Regina King
- Teen actor
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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Acted in
Caught Stealing
2025
as Roman
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Shirley
2024
as Shirley Chisholm
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
2022
as Self
JANET JACKSON.
2022
as Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
The Harder They Fall
2021
as Trudy Smith
Flag Day
2021
as U.S. Marshal Blake
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
2021
as Self
Watchmen
2019
as Angela Abar / Sister Night
A Lifetime of Sundays
2019
as Narrator
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
as Sharon Rivers
Seven Seconds
2018
as Latrice Butler
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
as Self
The Snowy Day
2016
as Mom
American Crime
2015
as Aliyah Shadeed
American Crime
2015
as Terri LaCroix
American Crime
2015
as Kimara Walters
Planes | Fire and Rescue: Smokejumpers
2014
as Dynamite (voice)
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
as Dynamite (voice)
The Strain
2014
as Ruby Wain
The Leftovers
2014
as Erika Murphy
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014
as Natalie Hawkins
Inside the Box
2013
as Stephanie Miles
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
2011
as Self
Shameless
2011
as Gail Johnson
Our Family Wedding
2010
as Angela
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
Southland
2009
as Detective Lydia Adams
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
Living Proof
2008
as Ellie Jackson
This Christmas
2007
as Lisa Whitfield Moore
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as Janine Davis
Grindin'
2007
as Herself
Year of the Dog
2007
as Layla
The Ant Bully
2006
as Kreela (voice)
The Boondocks
2005
as Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice)
Weekends at the D.L.
2005
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
as Sam Fuller
Ray
2004
as Margie Hendricks
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
as Self
A Cinderella Story
2004
as Rhonda
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
2003
as Self
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
as Grace Rossiter
Daddy Day Care
2003
as Kim Hinton
Damaged Care
2002
as Cheryl Griffith
Leap of Faith
2002
as Cynthia
Truth Be Told
2002
as Rayne
24
2001
as Sandra Palmer
Down to Earth
2001
as Sontee Jenkins
The Acting Class
2000
as Self
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
as Allie
Love and Action in Chicago
1999
as Lois Newton
Where the Truth Lies
1999
as Lillian Rose-Martin
Mighty Joe Young
1998
as Cecily Banks
Enemy of the State
1998
as Carla Dean
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
as Vanessa
Jerry Maguire
1996
as Marcee Tidwell
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
as Mia
Friday
1995
as Dana
Higher Learning
1995
as Monet
New York Undercover
1994
as Marah
Living Single
1993
Poetic Justice
1993
as Iesha
Boyz n the Hood
1991
as Shalika
Northern Exposure
1990
227
1985
as Brenda Jenkins
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Story of a Village
as Self