Aja Naomi King
January 11, 1985 (39 years old) in Los Angeles County, California, USA
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.
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- 2025 · Grosse Pointe Garden Society as Catherine
- 2024 · The Knife as Alex
- 2023 · Lessons in Chemistry as Harriet Sloane
- 2023 · A Little White Lie as Blythe Brown
- 2021 · L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth as Self
- 2021 · Boxing Day as Lisa Dixon
- 2021 · Amend: The Fight for America as Self
- 2020 · The 24th as Marie
- 2020 · Bottomless Brunch at Colman's as Self
- 2020 · Sylvie's Love as Mona
- 2019 · A Girl From Mogadishu as Ifrah Ahmed
- 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Recluse
- 2019 · The Upside as Latrice
- 2016 · The Birth of a Nation as Cherry
- 2015 · Reversion as Sophie Clé
- 2014 · How to Get Away with Murder as Michaela Pratt
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as BoJack's date (voice)
- 2014 · The Rewrite as Rosa
- 2014 · Black Box as Ali Henslee
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Elysa Ruben
- 2013 · Four as Abigayle
- 2013 · 36 Saints as Joan
- 2013 · Onion News Empire as Jillian
- 2012 · Emily Owens, M.D as Cassandra Kopelson
- 2012 · Damsels in Distress as Positive Polly
- 2012 · Scandal as Michaela Pratt
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Lisa
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as Denise
- Future · Boxing Day 2 as Lisa Dixon