Regina King
Known for Acting · 91 credits
- Born
- 1971-01-15 (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).
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
TV Shows (41)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Shameless
2011
as Gail Johnson
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
24
2001
as Sandra Palmer
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The View
1997
as Self
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as Janine Davis
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
The Strain
2014
as Ruby Wain
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
The Leftovers
2014
as Erika Murphy
Northern Exposure
1990
as Mother Nature
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
New York Undercover
1994
as Marah
The Boondocks
2005
as Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self - Guest
Southland
2009
as Detective Lydia Adams
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Living Single
1993
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
227
1985
as Brenda Jenkins
Watchmen
2019
as Angela Abar / Sister Night
American Crime
2015
as Aliyah Shadeed / Terri LaCroix / Kimara Walters
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
Seven Seconds
2018
as Latrice Butler
Directors on Directors
2021
as Self
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
2022
as Self
Leap of Faith
2002
as Cynthia
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020
as Self
The Alec Baldwin Show
2018
as Self
JANET JACKSON.
2022
as Self
Weekends at the D.L.
2005
Movies (50)
A Cinderella Story
2004
as Rhonda
Friday
1995
as Dana
Caught Stealing
2025
as Detective Roman
Jerry Maguire
1996
as Marcee Tidwell
Enemy of the State
1998
as Carla Dean
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
as Grace Rossiter
Ray
2004
as Margie Hendricks
The Ant Bully
2006
as Kreela (voice)
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
as Dynamite (voice)
Boyz n the Hood
1991
as Shalika
Daddy Day Care
2003
as Kim Hinton
Poetic Justice
1993
as Iesha
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
as Sam Fuller
The Harder They Fall
2021
as Trudy Smith
Mighty Joe Young
1998
as Cecily Banks
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
Higher Learning
1995
as Monet
Shirley
2024
as Shirley Chisholm
This Christmas
2007
as Lisa Whitfield Moore
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
as Allie
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
as Sharon Rivers
Living Proof
2008
as Ellie Jackson
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Vanessa
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
Down to Earth
2001
as Sontee Jenkins
Our Family Wedding
2010
as Angela
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
as Mia
Flag Day
2021
as U.S. Marshal Blake
Damaged Care
2002
as Cheryl Griffith
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
as Self
Planes: Fire & Rescue: Smoke Jumpers
2014
as Dynamite (voice)
Year of the Dog
2007
as Layla
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
as Self
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
2003
as Self
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Snowy Day
2016
as Mom (voice)
The Acting Class
2000
as Self
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014
as Natalie Hawkins
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
2011
as Self
Grindin'
2007
as Herself
Truth Be Told
2002
as Rayne
Where the Truth Lies
1999
as Lillian Rose-Martin
Love and Action in Chicago
1999
as Lois Newton
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Rituals
1998
as Iris
Escape Room
2025
A Lifetime of Sundays
2019
as Narrator
Inside the Box
2013
as Stephanie Miles
Boondocks Pilot
2004
as Huey Freeman, Riley Freeman (voice)
Story of a Village
as Self
About Regina King
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… With 91 credits spanning from 1953 to 2027, Regina King has appeared in 50 films and 41 TV shows.
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- A Cinderella Story (2004) — as Rhonda
- Friday (1995) — as Dana
- Caught Stealing (2025) — as Detective Roman
- Jerry Maguire (1996) — as Marcee Tidwell
- Enemy of the State (1998) — as Carla Dean
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