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Aja Naomi King

Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress / Stage Actress | * 01/11/1985 (39) | Los Angeles County, California (United States of America (USA))
Aja Naomi King (born January 11, 1985) is an American actress. She began her career in guest-starring roles on television, and starred as Cassandra Kopelson in short-lived The CW medical comedy-drama, Emily Owens, M.D. (2012–13). She also has starred in the films Four (2012) and Reversion (2015). From 2014 to 2020, King starred as Michaela Pratt in the ABC legal drama series, How to Get Away with Murder, for which she received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series nomination in 2015. In 2016, she portrayed Cherry Turner in the historical film The Birth of a Nation (2016), receiving positive reviews from critics and NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture nomination. Since then, King appeared in the comedy-drama film The Upside (20... ()
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An actress. King appeared in several short films before landing guest roles on the CBS procedurals Blue Bloods and Person of Interest. Her big break came in 2012 when she was cast as new surgical intern Cassandra Kopelson on the CW drama Emily Owens, M.D. The series was canceled after a single season in 2013. She later starred in the Amazon Studios comedy pilot The Onion Presents: The News. King also played Wendell Pierce's daughter Abigayle in the independent film Four, released on September 13, 2013. Along with her castmates, she won a Los Angeles Film Festival Award for her role in this movie.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with ...

The Upside

PG-13

2019 | 3.6/5 | 2h 6min
Comedy, Drama
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Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites. ...

The Birth of a Nation

R

2016 | 3.3/5 | 2h
Drama
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Adapted from a stage play by Christopher Shinn, the debut feature from Joshua Sanchez is a provocative rumination on race and sexuality set on a sweltering 4th of July evening. ...

Four

R

2013 | 2.9/5 | 1h 15min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the ent ...

How to Get Away with Murder

TV-14

2014 | 3.9/5 | 43min per episode
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Movies with Aja Naomi King as Actress(14)

as Blythe Brown2023 A Little White Lie
2021 L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
as Lisa Dixon2021 Boxing Day
as Marie2020 The 24th
as Mona2020 Sylvie's Love
as Latrice2019 The Upside
as Ifrah Ahmed2019 A Girl From Mogadishu
as Cherry2016 The Birth of a Nation
as Sophie Clé2015 Reversion
as Rosa2014 The Rewrite
as Joan2013 36 Saints
as Abigayle2013 Four
as Jillian2013 Onion News Empire
as Positive Polly2012 Damsels in Distress

TV Shows/Series with Aja Naomi King as Actress(10)

as Harriet Sloane2023 Lessons in Chemistry
2021 Amend: The Fight for America
as Recluse2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show
as BoJack's date (voice)2014 BoJack Horseman
as Michaela Pratt2014 How to Get Away with Murder
as Ali Henslee2014 Black Box
as Elysa Ruben2013 The Blacklist
as Cassandra Kopelson2012 Emily Owens, M.D
as Lisa2011 Person of Interest
as Denise2010 Blue Bloods

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Full Name: Naomi King
Born: Friday, 01/11 1985 (January) in Los Angeles County, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 39 years + 99 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Yale School of Drama, University of California, Santa Barbara, John A. Rowland High School
Aja Naomi King frequently works together with these people:
Lynn Marocola (11x, Actress)
Adam Conover (11x, Actor)
Patton Oswalt (10x, Actor)
Raphael Bob-Waksberg (9x, Crew)
Mike Hollingsworth (9x, Crew)
Kevin Bigley (7x, Actor)
James Nuciforo (7x, Cast)
Taylor Martin (6x, Crew)
Issa Rae (6x, Actress)
J. R. Orci (6x, Crew)
Lisa Hanawalt (6x, Crew)
Nate Parker (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:4382, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024