ALL HAIL THE KING
Oct 01, 2020
3 minutes
When Regina King was cast in a starring role on the 1980s sitcom 227 at the age of 14, her mother made sure of one thing. “My mum told NBC that if I was going to play Brenda, I wasn’t going to one of those Hollywood private schools. I was staying in public school,” she recalls.
In hindsight, King, 49, says she’s grateful her mother, Gloria, a special education teacher, made that decision. “It was instrumental in me becoming a person who can find balance
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