Especially in this industry, women challenge men much more now because we're saying, 'We can do it, too.'

Cable network TNT believed the show would be a good fit for TNT and in January 2010 that network began airing the original NBC episodes in addition to ordering new episodes of Southland. King is set to make her directorial debut with a film adaption of the 2005 best-selling novel Let the Church Say Amen by author ReShonda Tate Billingsley. King currently stars in the TNT police drama Southland as Detective Lydia Adams.

She is known for her role as Brenda Jenkins the studious daughter of Mary Jenkins (played by Marla Gibbs) on the 1980s sitcom 227 and for her critically acclaimed supporting role in the feature film Jerry Maguire. Regina King (born January 15 1971) is an American film and television actress.