VideoDetective.com

Regina King

Regina King
Regina King
Born: Jan 15, 1971 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '90s-2000s
Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Jerry Maguire, Enemy of the State, How Stella Got Her Groove Back
First Major Screen Credit: Poetic Justice (1993)
27 Videos for Regina King
Our Family Wedding (2010) The Boondocks: Season 01 (2005) How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Southland [TV Series] (2009) A Cinderella Story (2004) A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)
Southland [TV Series] (2009) Ray (2004) Jerry Maguire (1996)
Southland [TV Series] (2009) Daddy Day Care (2003) Friday (1995)
24: Season 06 (2007) Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) Higher Learning (1995)
This Christmas (2007) Truth Be Told (2003) Poetic Justice (1993)
Year of the Dog (2007) Down to Earth (2001) Boyz 'N the Hood (1991)
The Ant Bully (2006) If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) To Sleep with Anger (1990)
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) Love and Action in Chicago (1999) Scrooged (1988)
Photos
IDImageUrlDescriptionCreditCategoryitem_Id
Biography:

Regina King distinguished herself as a skilled actress in the 1990s with a number of supporting roles in prominent films. Born and raised in Los Angeles, King first made her mark as a TV actress when she was cast in the sitcom 227 in 1985. During her five seasons on TV, King also played small parts in the Bill Murray comedy Scrooged (1988) and Charles Burnett's domestic drama To Sleep With Anger (1990).

After 227 ended in 1990, King moved to films full-time with a role in John Singleton's acclaimed directorial debut Boyz N the Hood (1991). King worked with Singleton again in Poetic Justice (1993) and Higher Learning (1995). Showing her ability with film comedy as well as drama, King appeared in F.

Gary Gray's cult-hit comedy Friday (1995) and co-starred opposite Martin Lawrence in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996). After drawing attention with her performance as Cuba Gooding Jr.'s wife in the critically praised hit Jerry Maguire (1996), King landed substantial parts in the adaptation of Terry McMillan's How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), the hit action-thriller Enemy of the State (1998), and the family friendly animal adventure Mighty Joe Young (1998).

Though her 1999 film Love and Action in Chicago was not nearly as successful as her trio of 1998 movies, King began the new decade with parts in HBO's widely watched telefilm If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) and the Chris Rock romantic comedy Down to Earth (2000). King continued to work steadily in a variety of projects including Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, the family-friendly Eddie Murphy film Daddy Day Care, and the teen comedy A Cinderella Story.

King appeared in her most celebrated film to date in 2004 playing Margie Hendrix opposite Jamie Foxx in Ray. She also found steady work in animated efforts including The Ant Bully, and the confrontational television version of the comic strip The Boondocks. In 2006, King joined the cast of the Fox action drama 24, playing the heretofore unseen sister of slain President David Palmer.

The part of a smart, tough advocacy lawyer from a powerful family immediate seemed like a good fit for the actress, whose career was populated with such strong and complex roles. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide.