{"id":69431,"date":"2014-07-23T11:25:52","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T11:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2014\/07\/23\/regina-king-added-to-american-crime-set-to-direct-episode-for-scandal\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T04:01:10","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T04:01:10","slug":"regina-king-added-to-american-crime-set-to-direct-episode-for-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/regina-king-added-to-american-crime-set-to-direct-episode-for-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Regina King Added To John Ridley’s ‘American Crime,’ Set To Direct Episode For ‘Scandal’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regina King Added To John Ridley’s ‘American Crime,’ Set To Direct Episode For ‘Scandal’<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

July 23, 2014<\/p>\n

Source: THR<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Regina<\/a><\/p>\n

Regina King<\/strong> is set to join the cast of Oscar winner John Ridley<\/strong>‘s hourlong ABC drama American Crime<\/strong> in a season-long arc and will be returning to The Big Bang Theory<\/strong>, states The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not only that, but the former Southland actress will be directing an episode of Shonda Rhimes’ TV series, ‘Scandal’<\/strong> in February 2016.’<\/p>\n

Written, executive produced and directed by Ridley and starring Timothy Hutton<\/strong> and Felicity Huffman<\/strong>, ‘American Crime’ examines the personal lives of the players involved in a racially charged trial as their worlds are turned upside down.<\/p>\n

\"RICHARD<\/a><\/p>\n

King will play the devoutly religious sister of Carter who comes to Modesto in order to help her brother navigate a judicial system that she believes is stacked against him. She’ll film the seven-episode role with an option for two additional installments until mid-November.<\/p>\n

On The Big Bang Theory, she shot one episode in her recurring role as Janine Davis, the Human Resources Administrator (HRA) at Caltech where Kunal Nayyar’s Raj works.<\/p>\n

King will also have a recurring role on the FX series The Strain<\/strong>. She\u00a0was seen in the Lifetime Original Movie,\u00a0The Gabby Douglas Story. <\/strong>Prior to that, she spent five seasons playing\u00a0Lydia Adams on TNT’s Southland.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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