Regina King
Acting
Born: January 15, 1971 (age 55) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Highest Rated
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
The Good Doctor
2017
The Big Bang Theory
2007
Enemy of the State
1998
Jerry Maguire
1996
A Cinderella Story
2004
Shameless
2011
Boyz n the Hood
1991
Daddy Day Care
2003
Ray
2004
Friday
1995
The Strain
2014
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
Photos (4)
Movies (39)
Caught Stealing
Detective Roman
A Cinderella Story
Rhonda
Jerry Maguire
Marcee Tidwell
Enemy of the State
Carla Dean
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Dynamite (voice)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Grace Rossiter
Boyz n the Hood
Shalika
If Beale Street Could Talk
Sharon Rivers
The Ant Bully
Kreela (voice)
Ray
Margie Hendricks
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Sam Fuller
The Harder They Fall
Trudy Smith
Friday
Dana
Daddy Day Care
Kim Hinton
Mighty Joe Young
Cecily Banks
Down to Earth
Sontee Jenkins
Higher Learning
Monet
Poetic Justice
Iesha
Flag Day
U.S. Marshal Blake
This Christmas
Lisa Whitfield Moore
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Vanessa
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Allie
Shirley
Shirley Chisholm
Our Family Wedding
Angela
Living Proof
Ellie Jackson
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Mia
The Gabby Douglas Story
Natalie Hawkins
Escape Room
2025
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Year of the Dog
Layla
Planes: Fire & Rescue: Smoke Jumpers
Dynamite (voice)
Damaged Care
Cheryl Griffith
Inside the Box
Stephanie Miles
The Snowy Day
Mom (voice)
A Lifetime of Sundays
Narrator
Where the Truth Lies
Lillian Rose-Martin
Rituals
Iris
Truth Be Told
Rayne
Love and Action in Chicago
Lois Newton
TV Shows (18)
Shameless
Gail Johnson · 4 eps
24
Sandra Palmer · 24 eps
The Big Bang Theory
Janine Davis · 6 eps
Northern Exposure
Mother Nature · 1 eps
The Strain
Ruby Wain · 3 eps
The Leftovers
Erika Murphy · 11 eps
The Boondocks
Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice) · 55 eps
New York Undercover
Marah · 1 eps
Southland
Detective Lydia Adams · 43 eps
Living Single
1 eps
The Wendy Williams Show
1 eps
Watchmen
Angela Abar / Sister Night · 9 eps
227
Brenda Jenkins · 116 eps
American Crime
Aliyah Shadeed · 9 eps
American Crime
Terri LaCroix · 10 eps
American Crime
Kimara Walters · 8 eps
Seven Seconds
Latrice Butler · 10 eps
Leap of Faith
Cynthia · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (36)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 3 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 6 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
The Talk
Self · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 3 eps
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 3 eps
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
Directors on Directors
Self · 1 eps
JANET JACKSON.
Self · 3 eps
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Self · 1 eps
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
Self · 3 eps
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
The Alec Baldwin Show
Self · 1 eps
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'
Self
Butterfly in the Sky
Self (archive footage)
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Self
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Self
The Acting Class
Self
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Self
Grindin'
Herself
Upcoming (1)
Directing (11)
Shameless
Director
The Good Doctor
Director
Scandal
Director
This Is Us
Director
Animal Kingdom
Director
Insecure
Director
The Catch
Director
A Man in Full
Director
FOREVER
Director
One Night in Miami...
Director
Let the Church Say Amen
Director