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 in the television series 227 from 1985
to 1990. She rose to prominence with roles in the films Friday (1995)
and Jerry Maguire (1996), and the crime television series Southland
(2009â€"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.
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 in the television series 227 from 1985
to 1990. She rose to prominence with roles in the films Friday (1995)
and Jerry Maguire (1996), and the crime television series Southland
(2009â€"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.
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