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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Filmography
all 92
Movies 47
TV Shows 45
self 29
Director 10
Producer 3
Voice 3
A Man in Full (2024)
Shirley (2024)
Planes: Back to School (2024)
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy (2022)
JANET JACKSON. (2022)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2021)
The Harder They Fall (2021)
Flag Day (2021)
Fashion News (2021)
One Night in Miami... (2020)
Watchmen (2019)
Tamron Hall (2019)
A Lifetime of Sundays (2019)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
The Alec Baldwin Show (2018)
Seven Seconds (2018)
The Good Doctor (2017)
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People (2017)
The Snowy Day (2016)
Insecure (2016)
This Is Us (2016)
Animal Kingdom (2016)
The Catch (2016)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
American Crime (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Planes Fire and Rescue: Smokejumpers (2014)
Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
The Strain (2014)
The Leftovers (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Gabby Douglas Story (2014)
Inside the Box (2013)
Let the Church Say Amen (2013)
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' (2011)
Shameless (2011)
Our Family Wedding (2010)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)
Southland (2009)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Living Proof (2008)
The Wendy Williams Show (2008)
This Christmas (2007)
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Grindin' (2007)
Year of the Dog (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The Ant Bully (2006)
The Boondocks (2005)
Weekends at the D.L. (2005)
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
Ray (2004)
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles (2004)
A Cinderella Story (2004)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend (2003)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
Daddy Day Care (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Damaged Care (2002)
Leap of Faith (2002)
Truth Be Told (2002)
24 (2001)
Good Day Live (2001)
Down to Earth (2001)
The Acting Class (2000)
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
Love and Action in Chicago (1999)
Where the Truth Lies (1999)
Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Enemy of the State (1998)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
The View (1997)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)
Friday (1995)
Higher Learning (1995)
New York Undercover (1994)
Living Single (1993)
Poetic Justice (1993)
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Northern Exposure (1990)
227 (1985)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
The Oscars (1953)
Story of a Village
Forever
Bitter Root
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1971-01-15 (53 years old)
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States of America
Height160-metre, 160-meter
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known As Regina Rene King, 레지나 킹
AwardsNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, BET Award for Best Actor & Actress, Critics' Choice Television Award
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