Regina King
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Biography
Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971) is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of several awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four acting Primetime Emmy Awards, the most for an African-American performer. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.
King first gained attention for her role as Brenda Jenkins in the television series 227 from 1985 to 1990. Notable roles followed in the films Friday (1995) and Jerry Maguire (1996), and the crime television series Southland (2009–2013). From 2015 to 2017, King starred in the ABC anthology series American Crime, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards, and in 2018, she starred in the Netflix miniseries Seven Seconds, for which she won her third Emmy Award. Her role as a troubled mother in the 2018 film If Beale Street Could Talk won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. King won her fourth Emmy Award for starring in the 2019 superhero television series Watchmen.
King has also played supporting roles in the films Boyz n the Hood (1991), Poetic Justice (1993), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), Ray (2004), and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). Her other television roles include the drama series The Leftovers from 2015 to 2017 and the sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2013 to 2019.
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. Her feature film directorial debut came with the drama One Night in Miami... (2020), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. She became the second black woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director.
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Known For
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Saturday Night Live
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Daily Show
The Graham Norton Show
The Oscars
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Big Bang Theory
Shameless
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Strain
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Northern Exposure
Weekends at the D.L.
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
24
Planes: Fire & Rescue
The Leftovers
Higher Learning
Boyz n the Hood
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
Jerry Maguire
Friday
The Ant Bully
227
A Cinderella Story
Daddy Day Care
Seven Seconds
Leap of Faith
Damaged Care
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Poetic Justice
Ray
Southland
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Harder They Fall
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Down to Earth
Watchmen
The Boondocks
Production Credits
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