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

Shameless

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

24

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (50)

• Children of Blood and Bone2027
• Caught Stealing2025 · as Detective Roman
• Escape Room2025
• Butterfly in the Sky2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Shirley2024 · as Shirley Chisholm
• 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony2021 · as Self
• The Harder They Fall2021 · as Trudy Smith
• Flag Day2021 · as U.S. Marshal Blake
• A Lifetime of Sundays2019 · as Narrator
• If Beale Street Could Talk2018 · as Sharon Rivers
• August 28: A Day in the Life of a People2017 · as Self
• The Snowy Day2016 · as Mom (voice)
• Planes: Fire & Rescue: Smoke Jumpers2014 · as Dynamite (voice)
• Planes: Fire & Rescue2014 · as Dynamite (voice)
• The Gabby Douglas Story2014 · as Natalie Hawkins
• Inside the Box2013 · as Stephanie Miles
• The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'2011 · as Self
• Our Family Wedding2010 · as Angela
• Living Proof2008 · as Ellie Jackson
• Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'2008 · as Self
• This Christmas2007 · as Lisa Whitfield Moore
• Grindin'2007 · as Herself
• Year of the Dog2007 · as Layla
• The Ant Bully2006 · as Kreela (voice)
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous2005 · as Sam Fuller
• Ray2004 · as Margie Hendricks
• Genius. A Night for Ray Charles2004 · as Self
• A Cinderella Story2004 · as Rhonda
• Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend2003 · as Self
• Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde2003 · as Grace Rossiter
• Daddy Day Care2003 · as Kim Hinton
• Damaged Care2002 · as Cheryl Griffith
• Truth Be Told2002 · as Rayne
• Down to Earth2001 · as Sontee Jenkins
• The Acting Class2000 · as Self
• If These Walls Could Talk 22000 · as Allie
• Love and Action in Chicago1999 · as Lois Newton
• Where the Truth Lies1999 · as Lillian Rose-Martin
• Mighty Joe Young1998 · as Cecily Banks
• Enemy of the State1998 · as Carla Dean
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back1998 · as Vanessa
• Rituals1998 · as Iris
• Jerry Maguire1996 · as Marcee Tidwell
• A Thin Line Between Love and Hate1996 · as Mia
• Friday1995 · as Dana
• Higher Learning1995 · as Monet
• Poetic Justice1993 · as Iesha
• Boyz n the Hood1991 · as Shalika
• The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There1985
• Story of a Village— · as Self

All TV Shows (45)

• Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy2022 · as Self
• JANET JACKSON.2022 · as Self
• Directors on Directors2021 · as Self
• Bottomless Brunch at Colman's2020 · as Self
• Watchmen2019 · as Angela Abar / Sister Night
• Tamron Hall2019 · as Self - Guest
• The Alec Baldwin Show2018 · as Self
• Seven Seconds2018 · as Latrice Butler
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee2016 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• American Crime2015 · as Aliyah Shadeed
• American Crime2015 · as Terri LaCroix
• American Crime2015 · as Kimara Walters
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• The Strain2014 · as Ruby Wain
• The Leftovers2014 · as Erika Murphy
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• Shameless2011 · as Gail Johnson
• Who Do You Think You Are?2010 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Southland2009 · as Detective Lydia Adams
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self - Guest
• RuPaul's Drag Race2009 · as Self - Guest Judge
• The Wendy Williams Show2008
• The Big Bang Theory2007 · as Janine Davis
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Boondocks2005 · as Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice)
• Weekends at the D.L.2005
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Leap of Faith2002 · as Cynthia
• 242001 · as Sandra Palmer
• Good Day Live2001 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• New York Undercover1994 · as Marah
• Living Single1993
• Northern Exposure1990 · as Mother Nature
• 2271985 · as Brenda Jenkins
• Reading Rainbow1983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self - Presenter
• The Oscars1953 · as Self