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