26 Facts About Regina King

Regina Rene King was born on January 15,1971 and is an American actress and director.

Regina King has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four Primetime Emmy Awards.

Regina King received four Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles in the ABC anthology series American Crime, the Netflix miniseries Seven Seconds, and the HBO limited series Watchmen.

Regina King earned critical acclaim for her performance in Barry Jenkins's film adaptation of the James Baldwin novel If Beale Street Could Talk, earning the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Regina King has since starred in the western The Harder They Fall.

Regina King has directed episodes for several television shows, including Scandal in 2015 and 2016 and This Is Us in 2017.

Regina King has directed the music video for the 2010 song "Finding My Way Back" by Jaheim.

Regina King became the second black woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director.

Regina King is the elder daughter of Gloria Jean, a special education teacher, and Thomas Henry King Jr.

Regina King later studied Communications at the University of Southern California, dropping out after two years when she realized her passion for acting.

Regina King began her acting career in 1985, playing the role of Brenda Jenkins on the television series 227, a role she played until the show ended in 1990.

Regina King went on to appear in the John Singleton films Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, and Higher Learning.

In 2001, Regina King played Sontee Jenkins in Chris and Paul Weitz's Down to Earth, receiving praise from critics for her performance.

In 2005, Regina King was cast in Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous and began voicing the characters Huey and Riley Freeman for the animated series The Boondocks.

In 2007, Regina King played the main role of Sandra Palmer in season six of television series 24 and acted in films Year of the Dog and This Christmas.

From 2009 to 2013, Regina King played Detective Lydia Adams in TNT police drama Southland, receiving multiple Critics' Choice Television Award nominations, and winning two NAACP Image Awards.

In 2013, Regina King played Caltech HR manager Janine Davis in the television series The Big Bang Theory.

In 2015, Regina King was a cast member on ABC's John Ridley-penned ensemble drama American Crime, playing three roles, including a devout member of the Nation of Islam and the sister of a drug addict accused of murder.

In 2015 and 2016, Regina King won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie for her roles.

Also in 2015, Regina King starred in The Leftovers, which earned her a Peabody Award.

From 2015 to 2017, Regina King began to pursue work as a director and writer, initially directing six episodes of the drama series Being Mary Jane.

In 2018, Regina King played the mother of a murdered black teenager in the Netflix original series Seven Seconds, winning her third Primetime Emmy Award.

Regina King additionally won the Critics' Choice, Los Angeles Film Critics, New York Film Critics, National Society of Film Critics, and numerous other critic awards for Supporting Actress, making her the most awarded actor of 2018 in film.

Re-teaming with The Leftovers creator Damon Lindelof, Regina King starred in the 2019 limited series Watchmen, for which she received acclaim and won the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama, Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series, and her fourth Primetime Emmy Award.

Regina King received numerous awards and nominations at major critics' prizes, earning a Best Director nomination at the Golden Globe Awards and being recognized with the Robert Altman Award at the Independent Spirit Awards.

In October 2021, Regina King starred in Netflix's American Western film The Harder They Fall, directed by Jeymes Samuel, winning several awards including the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.