Regina King: Playing Shirley Chisholm, almost becoming a dentist, and the meaning of success
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Regina King: Playing Shirley Chisholm, almost becoming a dentist, and the meaning of success

2024-03-26

For three decades, Regina King (One Night in Miami, If Beale Street Could Talk) has captivated audiences on screen, cementing herself as a Hollywood legend. The Oscar and four-time Emmy-winning actor and director joins Tom to talk about some of her most iconic characters and why she wanted to take on her latest role as Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress, in the new Netflix biopic “Shirley.”

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