regina king is an american actress and director who became the second black woman
to be nominated for a golden globe award for best director regina king is the recipient of
various accolades including a golden globe award an academy award and four prime time emmy awards
the most for an african-american performer in 2019 time magazine named her one of the hundred most
influential people in the world regina king has an estimated net worth of 16 million u.s dollars
about regina king's early life regina renee king was born on january 15 1971 in cincinnati ohio and
grew up in bu park windsor hills california she is the eldest daughter of gloria kane king a special
education teacher and thomas king an electrician regina king's parents divorced in 1979.
her younger sister is a film producer and television actress reyna king who was born
in 1975. regina king attended westchester high school graduating in 1988. she later studied
communications at the university of southern california dropping out after two years when
she realized her passion for acting regina king is five foot two inches tall or 1.6 meters tall
about regina king's personal life from 1997 to 2007 regina king was married to former vice
president of warner brothers ian alexander senior their son ian alexander jr was born in 1996 and
later became a disc jockey and recording artist he died by suicide on january 21 2022 at the
age of 26 about regina king's career 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 she
went on to appear in the john singleton film boys in the hood poetic justice and higher learning in
1995 she was featured in the hit comedy film friday the next year she starred in the martin
lawrence dark comedy romance a thin line between love and hate as mia and she gained fame starring
in a blockbuster romantic comedy film jerry maguire as marcy tidwell in 1998 she was cast
in tony scott's film enemy of the state receiving her first nomination at the naacp image awards
for outstanding actress in a motion picture in the same year regina king took part in the films
how stella got her groove back mighty joe young and love and action in chicago in 2001 regina king
played santi jenkins in chris and paul white's down to earth receiving praise from critics for
her performance the following year she played the main role in television series leap of faith
after taking part in the teen romantic comedy film a cinderella story regina king was cast
as margie hendricks in the academy awards nominated biographical film rey about ray
charles for her performance in rey regina king won the satellite award for best supporting actress
the naacp image award for outstanding supporting actress and was part of a cast nomination from the
screen actors guild awards in 2005 regina king was cast in miss congeniality too 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 the tnt police drama southland receiving multiple critics choice television award
nominations and winning two naacp image awards after taking part in rick famous romantic comedy
film our family wedding regina king appeared as guest judge in rupaul's drag race in 2013
she played janine davis in the television series the big bang theory in 2014 she was cast in two
television series the strain and shameless 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 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 a writer initially directing six episodes of the
drama series being mary jane in 2016 she directed two episodes of scandal and single episodes of
the catch animal kingdom this is us and shameless she has also directed the music video for the 2010
song finding my way back by jaheim in 2018 she played the role of the mother of a murdered black
teenager in the netflix original series seven seconds winning her third primetime emmy award her
performance in the 2018 film if beale street could talk directed by barry jenkins garnered critical
acclaim and earned her the golden globe award and academy award for best supporting actress regina
king starred in the 2019 series watchmen for which she won her fourth primetime emmy award in july
2019 it was announced regina king would direct one night in miami based upon the play of the
same name the film had its world premiere at the venice film festival on september 7 2020 the first
film directed by an african-american woman to be selected in the festival's history 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 may 2021 it was announced that regina king would direct race themed monster movie
bitter root for legendary entertainment in october 2021 regina king starred in the american western
film the harder they fall directed by james samuel winning several awards including the naacp image
award for outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture about regina king's real estate in
july 2020 regina king paid 4.5 million dollars for a home in the beechwood canyon area of los angeles
the house which was built in 1926 is around 4 500 square feet and boasts five bedrooms and five
and a half bathrooms some other amenities on the property include an outdoor gym space a built-in
grill terraces a sunbathing deck and a plunge pool with a circular spa regina king reportedly also
owns another home in the los feliz neighborhood of la about regina king's car collection regina
king owns or has owned a bentley continental gt for rolls-royce dawn and a cadillac escalade
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