REGINA KING

'Regina King' (born January 15, 1971 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film and television actress. She first started 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 notoriety 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 Cuba Gooding Jr.’s wife.
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, '' 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 '' as Sandra Bullock's tough FBI agent partner. Additionally, she voice acts for the characters Huey and Riley Freeman on the Adult Swim show, ''The Boondocks'', as well as the feature film ''The Ant Bully''. Most recently, she appeared in season 6 of the hit show ''24''.
She attended Westchester High School (Los Angeles) and the University of Southern California.
She married Ian Alexander, Sr. on April 23, 1997. The couple has one child. Regina filed for divorce on November 8, 2006 citing "irreconcilable differences."

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Awards/Nominations

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Awards/Nominations

★ BET Award

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★ '2005, Best Actress: (Winner)'

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★ 2001, Best Actress: (Nominated)

★ Black Reel Awards

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★ 2005, Best Actress (Drama): ''Ray'' (Nominated)

★ NAACP Image Awards

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★ '2005, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: ''Ray'' (Winner)'

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★ 2002, Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: ''Down to Earth'' (Nominated)

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★ 1999, Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: ''Enemy of the State'' (Nominated)

★ Screen Actors Guild

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★ 2005, Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture: ''Ray'' (Nominated)

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★ Regina King at MySpace

★ Actress Regina King gets role on FOX's "24" by Urban Celebrity News