Regina King, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Regina King

American actress and director

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1971

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: actor, voice actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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About Regina King

  • Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971) is an American actress and television director.
  • She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three Primetime Emmy Awards.
  • Time magazine named King one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.King first gained attention in 1985 for her role in the NBC television series 227.
  • She appeared in both television and film, rising to greater prominence with roles in the films Friday (1995), 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.
  • Also in 2018, her role as a troubled mother in the film If Beale Street Could Talk won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. King's other television roles include voice work for Huey and Riley Freeman on the Cartoon Network animated series The Boondocks , the drama series The Leftovers (2015–2017), and the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
  • She 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).
  • In 2019, she began starring in the HBO superhero series Watchmen. King has also 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.

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