Reina King
Reina King | |
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| Born | Reina R. King April 11, 1975 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1985–1998 |
| Relatives | Regina King (sister) |
Reina R. King[1] (born April 11, 1975) is an American film producer and television actress.[2] She began her acting career with the role of Carolyn Williams (1985–1986), the foster child of Roger "Raj" and Nadine Hudson-Thomas on the TV sitcom What's Happening Now!!—a sequel to the popular 1970s TV sitcom What's Happening!!.
In 1987, she played Tiffany James in the movie Maid to Order and in 1988, she played actress Alfre Woodard's oldest daughter, Lanell Cooley, in the movie Scrooged. Reina also appeared in one episode (The Sing-Off, as Girl #2) of the sitcom 227 in 1988; the same sitcom her sister Regina King starred in as Brenda Jenkins.
In 1990, she played Rhonda in the film To Sleep with Anger with Mary Alice. And in 1998, Reina was in the short film A Hollow Place as the mother of Corliss Young.
Personal life[]
King was born in Los Angeles, California to Thomas and Gloria King. She is the younger sister of actress Regina King. She and her sister have similar names: Reina and Regina both mean queen, in Spanish and Latin, respectively.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Reina R King, Born 04/11/1975 in California | CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ^ "Regina King Is Producing A Black Supernatural Drama Series For The CW". BOTWC. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ Balogun, Oyin (2020-02-18). "Meet Regina King's Sister Reina Who Looks Just Like Her and Is Also an Actress". news.amomama.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
External links[]
- Reina King at IMDb
- 1975 births
- American child actresses
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- Living people
- Actresses from Los Angeles
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American women