Regina King
Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971) is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of several awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four acting Primetime Emmy Awards, the most for an African-American performer. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. King first gained attention for her role as Brenda Jenkins in the television series 227 from 1985 to 1990. Notable roles followed in the films Friday (1995) and Jerry Maguire (1996), and the crime television series Southland (2009–2013). From 2015 to 2017, King starred in the ABC anthology series American Crime, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards, and in 2018, she starred in the Netflix miniseries Seven Seconds, for which she won her third Emmy Award. Her role as a troubled mother in the 2018 film If Beale Street Could Talk won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. King won her fourth Emmy Award for starring in the 2019 superhero television series Watchmen. King has also played supporting roles in the films Boyz n the Hood (1991), Poetic Justice (1993), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), Ray (2004), and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). Her other television roles include the drama series The Leftovers from 2015 to 2017 and the sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2013 to 2019. 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. Her feature film directorial debut came with the drama One Night in Miami... (2020), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. She became the second black woman to be nominated for a 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
Credits
- 2024 ·Butterfly in the Skyas Self (archive footage)
- 2024 ·Shirleyas Shirley Chisholm
- 2022 ·Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedyas Self
- 2021 ·2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonyas Self
- 2021 ·The Harder They Fallas Trudy Smith
- 2021 ·Flag Dayas U.S. Marshal Blake
- 2021 ·Variety Studio: Directors on Directorsas Self
- 2020 ·Bottomless Brunch at Colman'sas Self
- 2019 ·Watchmenas Angela Abar / Sister Night
- 2019 ·Tamron Hallas Self - Guest
- 2019 ·A Lifetime of Sundaysas Narrator
- 2018 ·If Beale Street Could Talkas Sharon Rivers
- 2018 ·The Alec Baldwin Showas Self
- 2018 ·Seven Secondsas Latrice Butler
- 2017 ·August 28: A Day in the Life of a Peopleas Self
- 2016 ·The Snowy Dayas Mom
- 2016 ·Full Frontal with Samantha Beeas Self
- 2015 ·The Late Show with Stephen Colbertas Self
- 2015 ·Close Up with The Hollywood Reporteras Self
- 2015 ·American Crimeas Aliyah Shadeed
- 2015 ·American Crimeas Terri LaCroix
- 2015 ·American Crimeas Kimara Walters
- 2014 ·Variety Studio: Actors on Actorsas Self
- 2014 ·Planes | Fire and Rescue: Smokejumpersas Dynamite (voice)
- 2014 ·Planes: Fire & Rescueas Dynamite (voice)
- 2014 ·The Strainas Ruby Wain
- 2014 ·The Leftoversas Erika Murphy
- 2014 ·Late Night with Seth Meyersas Self
- 2014 ·The Gabby Douglas Storyas Natalie Hawkins
- 2013 ·Inside the Boxas Stephanie Miles
- 2011 ·The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'as Self
- 2011 ·Shamelessas Gail Johnson
- 2010 ·Our Family Weddingas Angela
- 2010 ·Who Do You Think You Are?as Self
- 2009 ·Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenas Self - Guest
- 2009 ·Southlandas Detective Lydia Adams
- 2009 ·RuPaul's Drag Raceas Self
- 2009 ·RuPaul's Drag Raceas Self - Guest Judge
- 2008 ·Living Proofas Ellie Jackson
- 2008 ·The Wendy Williams Showas
- 2007 ·This Christmasas Lisa Whitfield Moore
- 2007 ·The Big Bang Theoryas Janine Davis
- 2007 ·Grindin'as Herself
- 2007 ·Year of the Dogas Layla
- 2007 ·The Graham Norton Showas Self
- 2006 ·The Ant Bullyas Kreela (voice)
- 2005 ·The Boondocksas Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice)
- 2005 ·Weekends at the D.L.as
- 2005 ·Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulousas Sam Fuller
- 2004 ·Rayas Margie Hendricks
- 2004 ·Genius. A Night for Ray Charlesas Self
- 2004 ·A Cinderella Storyas Rhonda
- 2003 ·The Ellen DeGeneres Showas Self
- 2003 ·Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legendas Self
- 2003 ·Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blondeas Grace Rossiter
- 2003 ·Daddy Day Careas Kim Hinton
- 2003 ·Jimmy Kimmel Live!as
- 2003 ·Jimmy Kimmel Live!as Self
- 2002 ·Damaged Careas Cheryl Griffith
- 2002 ·Leap of Faithas Cynthia
- 2002 ·Truth Be Toldas Rayne
- 2001 ·24as Sandra Palmer
- 2001 ·Good Day Liveas Self
- 2001 ·Down to Earthas Sontee Jenkins
- 2000 ·The Acting Classas Self
- 2000 ·If These Walls Could Talk 2as Allie
- 1999 ·Love and Action in Chicagoas Lois Newton
- 1999 ·Where the Truth Liesas Lillian Rose-Martin
- 1998 ·Mighty Joe Youngas Cecily Banks
- 1998 ·Enemy of the Stateas Carla Dean
- 1998 ·How Stella Got Her Groove Backas Vanessa
- 1997 ·The Viewas Self
- 1996 ·Jerry Maguireas Marcee Tidwell
- 1996 ·The Daily Showas Self
- 1996 ·A Thin Line Between Love and Hateas Mia
- 1995 ·Fridayas Dana
- 1995 ·Higher Learningas Monet
- 1994 ·New York Undercoveras Marah
- 1993 ·Living Singleas
- 1993 ·Poetic Justiceas Iesha
- 1991 ·Boyz n the Hoodas Shalika
- 1990 ·Northern Exposureas
- 1985 ·227as Brenda Jenkins
- 1983 ·Reading Rainbowas Herself - Narrator (voice)
- 1975 ·Saturday Night Liveas Self - Host
- 1953 ·The Oscarsas Self - Presenter
- 1953 ·The Oscarsas Self
- Future ·Caught Stealingas Roman
- Future ·Story of a Villageas Self