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Austin Way - 2016 - Issue 2 - Late Spring - Regina King

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king, the QUEEN After ruling over Austin-made series The Leftovers and A merican Crime—and snagging an Emmy in the process—veteran actress rEginA k ing moves behind the camera. Two major Television series recently filmed in Austin; one powerful actress starred in both. Regina King turned in memorable performances in the second season of HBO's The Leftovers and on ABC's American Crime , for which she won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in September for her role as Aliyah Shaheed, a devout African-American Muslim. King has built her career on strong, challenging roles like these. A teenage actress in the 1980s sitcom 227, she went on to the big screen in John Singleton movies like Boyz 'N the Hood , as well as other box-office hits includ- ing Jerry Maguire and Ray, before returning to television for five seasons of Southland. In 2014, King came to Austin to shoot American Crime , the innovative anthol- ogy series by Oscar winner John Ridley (who wrote the adapted screenplay for 12 Years a Slave), thus beginning a love affair with the city that strengthened as she stayed on to play Erika Wright on The Leftovers, which moved to Austin for its critically acclaimed second season. As by K athy Bl acK w ell photography by Di a na R agl a nD 80  AUSTINWAY.com women of power women of power

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