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