Regina King (born January
15, 1971) is an American
film and
television actress.
Biography
Personal life
King was born in , the daughter of Gloria, a special education
teacher, and Thomas King, an electrician. The two divorced in
1979.She is also the older sister of actress
Reina King. Regina and her sister's names have
essentially the same meaning: Reina and Regina both mean "Queen",
in
Spanish and
Latin, respectively.
She
attended Westchester High
School and the University of Southern
California
.
King married Ian Alexander, Sr. on April 23, 1997. Their son, Ian
Alexander Jr., was born on January 19, 1996. King filed for divorce
from Alexander on November 8, 2006, citing "
physical abuse,
drug
use, and
extramarital
affairs".She is currently linked to be seeing Brian
White.
Career
King began her acting career in 1985 in the role of
Marla Gibbs' daughter Brenda on the
television series
227, a role she played until 1990. She
went on to appear in the
John
Singleton films
Boyz N the
Hood,
Poetic
Justice and
Higher
Learning. In 1995, she was featured in the hit comedy
Friday. In 1996, she played
the love interest of
Martin Lawrence
in
A Thin Line
Between Love and Hate. Also in 1996, she gained fame
starring in the blockbuster romantic comedy
Jerry Maguire, with
Tom Cruise and
Cuba
Gooding Jr. This film brought King mainstream recognition in
her role as Marcee Tidwell, the wife of Cuba Gooding Jr.’s
character.
Soon thereafter she played Will Smith's wife in the spy thriller
Enemy of the
State, and was also featured in
How Stella Got Her Groove
Back and Disney's remake
Mighty Joe Young. She
continued playing feature roles in a variety of films, including
Down to Earth,
with
Chris Rock,
Daddy Day Care with Golden Globe winner
Eddie Murphy,
Legally Blonde 2: Red,
White & Blonde with
Reese
Witherspoon and
Sally Field, and
A Cinderella Story, with
Hilary Duff.
In 2004, King played Margie Hendricks, a singer in
Ray Charles’ backup group
The Raelettes and one of the musical legend’s
mistresses, in
Ray, and in 2005,
she co-starred in
Miss Congeniality 2:
Armed and Fabulous as
Sandra
Bullock's tough FBI agent partner. Additionally, she is the
star of the
Adult Swim show
The Boondocks, providing the
voices for the characters
Huey and
Riley Freeman, as well as the feature
film
The Ant Bully.
Most recently, she appeared in
season
6 of the hit show
24 and
the film
This
Christmas with an all star cast, such as
Loretta Devine,
Idris
Elba,
Columbus Short, and
Chris Brown. In 2008 she
appears in the TV film
Living
Proof.
She currently stars in the
police
drama Southland,
as
Detective Lydia Adams. NBC aired the
show's first season and renewed it for a second season to begin
airing in the fall of 2009, but the show was cancelled two weeks
before its premiere. The thirteen produced episodes will begin
airing in January on
TNT, who,
depending on ratings, may decide to order more episodes.
Campaigning for Barack Obama
Regina King was a vocal and prominent supporter of
Barack Obama in his campaign for election to
the US Presidency. She travelled all across Ohio, prior to the Ohio
Primary, stumping for Senator Obama. She has been quoted as saying
"So it's just it's a very grass roots way to get the word out. And
you know it's how Obama started his campaign and that's how he's
been winning the last few primaries, by not forgetting about the so
called little people."
Filmography
Awards/nominations
- BET Award
- 2005, Best Actress: (Winner)
- 2001, Best Actress: (Nominated)
References
- Regina King Biography (1971-)
- Regina King Biography - Yahoo! Movies
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