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 19851990 Her subsequent roles included the film Friday 1995 the animated series The Boondocks 20052014 and the crime television series Southland 20092013 She received four Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the ABC anthology series American Crime 20152017 the Netflix miniseries Seven Seconds and the HBO limited series Watchmen 2019 Her other television roles include the drama series The Leftovers 20152017 and the sitcom The Big Bang Theory 20132019 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 Kings 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia