Regina King
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 15, 1971 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Credits
- 93
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.
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Known for
Filmography
Children of Blood and Bone
2027Movie
Queen Nehanda
Caught Stealing
2025Movie
Detective Roman
Escape Room
2025Movie
Butterfly in the Sky
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Shirley
2024Movie
Shirley Chisholm
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
2022TV
Self
JANET JACKSON.
2022TV
Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021Movie
Self
The Harder They Fall
2021Movie
Trudy Smith
Flag Day
2021Movie
U.S. Marshal Blake
Directors on Directors
2021TV
Self
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020TV
Self
Watchmen
2019TV
Angela Abar / Sister Night
The Tamron Hall Show
2019TV
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
A Lifetime of Sundays
2019Movie
Narrator
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018Movie
Sharon Rivers
The Alec Baldwin Show
2018TV
Self
Seven Seconds
2018TV
Latrice Butler
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017Movie
Self
The Snowy Day
2016Movie
Mom (voice)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016TV
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015TV
Self
American Crime
2015TV
Aliyah Shadeed, Terri LaCroix, Kimara Walters
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
Planes: Fire & Rescue: Smoke Jumpers
2014Movie
Dynamite (voice)
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014Movie
Dynamite (voice)
The Strain
2014TV
Ruby Wain
The Leftovers
2014TV
Erika Murphy
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014Movie
Natalie Hawkins
Inside the Box
2013Movie
Stephanie Miles
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
2011Movie
Self
Shameless
2011TV
Gail Johnson
The Talk
2010TV
Self
Our Family Wedding
2010Movie
Angela
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010TV
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009TV
Self - Guest
Southland
2009TV
Detective Lydia Adams
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009TV
Self - Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009TV
Self - Guest Judge
Living Proof
2008Movie
Ellie Jackson
Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'
2008Movie
Self
The Wendy Williams Show
2008TV
This Christmas
2007Movie
Lisa Whitfield Moore
The Big Bang Theory
2007TV
Janine Davis
Grindin'
2007Movie
Herself
Year of the Dog
2007Movie
Layla
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
The Ant Bully
2006Movie
Kreela (voice)
The Boondocks
2005TV
Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice)
Weekends at the D.L.
2005TV
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005Movie
Sam Fuller
Ray
2004Movie
Margie Hendricks
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004Movie
Self
A Cinderella Story
2004Movie
Rhonda
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
2003Movie
Self
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003Movie
Grace Rossiter
Daddy Day Care
2003Movie
Kim Hinton
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest, Self
Damaged Care
2002Movie
Cheryl Griffith
Leap of Faith
2002TV
Cynthia
Truth Be Told
2002Movie
Rayne
24
2001TV
Sandra Palmer
Good Day Live
2001TV
Self
Down to Earth
2001Movie
Sontee Jenkins
The Acting Class
2000Movie
Self
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000Movie
Allie
Love and Action in Chicago
1999Movie
Lois Newton
Where the Truth Lies
1999Movie
Lillian Rose-Martin
Mighty Joe Young
1998Movie
Cecily Banks
Enemy of the State
1998Movie
Carla Dean
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998Movie
Vanessa
Rituals
1998Movie
Iris
The View
1997TV
Self
Jerry Maguire
1996Movie
Marcee Tidwell
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996Movie
Mia
Friday
1995Movie
Dana
Higher Learning
1995Movie
Monet
New York Undercover
1994TV
Marah
Living Single
1993TV
Poetic Justice
1993Movie
Iesha
Boyz n the Hood
1991Movie
Shalika
Northern Exposure
1990TV
Mother Nature
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985Movie
227
1985TV
Brenda Jenkins
Reading Rainbow
1983TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
The Oscars
1953TV
Self - Presenter, Self
Story of a Village
Movie
Self