Regina King
42 movies · 24 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 15, 1971 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Regina Rene 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).
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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.
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Known for
Regina King: movies and TV shows
Acting (56)
- Upcoming Children of Blood and Bone
as Queen Nehanda
- 2025 Caught Stealing
as Detective Roman
- 2025
- 2024 Shirley
as Shirley Chisholm
- 2021 The Harder They Fall
as Trudy Smith
- 2021 Flag Day
as U.S. Marshal Blake
- 2019
- 2019 A Lifetime of Sundays
as Narrator
- 2018 If Beale Street Could Talk
as Sharon Rivers
- 2018
- 2016 The Snowy Day
as Mom (voice)
- 2015
- 2014 Planes: Fire & Rescue: Smoke Jumpers
as Dynamite (voice)
- 2014 Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Dynamite (voice)
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 The Gabby Douglas Story
as Natalie Hawkins
- 2013 Inside the Box
as Stephanie Miles
- 2011
- 2010 Our Family Wedding
as Angela
- 2009
- 2008 Living Proof
as Ellie Jackson
- 2007 This Christmas
as Lisa Whitfield Moore
- 2007
- 2007 Year of the Dog
as Layla
- 2006 The Ant Bully
as Kreela (voice)
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Sam Fuller
- 2004 Ray
as Margie Hendricks
- 2004 A Cinderella Story
as Rhonda
- 2003 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
as Grace Rossiter
- 2003 Daddy Day Care
as Kim Hinton
- 2002 Damaged Care
as Cheryl Griffith
- 2002
- 2002 Truth Be Told
as Rayne
- 2001
- 2001 Down to Earth
as Sontee Jenkins
- 2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2
as Allie
- 1999 Love and Action in Chicago
as Lois Newton
- 1999 Where the Truth Lies
as Lillian Rose-Martin
- 1998 Mighty Joe Young
as Cecily Banks
- 1998 Enemy of the State
as Carla Dean
- 1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Vanessa
- 1998 Rituals
as Iris
- 1996 Jerry Maguire
as Marcee Tidwell
- 1996
- 1995 Friday
as Dana
- 1995 Higher Learning
as Monet
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993 Poetic Justice
as Iesha
- 1991 Boyz n the Hood
as Shalika
- 1990
- 1985
- 1985
Behind the camera (13)
- Upcoming Story of a Village
Director
- 2025
- 2024
- 2024 Shirley
Producer
- 2020 One Night in Miami...
Executive Producer, Director
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016
- 2013 Let the Church Say Amen
Director
- 2012
- 2011
Talk shows and appearances (36)
- 2024
- 2022 Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
3 episodes
- 2022 JANET JACKSON.
3 episodes
- 2021
- 2021 Directors on Directors
1 episode
- 2020 Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
1 episode
- 2019 The Tamron Hall Show
1 episode
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
1 episode
- 2018 The Alec Baldwin Show
1 episode
- 2017
- 2016 Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2 episodes
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
3 episodes
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
3 episodes
- 2011
- 2010 The Talk
1 episode
- 2010 Who Do You Think You Are?
1 episode
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2 episodes
- 2009 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
1 episode
- 2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
1 episode
- 2008
- 2008 The Wendy Williams Show
1 episode
- 2007
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
3 episodes
- 2004
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2003
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
8 episodes
- 2001 Good Day Live
1 episode
- 2000
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode
- 1983 Reading Rainbow
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
4 episodes