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 fi ... rst 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Regina King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Intimate Betrayal | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | If Beale Street Could Talk | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Gray Matter | Nominated |
227
as Brenda Jenkins
Episodes: 116
First Aired: Sep 14, 1985
The Boondocks
as Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice)
Episodes: 55
First Aired: Nov 06, 2005
Southland
as Detective Lydia Adams
Episodes: 43
First Aired: Apr 09, 2009
24
as Sandra Palmer
Episodes: 24
First Aired: Nov 06, 2001
The Leftovers
as Erika Murphy
Episodes: 11
First Aired: Jun 29, 2014
Seven Seconds
as Latrice Butler
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Feb 23, 2018
American Crime
as Terri LaCroix
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Mar 05, 2015
Watchmen
as Angela Abar / Sister Night
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Oct 20, 2019
American Crime
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Episodes: 9
First Aired: Mar 05, 2015
American Crime
as Kimara Walters
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Mar 05, 2015
Leap of Faith
as Cynthia
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Feb 28, 2002
The Big Bang Theory
as Janine Davis
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Sep 24, 2007
Shameless
as Gail Johnson
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jan 09, 2011
The Strain
as Ruby Wain
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jul 13, 2014
New York Undercover
as Marah
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1994
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 03, 2022
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
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Episodes: 3
First Aired: Dec 21, 2014
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 22, 2007
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
JANET JACKSON.
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 28, 2022
Weekends at the D.L.
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jul 29, 2005
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 02, 2015
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 26, 2003
The View
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
Living Single
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 29, 1993
Northern Exposure
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 12, 1990
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 08, 2016
The Wendy Williams Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 14, 2008
Good Day Live
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 2001
The Alec Baldwin Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 2018
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
Reading Rainbow
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 06, 1983
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 05, 2010
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 26, 2003
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 16, 2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 02, 2009
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 03, 2020
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 03, 2021
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