USA TODAY Hollywood Hero Award Honors Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson for …. PR Newswire (press release), NY - 4 hours ago. Scheduled presenters include: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Regina King, Russell Simmons, Paul Sorvino, Craig Moon, and Zina Bethune.

Soon thereafter she played Will Smith’s wife in the spy thriller Enemy of the State, and was also featured in How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Disney’s remake Mighty Joe Young. She continued playing feature roles in a variety of films, including Down to Earth, with Chris Rock, Daddy Day Care with Golden Globe winner Eddie Murphy, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde with Reese Witherspoon and Sally Field, and A Cinderella Story, with Hilary Duff.

In 2004, King played Margie Hendricks, a singer in Ray Charles’ backup group The Raelettes and one of the musical legend’s mistresses, in Ray, and in 2005, she co-starred in Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous as Sandra Bullock’s tough FBI agent partner. Additionally, she voice acts for the characters Huey and Riley Freeman on the Adult Swim show, The Boondocks, as well as the feature film The Ant Bully. Most recently, she appeared in season 6 of the hit show 24.

She married Ian Alexander, Sr. on April 23, 1997. The couple has one child. Regina filed for divorce on November 8, 2006 citing “irreconcilable differences.”