Regina King
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Regina King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Boyz n the Hood
(Shalika)
Ray
(Margie Hendricks)
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
(Sam Fuller)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
(Grace Rossiter)
Friday
(Dana)
Daddy Day Care
(Kim Hinton)
A Cinderella Story
(Rhonda)
Living Proof
(Ellie Jackson)
Poetic Justice
(Iesha)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
(Vanessa)
Enemy of the State
(Carla Dean)
Mighty Joe Young
(Cecily Banks)
Jerry Maguire
(Marcee Tidwell)
The Ant Bully
(Kreela (voice))
Our Family Wedding
(Angela)
If These Walls Could Talk 2
(Allie)
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
(Mia)
Year of the Dog
(Layla)
This Christmas
(Lisa Whitfield Moore)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(Self)
Higher Learning
(Monet)
Down to Earth
(Sontee Jenkins)
Where the Truth Lies
(Lillian Rose-Martin)
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
(Self)
Inside the Box
(Stephanie Miles)
The Gabby Douglas Story
(Natalie Hawkins)
Planes: Fire & Rescue
(Dynamite (voice))
Truth Be Told
(Rayne)
Butterfly in the Sky
(Self (archive footage))
Caught Stealing
(Roman)
Planes | Fire and Rescue: Smokejumpers
(Dynamite (voice))
Damaged Care
(Cheryl Griffith)
The Snowy Day
(Mom)
If Beale Street Could Talk
(Sharon Rivers)
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
(Self)
Love and Action in Chicago
(Lois Newton)
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
(Self)
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
(Self)
A Lifetime of Sundays
(Narrator)
Grindin'
(Herself)
The Harder They Fall
(Trudy Smith)
Shirley
(Shirley Chisholm)
Story of a Village
(Self)
The Acting Class
(Self)
Flag Day
(U.S. Marshal Blake)
The Boondocks
(Huey & Riley Freeman)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The View
(Self)
227
(Brenda Jenkins)
24
(Sandra Palmer)
Tamron Hall
(Self - Guest)
The Boondocks
(Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice))
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
New York Undercover
(Marah)
Living Single
Northern Exposure
Leap of Faith
(Cynthia)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
(Self)
The Wendy Williams Show
Southland
(Detective Lydia Adams)
Good Day Live
(Self)
Weekends at the D.L.
The Big Bang Theory
(Janine Davis)
The Alec Baldwin Show
(Self)
The Daily Show
(Self)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
The Leftovers
(Erika Murphy)
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
(Self)
Reading Rainbow
(Herself - Narrator (voice))
Who Do You Think You Are?
(Self)
Seven Seconds
(Latrice Butler)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
Watchmen
(Angela Abar / Sister Night)
The Strain
(Ruby Wain)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
RuPaul's Drag Race
(Self)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
The Oscars
(Self - Presenter)
RuPaul's Drag Race
(Self - Judge)
The Oscars
(Self - Best Supporting Actress winner)
Shameless
(Gail Johnson)
American Crime
(Aliyah Shadeed)
American Crime
(Terri LaCroix)
American Crime
(Kimara Walters)
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
(Self)
Bitter Root
(Director)
Let the Church Say Amen
(Director)
Bitter Root
(Producer)
One Night in Miami...
(Executive Producer)
One Night in Miami...
(Director)
Story of a Village
(Director)
Shirley
(Producer)
Animal Kingdom
(Director)
The Good Doctor
(Director)
This Is Us
(Director)
The Catch
(Director)
Shameless
(Director)
Insecure
(Director)
A Man in Full
(Director)
Forever
(Executive Producer)
Forever
(Director)
A Man in Full
(Executive Producer)