Regina King refuses to be an actress.
 From 2009 to 2013, King played Detective Lydia Adams in TNT police drama Southland, receiving multiple Critics' Choice Television Award nominations, and winning two NAACP Image Awards
 In an IndieWire review for the series, Ben Travers wrote: "King is nothing short of amazing  yes, shes got an Oscar and three Emmys, but she puts even more range on display in a turn that effortlessly pivots between invulnerable and vulnerable

