
Regina King
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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.
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Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Saturday Night Live

RuPaul's Drag Race

The Oscars

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Big Bang Theory

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Shameless

Who Do You Think You Are?

The Strain

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Northern Exposure

Weekends at the D.L.

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

24

Planes: Fire & Rescue

The Leftovers

Higher Learning

Children of Blood and Bone

Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy

Boyz n the Hood

Friday

Jerry Maguire

The Ant Bully

A Cinderella Story

227

Leap of Faith

Seven Seconds

Daddy Day Care

Damaged Care

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

Year of the Dog

The Harder They Fall

Southland

Ray

Poetic Justice

If Beale Street Could Talk

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

Down to Earth

Watchmen

The Boondocks
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