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.
91 acting credits · 12 directing credits
Acting · 91
Shameless
2011
The Daily Show
1996
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
24
2001
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Strain
2014
The Big Bang Theory
2007
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Northern Exposure
1990
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
The Leftovers
2014
Tamron Hall
2019
The Boondocks
2005
New York Undercover
1994
The Oscars
1953
Good Day Live
2001
Southland
2009
227
1985
Reading Rainbow
1983
Living Single
1993
Watchmen
2019
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
American Crime
2015
Friday
1995
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
A Cinderella Story
2004
Enemy of the State
1998
Jerry Maguire
1996
Directors on Directors
2021
Caught Stealing
2025
Boyz n the Hood
1991
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
Seven Seconds
2018
The Ant Bully
2006
Ray
2004
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020
Daddy Day Care
2003
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
The Harder They Fall
2021
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
2022
Leap of Faith
2002
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Poetic Justice
1993
JANET JACKSON.
2022
Weekends at the D.L.
2005
The Alec Baldwin Show
2018
Higher Learning
1995
Mighty Joe Young
1998
This Christmas
2007
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
Living Proof
2008
Down to Earth
2001
Shirley
2024
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
Flag Day
2021
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
Our Family Wedding
2010
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
Year of the Dog
2007
Planes: Fire & Rescue: Smoke Jumpers
2014
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014
The Acting Class
2000
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
2003
Truth Be Told
2002
Where the Truth Lies
1999
Damaged Care
2002
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
2011
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Inside the Box
2013
The Snowy Day
2016
Escape Room
2025
Love and Action in Chicago
1999
Rituals
1998
Grindin'
2007
A Lifetime of Sundays
2019
Story of a Village
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Boondocks Pilot
2004
