Aja Naomi King
Aja Naomi King is an American actress. She appeared in several short films before landing guest roles on the CBS procedurals Blue Bloods and Person of Interest. Her big break came in 2012 when she was cast as new surgical intern Cassandra Kopelson on the CW drama Emily Owens, M.D. The series was canceled after a single season in 2013. She later starred in the Amazon Studios comedy pilot The Onion Presents: The News. King also played Wendell Pierce's daughter Abigayle in the independent film Four, released on September 13, 2013. Along with her castmates, she won a Los Angeles Film Festival Award for her role in this movie.
Acted in
Grosse Pointe Garden Society
2025
as Catherine
The Knife
2024
as Alex
Lessons in Chemistry
2023
as Harriet Sloane
A Little White Lie
2023
as Blythe Brown
L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
2021
as Self
Boxing Day
2021
as Lisa Dixon
The 24th
2020
as Marie
Sylvie's Love
2020
as Mona
A Girl From Mogadishu
2019
as Ifrah Ahmed
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Recluse
The Upside
2019
as Latrice
The Birth of a Nation
2016
as Cherry
Reversion
2015
as Sophie Clé
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Michaela Pratt
BoJack Horseman
2014
as BoJack's date (voice)
The Rewrite
2014
as Rosa
Black Box
2014
as Ali Henslee
The Blacklist
2013
as Elysa Ruben
Four
2013
as Abigayle
36 Saints
2013
as Joan
Onion News Empire
2013
as Jillian
Emily Owens, M.D
2012
as Cassandra Kopelson
Damsels in Distress
2012
as Positive Polly
Scandal
2012
as Michaela Pratt
Person of Interest
2011
as Lisa
Blue Bloods
2010
as Denise
Boxing Day 2
as Lisa Dixon