| Natalie Hawkins | ||
| 2013 | Stephanie Miles | |
| 2011 | Self | |
| Gail Johnson | ||
| 2010 | Angela | |
| Self | ||
| 2009 | Self - Guest | |
| Detective Lydia Adams | ||
| Self - Judge | ||
| Self | ||
| 2008 | Ellie Jackson | |
| N/A | ||
| 2007 | Lisa Whitfield Moore | |
| Janine Davis | ||
| Herself | ||
| Layla | ||
| Self | ||
| 2006 | Kreela (voice) | |
| 2005 | Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| Sam Fuller | ||
| 2004 | Margie Hendricks | |
| Self | ||
| Rhonda | ||
| 2003 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Grace Rossiter | ||
| Kim Hinton | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Cheryl Griffith | |
| Cynthia | ||
| Rayne | ||
| 2001 | Sandra Palmer | |
| Self | ||
| Sontee Jenkins | ||
| 2000 | Self | |
| Allie | ||
| 1999 | Lois Newton | |
| Lillian Rose-Martin | ||
| 1998 | Cecily Banks | |
| Carla Dean | ||
| Vanessa | ||
| 1997 | Self | |
| 1996 | Marcee Tidwell | |
| Self | ||
| Mia | ||
| 1995 | Dana | |
| Monet | ||
| 1994 | Marah | |
| 1993 | N/A | |
| Iesha | ||
| 1991 | Shalika | |
| 1990 | N/A | |
| 1985 | Brenda Jenkins | |
| 1983 | Herself - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1975 | Self - Host | |
| 1953 | Self - Presenter | |
| Self - Best Supporting Actress winner | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Director | |
| 2020 | Director | |
| 2017 | Director | |
| 2016 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| 2013 | Director | |
| 2011 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2020 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |