26 Facts About Kima Greggs

Shakima "Kima" Greggs is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actress Sonja Sohn.

Kima Greggs plays a key role in all of her BPD details' main cases.

Shakima "Kima" Greggs is a narcotics detective working alongside Herc and Carver, under the command of Cedric Daniels in Major Foerster's narcotics division.

Kima Greggs cultivates a relationship with Bubbles, a drug addict with an extraordinary memory for faces, and uses his information to identify Barksdale Organization members and begins to work out their methods.

Originally, the writers of The Wire planned for Kima Greggs to be killed rather than wounded in the first season.

Carolyn Strauss, the president of HBO Entertainment at the time, prevailed upon David Simon to keep the character around; in her opinion, Kima Greggs was a strong character, and having her alive would open more possibilities in later seasons.

Kima Greggs takes a desk job in the narcotics unit because Cheryl fears she could get injured again.

At Daniels's request, Kima Greggs joins his investigation of Frank Sobotka, which upsets Cheryl.

Cheryl becomes pregnant through artificial insemination, although Kima Greggs is reluctant to be a parent.

Bubbles is arrested by Santangelo near the end of Sobotka case and asks Kima Greggs to help get him out of trouble.

Kima Greggs turns Kima and McNulty onto investigating the link between East side drug kingpin Proposition Joe and their old target Stringer Bell.

Kima Greggs continues to work for the now firmly established Major Crimes Unit, reporting to Daniels.

Kima Greggs becomes dissatisfied with her personal life now that Cheryl has had her baby and is starting to cheat on Cheryl.

Kima Greggs goes so far as to admit that she only agreed to the baby as a means of appeasing Cheryl.

Kima Greggs is responsible for delivering a subpoena to campaign fundraiser Andy Krawczyk.

Kima Greggs asks Daniels for a position in the Western District, but Daniels insists that Kima is too skilled an investigator for district work but offers to help her move laterally.

Kima Greggs realizes that Braddock was killed accidentally by a stray bullet and was not murdered.

When Freamon quietly inquires how she's enjoying working Homicide, Kima Greggs tells him she's loving it, causing him to move along without offering her a position on the newly restructured Major Crimes Unit.

However, after witnessing Bubbles, her former CI, recovering from an attempted suicide Kima Greggs appears to have a change of heart and at the end of the season is seen back with the old unit once more.

Kima Greggs is frustrated when financial problems at City Hall lead to withholding of the department's overtime pay.

Kima Greggs is assigned as the primary investigator on a home invasion and triple homicide.

One child has fled the scene, but Kima Greggs finds the other still hiding in the closet.

Kima Greggs arranges for the child to be taken in by Social Services.

Kima Greggs decides to try and reconnect with Cheryl and her son Elijah, and arranges to babysit while Cheryl is at work.

At the "wake" commemorating the end of McNulty and Lester's police careers, Kima Greggs arrives late and admits to them both that she blew the whistle.

Kima Greggs is last seen on a homicide call with Bunk, enjoying lighthearted conversation with him that echoes Bunk's earlier conversations with McNulty.