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