Name
Aja Naomi King
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1985-01-11 (41 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Biography
Aja Naomi King is an American actress. She 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.
Known For
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Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day ro...
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An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on...
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Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African...
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When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Ha...
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A handyman living in New York City is mistaken for a famous and famously reclusive writer ...
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Melvin, a British author living in America, returns home to London for Christmas to introd...
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A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: t...
- 2021 L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth as Self
- 2012 Damsels in Distress as Positive Polly
- 2013 Four as Abigayle
- 2014 The Rewrite as Rosa Tejeda
- 2016 The Birth of a Nation as Cherry
- Soon Boxing Day 2 as Lisa Dixon
- 2013 36 Saints as Joan
- 2015 Reversion as Sophie Clé
- 2025 The Knife as Alex
- 2019 The Upside as Latrice
- 2013 Onion News Empire as Jillian
- 2019 A Girl from Mogadishu as Ifrah Ahmed
- 2020 Sylvie's Love as Mona
- 2020 The 24th as Marie
- 2021 Boxing Day as Lisa Dixon
- 2023 A Little White Lie as Blythe Brown
- Soon Spy Duo
- 2012 Emily Owens, M.D. ( 13 episodes ) as Cassandra Kopelson
- 2013 The Blacklist ( 1 episode ) as Elysa Ruben
- 2010 Blue Bloods ( 1 episode ) as Denise
- 2014 How to Get Away with Murder ( 90 episodes ) as Michaela Pratt
- 2014 Black Box ( 8 episodes ) as Ali Henslee
- 2023 Lessons in Chemistry ( 8 episodes ) as Harriet Sloane
- 2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show ( 1 episode ) as Recluse
- 2012 Scandal ( 1 episode ) as Michaela Pratt
- 2014 BoJack Horseman ( 1 episode ) as BoJack's date (voice)
- 2011 Person of Interest ( 1 episode ) as Lisa
- 2021 Amend: The Fight for America ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2025 Grosse Pointe Garden Society ( 13 episodes ) as Catherine
- 2020 Bottomless Brunch at Colman's ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Sherri ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
