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