Regina King

Birthday: 1971-01-15
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Female
Drafted: 361
Drafted By: The Free Refills
Owned By: Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Owned Wins: 1
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 3
Nom Bonus: 1
Total Points: 18

Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971) is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of several awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four acting Primetime Emmy Awards, the most for an African-American performer. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.

King first gained attention for her role as Brenda Jenkins in the television series 227 from 1985 to 1990. Notable roles followed in the films Friday (1995) and 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. Her role as a troubled mother in the 2018 film If Beale Street Could Talk won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. King won her fourth Emmy Award for starring in the 2019 superhero television series Watchmen.

King 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). Her other television roles include the drama series The Leftovers from 2015 to 2017 and the sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2013 to 2019.

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. Her feature film directorial debut came with the drama One Night in Miami... (2020), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. She became the second black woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director.

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Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
2019 48 If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Supporting Actress Win 18
Career 18

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives
2022-03-26 Text Hangin with Mr. Cooper Regina King The Free Refills 2022 Round 1 Draft Pick

Credits

Year Title Character
Caught Stealing Roman
2024-03-15 Shirley Shirley Chisholm
2021-10-22 The Harder They Fall Trudy Smith
2021-08-20 Flag Day U.S. Marshal Blake
2018-12-14 If Beale Street Could Talk Sharon Rivers
2016-11-25 The Snowy Day Mom
2014-11-04 Planes | Fire and Rescue: Smokejumpers Dynamite (voice)
2014-07-17 Planes: Fire & Rescue Dynamite (voice)
2014-02-01 The Gabby Douglas Story Natalie Hawkins
2013-09-30 Inside the Box Stephanie Miles
2010-03-12 Our Family Wedding Angela
2008-10-18 Living Proof Ellie Jackson
2007-11-27 This Christmas Lisa Whitfield Moore
2007-04-13 Year of the Dog Layla
2006-11-06 The Boondocks Huey & Riley Freeman
2006-07-28 The Ant Bully Kreela (voice)
2005-03-11 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Sam Fuller
2004-10-29 Ray Margie Hendricks
2004-07-16 A Cinderella Story Rhonda
2003-07-02 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Grace Rossiter
2003-05-09 Daddy Day Care Kim Hinton
2002-05-26 Damaged Care Cheryl Griffith
2002-01-01 Truth Be Told Rayne
2001-02-16 Down to Earth Sontee Jenkins
2000-03-05 If These Walls Could Talk 2 Allie
1999-09-15 Love and Action in Chicago Lois Newton
1999-09-13 Where the Truth Lies Lillian Rose-Martin
1998-12-25 Mighty Joe Young Cecily Banks
1998-11-20 Enemy of the State Carla Dean
1998-08-14 How Stella Got Her Groove Back Vanessa
1996-12-13 Jerry Maguire Marcee Tidwell
1996-04-04 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate Mia
1995-04-26 Friday Dana
1995-01-11 Higher Learning Monet
1993-07-23 Poetic Justice Iesha
1991-07-12 Boyz n the Hood Shalika