

Regina King
Actor · Director · ProducerRegina 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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Children of Blood and Bone
2027

Caught Stealing
2025
Detective Roman

Escape Room
2025

Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Self (archive footage)

Shirley
2024
Shirley Chisholm

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Self

The Harder They Fall
2021
Trudy Smith

Flag Day
2021
U.S. Marshal Blake

A Lifetime of Sundays
2019
Narrator

If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
Sharon Rivers

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
Self

The Snowy Day
2016
Mom (voice)

The Gabby Douglas Story
2014
Natalie Hawkins

Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
Dynamite (voice)

Planes: Fire & Rescue: Smoke Jumpers
2014
Dynamite (voice)

Inside the Box
2013
Stephanie Miles

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
2011
Self

Our Family Wedding
2010
Angela

Living Proof
2008
Ellie Jackson

Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof'
2008
Self

Year of the Dog
2007
Layla

This Christmas
2007
Lisa Whitfield Moore

Grindin'
2007
Herself

The Ant Bully
2006
Kreela (voice)

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
Sam Fuller

Ray
2004
Margie Hendricks

A Cinderella Story
2004
Rhonda

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
Self

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
Grace Rossiter

Daddy Day Care
2003
Kim Hinton

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
2003
Self

Truth Be Told
2002
Rayne

Damaged Care
2002
Cheryl Griffith

Down to Earth
2001
Sontee Jenkins

If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
Allie

The Acting Class
2000
Self

Where the Truth Lies
1999
Lillian Rose-Martin

Love and Action in Chicago
1999
Lois Newton

How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
Vanessa

Enemy of the State
1998
Carla Dean

Mighty Joe Young
1998
Cecily Banks

Rituals
1998
Iris

Jerry Maguire
1996
Marcee Tidwell

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
Mia

Friday
1995
Dana

Higher Learning
1995
Monet

Poetic Justice
1993
Iesha

Boyz n the Hood
1991
Shalika

The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
- Story of a Village
Story of a Village
Self







