Regina King
Regina King
Regina Rene King is an American actress and television director.She began her national TV career on What's Happening Now!!, A sequel to the original ABC show What's Happening!!. She became known for her role as Brenda Jenkins on the NBC sitcom 227and a supporting role in the feature film Jerry Maguire, then for her leading roles in two Peabody Award–winning television shows: The Boondocks and Southland. Her role in Southland earned her two Critics' Choice Award nominations for best supporting...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth15 January 1971
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I try to turn most things into an exercise. Sometimes, I can't get a workout in, so I will do things like park further away at the grocery store or take the stairs. It may not be much, but I've convinced myself it does something. Mind over matter. My regular workouts consist of hiking, Cardio Barre, and light weight training.
When you see all the suits in the room, everybody in the room has on suits, you know, the women, too. We're not wearing dresses and chiffon and we're not as fun as we used to be.
There's a difference between actresses of color and actresses not of color. If you look at how big my movies are.
It's incredibly hard out there for women of color.
It's funny that until I actually met my husband, I never thought I'd get married.
We know that's the bottom line: if money is made, the powers that be pay attention.
I try to eat well, but I don't deny myself the foods I love. I just eat them in moderation.
My husband didn't want the divorce, but I did. So there was a lot of bitterness initially. Once we got to the space where we understood that we have the most important thing in the world in common; no one else shared that commonality. Our son is priceless, and in order to give him the best, we have to be better to each other. Although we are still divorced, we still call each other "family." It was a journey to get there, but it's a beautiful place to be.
I've always been selective about materials I choose anyways. The incoming calls haven't been projects that I necessarily want to do. Now I can always be called "Emmy winner Regina King."
And what happens a lot of times when - let's just speak specifically white and black - when white or black people feel misunderstood when it comes to talking about race, they immediately get defensive.
And just because someone doesn't understand doesn't mean they don't want to.
It's an honest place to be if you don't understand someone else's experience, but there's no way for the other to understand if a conversation or an explanation isn't made.
And there's also not enough films that are more of a imitation of what real life looks like.
And, for example, like, when you're having the conversation with your child about getting their driver's license. Well, a white family - their biggest fear is just that you're driving safely and that they're minding the rules of the road, whereas a black family - their biggest fear is that their child is going to get pulled over and treated unfairly for a reason that they won't understand.