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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Children of Blood and Bone
Character:
Release Date:15/01/2027
Caught Stealing
Character:Detective Roman
Release Date:26/08/2025
Escape Room
Character:
Release Date:22/08/2025
Butterfly in the Sky
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/03/2024
Shirley
Character:Shirley Chisholm
Release Date:15/03/2024
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Character:Self
Release Date:20/11/2021
The Harder They Fall
Character:Trudy Smith
Release Date:22/10/2021
Flag Day
Character:U.S. Marshal Blake
Release Date:20/08/2021
A Lifetime of Sundays
Character:Narrator
Release Date:25/08/2019
If Beale Street Could Talk
Character:Sharon Rivers
Release Date:14/12/2018
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Character:Self
Release Date:26/08/2017
The Snowy Day
Character:Mom (voice)
Release Date:25/11/2016
Planes | Fire and Rescue: Smokejumpers
Character:Dynamite (voice)
Release Date:04/11/2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Character:Dynamite (voice)
Release Date:17/07/2014
The Gabby Douglas Story
Character:Natalie Hawkins
Release Date:01/02/2014
Inside the Box
Character:Stephanie Miles
Release Date:30/09/2013
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Character:Self
Release Date:19/07/2011
Our Family Wedding
Character:Angela
Release Date:12/03/2010
Living Proof
Character:Ellie Jackson
Release Date:18/10/2008
This Christmas
Character:Lisa Whitfield Moore
Release Date:27/11/2007
Grindin'
Character:Herself
Release Date:21/08/2007
Year of the Dog
Character:Layla
Release Date:13/04/2007
The Ant Bully
Character:Kreela (voice)
Release Date:28/07/2006
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Character:Sam Fuller
Release Date:11/03/2005
Ray
Character:Margie Hendricks
Release Date:29/10/2004
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2004
A Cinderella Story
Character:Rhonda
Release Date:16/07/2004
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Character:Self
Release Date:02/09/2003
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Character:Grace Rossiter
Release Date:02/07/2003
Daddy Day Care
Character:Kim Hinton
Release Date:09/05/2003
Damaged Care
Character:Cheryl Griffith
Release Date:26/05/2002
Truth Be Told
Character:Rayne
Release Date:01/01/2002
Down to Earth
Character:Sontee Jenkins
Release Date:16/02/2001
The Acting Class
Character:Self
Release Date:29/04/2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Character:Allie
Release Date:05/03/2000
Love and Action in Chicago
Character:Lois Newton
Release Date:15/09/1999
Where the Truth Lies
Character:Lillian Rose-Martin
Release Date:13/09/1999
Mighty Joe Young
Character:Cecily Banks
Release Date:25/12/1998
Enemy of the State
Character:Carla Dean
Release Date:20/11/1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Character:Vanessa
Release Date:14/08/1998
Rituals
Character:Iris
Release Date:01/01/1998
Jerry Maguire
Character:Marcee Tidwell
Release Date:13/12/1996
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Character:Mia
Release Date:04/04/1996
Friday
Character:Dana
Release Date:26/04/1995
Higher Learning
Character:Monet
Release Date:11/01/1995
Poetic Justice
Character:Iesha
Release Date:23/07/1993
Boyz n the Hood
Character:Shalika
Release Date:12/07/1991
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Character:
Release Date:16/09/1985
Television Appearances
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
Character:Self
JANET JACKSON.
Character:Self
Directors on Directors
Character:Self
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Character:Self
Watchmen
Character:Angela Abar / Sister Night
Tamron Hall
Character:Self - Guest
The Alec Baldwin Show
Character:Self
Seven Seconds
Character:Latrice Butler
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Character:Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
American Crime
Character:Aliyah Shadeed
American Crime
Character:Terri LaCroix
American Crime
Character:Kimara Walters
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
The Strain
Character:Ruby Wain
The Leftovers
Character:Erika Murphy
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
Shameless
Character:Gail Johnson
Who Do You Think You Are?
Character:Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
Southland
Character:Detective Lydia Adams
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self - Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
Character:Self - Guest Judge
The Wendy Williams Show
Character:
The Big Bang Theory
Character:Janine Davis
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The Boondocks
Character:Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice)
Weekends at the D.L.
Character:
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest
Leap of Faith
Character:Cynthia
24
Character:Sandra Palmer
Good Day Live
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
The Daily Show
Character:Self
New York Undercover
Character:Marah
Living Single
Character:
Northern Exposure
Character:Mother Nature
227
Character:Brenda Jenkins
Reading Rainbow
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
The Oscars
Character:Self - Presenter
The Oscars
Character:Self
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