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Back in the Brenda Days  - Regina King got her showbiz start as Brenda Jenkins on NBC's long running hit sitcom 227, where she starred opposite Marla Gibbs and Jackee Harry. (Photo: Embassy Pictures/Fotos International/Getty Images)

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Girl in the Hood - Regina King costarred with Ice Cube in 1991's Boyz N The Hood. She also appeared in the John Singleton-directed films, Poetic Justice and Higher Learning. (Photo: Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection)

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Show Me the Honey - Regina played Cuba Gooding Jr.'s supportive and loving wifey Marcee Tidwell in the 1996 hit film comedy, Jerry Maguire, which starred Tom Cruise. (Photo: TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection)

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Stella's Little Sister - Regina King portrayed Vanessa in the 1998 May/December romantic comedy How Stella Got Her Groove Back which starred Angela Bassett and Whoopi Goldberg. (Photo: Reuters)

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All-Star Leading Lady - Some of Regina's onscreen, A-list leading men include Will Smith, Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Huey, Riley and Regina - King voiced both the Huey and Riley Freeman characters on the popular animated series, The Boondocks. (Photo: Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images)

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Working Mom - In real life, actress King is also mom to 15-year-old son Ian Alexander, Jr. (Photo: SAGA/Landov)

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Pretty as a Georgia Detective Peach - Regina currently stars as the tough, takes no nonsense yet sensitive Detective Lydia Adams on Southland. (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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A Prim, Sexy Walk in the 'Park' - King checks in with the gang at BET's 106 & Park in New York City. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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Glamourous Trophy Girl  - Regina King at this year's 42nd NAACP Image Awards. (Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)

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