Her feature film directorial debut came with the drama One Night in Miami. She has also directed the music video for the 2010 song " Finding My Way Back" by Jaheim. King has directed episodes for several television shows, including Scandal in 20 and This Is Us in 2017.
Her other television roles include the drama series The Leftovers (2015–2017) and the sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2013–2019). King has also played supporting roles in the films Boyz n the Hood (1991), Poetic Justice (1993), Ray (2004), A Cinderella Story (2004), as well as in the comedies Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). King won her fourth Primetime Emmy Award for starring in the dystopian superhero limited series Watchmen (2019). For her performance, she won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She starred in Barry Jenkins's film adaptation of the James Baldwin novel If Beale Street Could Talk (2018). From 2015 to 2017, King starred in the ABC anthology series American Crime, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards, and in 2018, she starred in the Netflix miniseries Seven Seconds, for which she won her third Primetime Emmy Award. Her subsequent roles included the film Friday (1995), the animated series The Boondocks (2005–2014), and the crime television series Southland (2009–2013). King first gained attention for playing Brenda Jenkins in the television series 227 (1985–1990). In 2019, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Peabody Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, the most Primetime Emmy wins for an African-American performer. Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971) is an American actress and director.