Regina King

American actress Regina King became famous as a teenager, playing one of the roles in the then popular sitcom "227". Today she has a rich filmography, and also tries herself as a television director, which she perfectly manages. In addition, the artist does not cease to act in films and to this day often appears on TV screens.

Regina was born in early 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Her father's name was Thomas, worked as an electrician, and her mother Gloria was a teacher at a social school. The parents divorced when their daughter was 8 years old. She was not the only child in the family, growing up with her younger sister.

The girl's acting talent began to manifest in childhood, her mother noticed it in time. And King herself had a great desire to see herself in a film or a TV series. Soon Regina begins to attend acting courses, where for the first time learns the basics of work in front of the cameras.

The girl studied in her hometown, at the school of Westchester, and after her graduation enrolled at the University of Southern California.

King got on TV when she was a teenager. The first in her acting biography was the sitcom "227", which aired on NBC from 1985 to 1990. There the girl had to be reincarnated as one of the main characters, which later brought her popularity.

In her youth, Regina sought to get as many roles, so tried not to refuse the proposals of directors. In the early 1990s, King starred in the TV series "North Side", and then in the crime drama John Singleton "Guys from the Street" and in the melodrama "Poetic Justice", which grossed $27 million at the box office in America.

Iconic for the career of the actress was a job in the cult comedy "Friday" in 1995 with Ise Keub, and Chris Tucker in the lead roles. This is a funny domestic movie, which takes place on Friday in the Area of South Central, Los Angeles. Two friends like to spend time sitting all day on the porch, drinking, smoking and gawk at people passing by. Taking once a portion of "grass" for sale, they could not resist and smoked it themselves, now they need to get money to return them to the drug dealer.

By the early 2000s, she had starred in a dozen more films. Among them were the films "The Fine Line Between Love and Hate," "Stella's Hobbies," "The Enemy of the State" and "If These Walls Could Speak - 2." Although there are more full-length films on King's list, the actress has periodically worked in TV series. One of them was "Leap of Faith", which was released in February 2002, where she starred Sarah Paulson, Lisa Edelstein and Ken Marino.

In 2003, King took on the role of Grace Rossiter in Charles Herman-Vermfeld's comedy Blonde in Law 2: Red, White and Blonde. The film grossed $124 million worldwide. This is the continuation of the first series of the film about El Woods, who takes up the position of a lawyer in a large firm and tries to combine a career with preparations for the wedding, and then learns that the mother of his beloved dog Vulcan is exposed to experiments in the cosmetics industry.

In 2004, the artist starred in the film "Ray", the world fees of which amounted to $123 million, and in 2005 - in the film "Miss Congenia - 2: Beautiful and Dangerous." Soon the woman works as a voiceover actress in the cartoons "Ghetto", "Storm of Ants" and "Airplane: Fire and Water." And in 2009 for the first time decided to try myself in directing and in a new position participates in the filming of TV series "Southland", "Shameless", "Scandar" and several other projects.

However, Regina does not stop filming herself. In 2007, her filmography features "The Year of the Dog" and "Christmas," in 2010- "Family Wedding," as well as the TV series "The Big Bang Theory," where she gets the role of Janie Davis. She goes on to star in "American Crime, " and in 2018, director Barry Jenkins's crime melodrama "If Beale Street Could Talk."

The film tells the story of a young couple who recently celebrated their engagement and is now preparing for a wedding. Meanwhile, the girl learns about her pregnancy, and her fiance is accused of raping Puerto Rican Victoria. The guy didn't commit this crime, but he's still going to jail. The bride's mother is trying to find Victoria to prove the innocence of the guy.

The outstanding work of the actress has been celebrated more than once important film awards, she received "Emmys" in 2016 and 2018, "Golden Globe" in 2019. King was also nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Supporting Actress in If Beale Street Could Speak and for playing in the same film at the Oscars.

The personal life of the popular artist is full of novels and complex family relationships. She dated Curtis Baldwin and quentin Richardson. In 1997 she married Ian Alexander, with whom she married for nine years. In 2006, the woman filed for divorce, accusing her husband of physical violence, drug addiction and relationships on a side with which she no longer wished to tolerate. In this marriage, the couple had a son. King has no other children.

Regina struck up a relationship with Malcolm-Jamal Warner in 2011, but they split in 2013. What is happening now in a woman's personal life is unknown, either she prefers not to advertise her man, or her heart is free.

Regina still continues to act in films. In 2019, the series "Guardians" with her participation is to be released. Filming began in September 2018, starring Adelaide Clemens, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Frances Fisher and Louis Gosset Jr. The exact date of the premiere is not yet known, but fans are looking forward to showing the new picture.

Despite her constant busy time on set, Regina manages to maintain pages on Twitter and Instagram. The woman regularly pleases fans with new photos, mostly pictures from the work of the actress, but there are also personal photos, for example, her son in a young age.

Looking at King on the screen, the audience repeatedly noted the slender figure of the woman and how good she looks. Although the actress does not visit the gym, at the height of 160 cm she manages to maintain weight 55 kg.

1985-1990 – «227»

1993 - Poetic Justices

1996 - "Jerry Maguire"

1998 - "Enemy of the State"

2001 - "Back to Earth"

2003 - "Blonde in Law 2: Red, White and Blonde"

2007 - "The Year of the Dog"

2010 - "Family Wedding"

2014 - "The Story of Gabrielle Douglas"

2018 - "Seven Seconds"

2018 - "If Beale Street Could Talk"

2019 - "The Keepers"

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Regina King Net Worth 2021

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Regina King Net Worth 2017

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