Regina R. King was born on January 15, 1971 in Los Angeles, California. She is an American film and television actress.

King first made her mark as a TV actress when she was cast in the sitcom 227 in 1985. 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). Most recently King has supporting roles in box office favorites Daddy Day Care (2003) and Legally Blonde 2: Red White & Blonde (2003).

Her last credits include Ray (2004), Year of the Dog (2007) and This Christmas (2007).

Filmography

• "The Boondocks" (24 episodes, 2005-2007)
• This Christmas (2007)
• "24" (9 episodes, 2007)
• Year of the Dog (2007)
• The Ant Bully (2006)
• Ant Bully (2006)
• "Women in Law" (1 episode, 2006)
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
• Ray (2004)
• A Cinderella Story (2004)
• Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
• Daddy Day Care (2003)
• Damaged Care (2002)
• "Leap of Faith" (6 episodes, 2002)
• Final Breakdown (2002)
• Down to Earth (2001)
• If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
• Love and Action in Chicago (1999)
• Where the Truth Lies (1999)
• Mighty Joe Young (1998)
• Enemy of the State (1998)
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
• Rituals (1998)
• Jerry Maguire (1996)
• A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)
• "Living Single" (1 episode, 1995)
• Friday (1995)
• Higher Learning (1995)
• "New York Undercover" (1 episode, 1994)
• "Northern Exposure" (1 episode, 1994)
• Poetic Justice (1993)
• Boyz n the Hood (1991)
• "227" (10 episodes, 1985-1990)