Regina King

Regina King: Biography in Details

Who is Regina King?

Regina King is an American actress and television director.

People mostly know her for her role as Sharon Rivers in the film ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Additionally, she has also appeared in several other movies and television series including ‘American Crime’, ‘Poetic Justice’, and ‘Legally Blonde 2’ among others.

Who are the parents of Regina King?

King was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 15, 1971. She was born to parents Gloria, a special education teacher and Thomas King, an electrician.

Additionally, she has a younger sister named Reina King who is a former actress. Regina is of American nationality. Furthermore, she belongs to the African-American ethnic background.

Regina King: Education, School/College University

Talking about her education, King attended Westchester High School and graduated in 1988. In addition, she also attended the University of Southern California.

Regina King: Professional Life, Career

King initially began her career in acting after appearing as Brenda Jenkins in the TV series ‘227.’ Additionally, Regina also had the role of Shalika in the 1991 movie ‘Boyz n the Hood.’

In 1993, she appeared in ‘Poetic Justice’ and in 1994, she had roles in ‘Northern Exposure’ and ‘New York Undercover.’ Since then, she has appeared in several other movies and television series. All in all, she has over 50 credits as an actress.

Some other movies and television series that King has appeared in include ‘Seven Seconds’, ‘The Big Bang Theory’, ‘The Adventures of Hooligan Squad in World War III’, ‘American Crime’, ‘The Leftovers’, ‘The Strain’, ‘The Boondocks’, ‘Shameless’, ‘The Gabby Douglas Story’, ‘Divorce: A Love Story’, ‘Southland’, ‘Our Family Wedding’, ‘This Christmas’, ‘Living Proof’, ‘Year of the Dog’, ‘Women in Law’, ‘Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous’, ‘A Cinderella Story’, ‘Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde’, ‘Leap of Faith’, ‘Down to Earth’, ‘Love and Action in Chicago’, ‘Mighty Joe Young’, ‘How Stella Got Her Groove Back’, ‘A Thin Line Between Love and Hate’, ‘Higher Learning’, and ‘Friday’ among others.

Furthermore, Regina also has 14 credits as a director.

Regina King: Awards, Nominations

King won the Oscar Award in 2019 for her performance in ‘If Beale Street Could Talk.’ Additionally, she has also won Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award, AAFCA Award, EDA Award, and Austin Film Critics Award.

All in all, she has 56 wins and 54 nominations for various awards to date.

Regina King: Net Worth ($12 million), Income, Salary

King has not revealed her current salary. However, she has an estimated net worth of around $12 million as of 2022.

Regina King: Rumors and Controversy/Scandal

King became part of a controversy after ‘Captain America’ star Chris Evans’ gesture towards her in this year’s Oscar was termed as fake ally-ship.

Other people have commented saying that it was simply an act of chivalry. At present, there are no rumors concerning Regina and her career.

How tall is Regina King?

Talking about her body measurement, King has a height of 5 feet 3 inches (1.6 m). Additionally, she weighs around 55 kg or 121 lbs.

She has a body measurement of 35-26-35 inches or 86-66-89 cm. Furthermore, her hair color is black and her eye color is hazel.

She has a shoe size of 9 (US) or 39.5 (EU) and her dress size is 8 (US) or 40 (EU).

Regina King’s Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

King is active over social media. She has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

She has more than 790k followers on Twitter. In addition, she has over 1.5M followers on Instagram. Similarly, her Facebook page has more than 17k followers.

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References: (newyorktimes, metacritic, tvguide, Imdb)

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