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 (1985β1990). Her subsequent roles included the film Friday (1995), the animated series The Boondocks (2005β2014), and the crime television series Southland (2009β2013). She received four Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the ABC anthology series American Crime (2015β2017), the Netflix miniseries Seven Seconds, and the HBO limited series Watchmen (2019). Her other television roles include the drama series The Leftovers (2015β2017) and the sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2013β2019).
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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caught Stealing (2025) | Detective Roman | 7.3 | |
| 2 | Butterfly in the Sky (2024) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 3 | Shirley (2024) | Shirley Chisholm | 6 | |
| 4 | The Harder They Fall (2021) | Trudy Smith | 7.3 | |
| 5 | Flag Day (2021) | U.S. Marshal Blake | - | - |
| 6 | One Night in Miami... (2020) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 7 | If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) | Sharon Rivers | 7.7 | |
| 8 | The Snowy Day (2016) | Mom (voice) | - | - |
| 9 | Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) | Dynamite (voice) | 7.2 | |
| 10 | The Gabby Douglas Story (2014) | Natalie Hawkins | - | - |
| 11 | Inside the Box (2013) | Stephanie Miles | - | - |
| 12 | Our Family Wedding (2010) | Angela | 5.7 | |
| 13 | Living Proof (2008) | Ellie Jackson | 7 | |
| 14 | This Christmas (2007) | Lisa Whitfield Moore | 6 | |
| 15 | Year of the Dog (2007) | Layla | 5 | |
| 16 | The Ant Bully (2006) | Kreela (voice) | 6.4 | |
| 17 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) | Sam Fuller | 5.4 | |
| 18 | A Cinderella Story (2004) | Rhonda | 6.2 | |
| 19 | Genius. A Night for Ray Charles (2004) | Self | - | - |
| 20 | Ray (2004) Oscars 2005 | Margie Hendricks | 7.5 | |
| 21 | Daddy Day Care (2003) | Kim Hinton | 5.8 | |
| 22 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) | Grace Rossiter | 5.4 | |
| 23 | Damaged Care (2002) | Cheryl Griffith | - | - |
| 24 | Truth Be Told (2002) | Rayne | - | - |
| 25 | Down to Earth (2001) | Sontee Jenkins | 5.6 | |
| 26 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) | Allie | 7 | |
| 27 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) | Vanessa | 1 | |
| 28 | Mighty Joe Young (1998) Oscars 1999 | Cecily Banks | 5.8 | |
| 29 | Enemy of the State (1998) | Carla Dean | 7.6 | |
| 30 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) | Mia | 9 | |
| 31 | Jerry Maguire (1996) | Marcee Tidwell | 7 | |
| 32 | Friday (1995) | Dana | 7.7 | |
| 33 | Higher Learning (1995) | Monet | 7 | |
| 34 | Poetic Justice (1993) | Iesha | 6.7 | |
| 35 | Boyz n the Hood (1991) | Shalika | 7.2 |

