Regina King
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1971-01-15
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Regina King
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Regina King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known For
Boyz n the Hood
Jul 12, 1991
Ray
Oct 29, 2004
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Mar 11, 2005
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Jul 02, 2003
Friday
Apr 26, 1995
Daddy Day Care
May 09, 2003
A Cinderella Story
Jul 16, 2004
Living Proof
Oct 18, 2008
Poetic Justice
Jul 23, 1993
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Aug 14, 1998
Enemy of the State
Nov 20, 1998
Mighty Joe Young
Dec 25, 1998
Jerry Maguire
Dec 13, 1996
The Ant Bully
Jul 28, 2006
Our Family Wedding
Mar 12, 2010
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Mar 05, 2000
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Apr 04, 1996
Year of the Dog
Apr 13, 2007
This Christmas
Nov 27, 2007
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Nov 20, 2021
Higher Learning
Jan 11, 1995
Down to Earth
Feb 16, 2001
Where the Truth Lies
Sep 13, 1999
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Oct 07, 2004
Inside the Box
Sep 30, 2013
The Gabby Douglas Story
Feb 01, 2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Jul 17, 2014
Truth Be Told
Jan 01, 2002
Butterfly in the Sky
Mar 17, 2024
Caught Stealing
Aug 27, 2025
Planes | Fire and Rescue: Smokejumpers
Nov 04, 2014
Damaged Care
May 26, 2002
The Snowy Day
Nov 25, 2016
If Beale Street Could Talk
Dec 14, 2018
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Aug 26, 2017
Love and Action in Chicago
Sep 15, 1999
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Sep 02, 2003
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Jul 19, 2011
A Lifetime of Sundays
Aug 25, 2019
Grindin'
Aug 21, 2007
The Harder They Fall
Oct 22, 2021
Shirley
Mar 15, 2024
Story of a Village
The Acting Class
Apr 29, 2000
Flag Day
Aug 20, 2021
Children of Blood and Bone
Jan 15, 2027
Last Friday
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sep 08, 2003
The View
Aug 11, 1997
227
Sep 14, 1985
24
Nov 06, 2001
Tamron Hall
Sep 09, 2019
The Boondocks
Nov 06, 2005
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
New York Undercover
Sep 08, 1994
Living Single
Aug 29, 1993
Northern Exposure
Jul 12, 1990
Leap of Faith
Feb 28, 2002
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Feb 08, 2016
The Wendy Williams Show
Jul 14, 2008
Southland
Apr 09, 2009
Good Day Live
Sep 17, 2001
Weekends at the D.L.
Jul 29, 2005
The Big Bang Theory
Sep 24, 2007
The Alec Baldwin Show
Oct 14, 2018
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Aug 02, 2015
The Leftovers
Jun 29, 2014
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
Feb 03, 2022
Reading Rainbow
Jun 06, 1983
Who Do You Think You Are?
Mar 05, 2010
Seven Seconds
Feb 23, 2018
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
Watchmen
Oct 20, 2019
The Strain
Jul 13, 2014
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
RuPaul's Drag Race
Feb 02, 2009
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Shameless
Jan 09, 2011
American Crime
Mar 05, 2015
American Crime
Mar 05, 2015
American Crime
Mar 05, 2015
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
May 03, 2020
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
Mar 03, 2021
JANET JACKSON.
Jan 28, 2022
