
Regina King
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 (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.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.566 |
Birthday | 1971-01-15 |
Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Also Known As | Regina Rene King, 레지나 킹, رجینا کینگ, |

1991

Boyz n the Hood
7.6/2027
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2004

Ray
7.4/2027
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make h...
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2005

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
5.8/1859
After her triumph at the Miss United States pageant, FBI agent Gracie Hart becomes an overnight sensation -- and the new "face of the FBI". But it's t...
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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

1995

Friday
7.119/1855
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
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2003

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
5.7/1609
Now a rising young lawyer, Elle Woods is about to make partner at her firm, but when she finds out her dog's relatives are being used as cosmetic test...
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Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

2003

Daddy Day Care
5.9/2134
Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.
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Daddy Day Care

2004

A Cinderella Story
6.6/3229
Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the sc...
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A Cinderella Story

2008

Living Proof
6.9/16
Dr Dennis Slamon, an American oncologist, discovers a treatment that could possibly cure breast cancer without radiation or chemotherapy. He tries to...
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1993

Poetic Justice
6.9/254
Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to att...
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1998

How Stella Got Her Groove Back
5.8/118
Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really li...
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1998

Enemy of the State
7.053/3910
The life of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean is turned upside down after a chance meeting with a college buddy while holiday...
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Enemy of the State

1998

Mighty Joe Young
6.3/822
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill...
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Mighty Joe Young

1996

Jerry Maguire
6.965/3356
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plu...
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Jerry Maguire

2006

The Ant Bully
5.738/1388
Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his front yard ... until the i...
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2010

Our Family Wedding
5.702/129
The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.
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Our Family Wedding

2000

If These Walls Could Talk 2
6.6/101
The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who are at a crossroads in their lives. In 1961, Ed...
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If These Walls Could Talk 2

1996

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
5.7/84
Nightclub manager Darnell Wright is a perpetual playboy who is almost as devoted to his job as he is to the pursuit of beautiful women. After he sets...
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A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

2007

Year of the Dog
5.449/68
A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.
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Year of the Dog

2007

This Christmas
6.5/134
This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and the...
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This Christmas

2021

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
7/1
Filmed at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honors inductees: Tina Turner, Carol...
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2001

Down to Earth
5.5/406
Struggling comic Lance Barton knows what it's like to die on stage. But when his life takes an unexpected turn - straight to heaven - Lance is sure th...
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Down to Earth

1995

Higher Learning
6.4/219
African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will...
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Higher Learning

1999

Where the Truth Lies
6/3
Courtroom drama where an ambitious but inexperienced young lawyer defends a deaf political campaign manager accused of murder. But is her client too b...
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Where the Truth Lies

2004

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
7.2/15
A meld of legendary performers and contemporary artists of today who have been influenced by Ray's music perform in this concert extravaganza.
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Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

2013

Inside the Box
6.5/4
When the local District Attorney comes knocking, a Texan cop is forced to face a secret that he's been hiding from his wife in an effort to keep his f...
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2014

The Gabby Douglas Story
7.423/65
The true story of Gabby Douglas who becomes the first African American to be named Individual All-Around Champion in artistic gymnastics at the Olympi...
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The Gabby Douglas Story

2014

Planes: Fire & Rescue
6.183/857
When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of...
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Planes: Fire & Rescue

2002

Truth Be Told
7.5/2
Rayne Johnson is a shrewd investment company assistant who turns a mob slaying into a golden opportunity for a new improved lifestyle, managing to out...
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Truth Be Told

2024

Butterfly in the Sky
8/7
Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or ‘90s exclaiming “Reading Rainbow!” Such is the beloved...
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Butterfly in the Sky

2025

Caught Stealing
0/0
Hank Thompson, a burned-out former baseball player, is unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of '90s...
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Caught Stealing

2014

Planes | Fire and Rescue: Smokejumpers
6.5/2
The Smokejumpers handle another mission in the park.
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Planes | Fire and Rescue: Smokejumpers

2002

Damaged Care
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Anesthesist Doug Peeno hopes to pay for the legal costs of his custody battle with the proceeds of his current wife Linda's new job, as medical office...
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Damaged Care

2016

The Snowy Day
7/10
Based on the award-winning book by Ezra Jack Keats. Peter goes on a magical, snowy walk to his Nana's house to bring home their Christmas Eve dinner.
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The Snowy Day

2018

If Beale Street Could Talk
6.9/1144
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
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If Beale Street Could Talk

2017

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
1/1
Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

1999

Love and Action in Chicago
5/7
Just when covert assassin Eddie Jones decides to ditch his dangerous job to settle down with his girlfriend, his superiors convince him to kill a rene...
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Love and Action in Chicago

2011

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
2/1
A wonderful retrospective supplement that features much of the primary cast cast as well as Writer/Director John Singleton looking back at the picture...
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The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

2003

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
4.5/2
Cast and crew offer up a nice overview piece, discussing the picture's authenticity, real life in the time of "Boyz n the Hood," the parallels between...
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Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

2019

A Lifetime of Sundays
0/0
Celebrating the league's 100th season and championing the women who have played an integral role in its history, NFL Films presents an unprecedented l...
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A Lifetime of Sundays

2007

Grindin'
6/1
Comedy - GRINDIN' is an over the top comedy about T.O., a successful working actor who falls from Hollywood grace in the midst of livin' it up. - Law...
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2021

The Harder They Fall
6.644/1075
Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.
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2024

Shirley
6.9/75
Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.
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Story of a Village
0/0
It's about the repairing of a school in Sierra Leone, helped by Regina King and her friend Tiffany Persons.
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2000

The Acting Class
10/1
A comedy about an exceptionally dysfunctional acting class. Playing unsuspecting college students, Liz and Jill set off to find the most influential a...
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The Acting Class

2021

Flag Day
5.8/155
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.
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2027

Children of Blood and Bone
0/0
Zelie and her older brother Tzain form an alliance with the king’s daughter, Princess Amari, and son, Prince Inan, to fight back against his brutal ru...
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