Regina King
Regina King ( born January 15, 1971 as Regina King Rene in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress.
Life
King grew up in Los Angeles as the daughter of a teacher and an electrician who got divorced in 1979. Her younger sister is the actress Reina King. Regina King took acting lessons at the drama teacher Betty A. Bridges, mother of actor Todd Bridges, the King got the first job on television. King attended Westchester High School and left them in 1988.
On April 23, 1997 she married Ian Alexander sr. , With whom she has a child. They submitted on 8 November 2006 for divorce and were divorced in 2007.
Politically, it was committed to the then American U.S. presidential candidate and now President Barack Obama.
Career
In 1985, at the age of 14 years, Regina King was in the television series 227 front of the camera. In this sitcom, she played in 106 episodes the character of Brenda Jenkins and received two nominations at the Young Artist Awards (1985 and 1986). Marla Gibbs ( Mary Jenkins ) and Hal Williams ( Lester Jenkins ) while playing their parents. After this engagement, she received a supporting role in Boyz n the Hood - Boys in the quarter as Shalika, where she can be seen opposite Laurence Fishburne and Cuba Gooding Jr.. In the film drama Poetic Justice (1993 ) she played Iesha, the girlfriend of the main character Justice, which in turn was represented by Janet Jackson and also made her acting debut. In 1995 she was seen in Higher Learning as Monet in a supporting role, the main roles were filled by Omar Epps, Michael Rapaport and Kristy Swanson. The same year, King was in the comedy Friday as Dana, the sister of the character of Ice Cube, who starred together with her already in Higher Learning, facing the camera. The following year, Regina King played the wife of football player Rod Tidwell (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.) in Jerry Maguire - the game of life, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. In the film, Tom Cruise played the lead role and Renée Zellweger was seen in another supporting role. In the same year she received a greater role in Mister Bombastic on the side of Martin Lawrence.
1998 Regina King received a supporting role as Vanessa in Stella Got Her Groove Back is half the battle, with Angela Bassett as Stella Grove, Taye Diggs as Winston Shakespeare and Whoopi Goldberg as Delilah Abraham can be seen in the lead roles. In the fantasy Abteuerfilm, a remake of panic to King Kong from 1949, Mighty Joe Young, she was seen as Cecily on the side of Bill Paxton and Charlize Theron.
She became famous among other things, the role of Carla Dean in the film The Public Enemy No. 1, which she starred opposite Will Smith. For this performance she was nominated for the 1999 NAACP Image Award. In the U.S. television film When the truth is lying, she stood in a Leading Role in front of the camera.
In the TV movie Women Love Women (2000), which was produced by HBO, King was as supporting actress in the segment in 2000 before the camera. The film tells the story of three female couples in different decades. The main roles Vanessa Redgrave, Sharon Stone and Chloë Sevigny are seen. It is the sequel to the film Walls Could Talk tells the topic of abortion. Here, Demi Moore and Cher were seen in the lead roles.
2001 King embodied the character Sontee Jenkins in Down to Earth ( Chris and Paul Weitz ) who is desired by Chris Tucker's character and also come together at the end of the film. For this performance she was at the BET Awards (won Sanaa Lathan ) and at the NAACP Image Awards (won Halle Berry ) nominated as Best Actress. In Legally Blonde 2 (2003) King embodied the lawyer Grace on the side of Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods. In the same year she got a job in the film comedy Daddy Day Care, where she was seen on the side of Eddie Murphy and Steve Zahn.
In the drama Ray Regina King Margie Hendrix embodied and won the 2005 Image Award and a Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress. The main role of Ray Charles was occupied with Jamie Foxx, the Oscar for Best Actor also a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe awarded for his performance at the Academy Awards in 2005 in the same category.
In 2005, King played in Miss Congeniality 2, the ill-tempered and aggressive FBI agent Sam Fuller, no one wants to have a partner, but is instructed Gracie Hart ( Sandra Bullock ) to protect them. Together, the two received a nomination at the Teen Choice Awards for a dance scene. In addition, Regina King received a nomination at the BET Awards for her performance.
From 2005 to 2010 King gave in 46 episodes of the TV series The Boondocks Riley Freeman and the characters Huey Freeman her voice. For the animated film Lucas, The Ant Bully ( 2006), she gave the ant Kreela her voice. In 2007, Regina King embodied in nine episodes of the sixth season of the American action series 24 the character of Sandra Palmer. She stood next to Kiefer Sutherland ( Jack Bauer) and DB Woodside ( Wayne Palmer ) before the camera. In the same year she was still in drama Year of the Dog and the comedy This Christmas in front of the camera.
Since 2009, Regina King is a member of the main cast of the drama series Southland and has sung the role in 33 episodes Detective Lydia Adams. For her performance she was nominated for a BET Award and received a 2012 NAACP Image Award for Best Television Actress - Drama.