Aja Naomi King is an American actress. She began her career, appearing in guest-starring roles on television, and starred as Cassandra Kopelson in the short-lived The CW medical comedy-drama, Emily Owens, M.D. In 2014, King began starring as Michaela Pratt in the ABC legal drama series, How to Get Away with Murder, for which she receivedNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series nomination in 2015. She also has starred in the independent movies Four and Reversion, before her breakthrough role as Cherry, the young slave, in the critically acclaimed 2015 biographical film, The Birth of a Nation.
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Lessons in Chemistry (2023)
Starring as Harriet Slone
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Introduction to Chemistry (Nov 22, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: Book of Calvin (Nov 17, 2023)
- Episode 1x06: Poirot (Nov 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: CH₃COOH (Nov 3, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Primitive Instinct (Oct 27, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Living Dead Things (Oct 20, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: Her and Him (Oct 13, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Little Miss Hastings (Oct 13, 2023)
Amend: The Fight for America (2021)
Guest starring as Aja Naomi King
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Wait (Feb 17, 2021)
- Episode 1x02: Resistance (Feb 17, 2021)
A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
Guest starring as Recluse
- Episode 1x02: Your Boss Knows You Don't Have Eyebrows (Aug 9, 2019)
The Envelope (2017)
Guest starring as Aja Naomi King
- Episode 1x03: Supporting Actresses (Feb 8, 2017)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Aja Naomi King
- Episode 2016-10-07: Diane Lane; Aja Naomi King; Alingon Mitra (Oct 7, 2016)
How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
Starring as Michaela Pratt
(90 episodes)
- Episode 6x15: Stay (May 14, 2020)
- Episode 6x14: Annalise Keating is Dead (May 7, 2020)
- Episode 6x13: What If Sam Wasn't the Bad Guy This Whole Time? (Apr 30, 2020)
- Episode 6x12: Let's Hurt Him (Apr 16, 2020)
- Episode 6x11: The Reckoning (Apr 9, 2020)
- Episode 6x10: We're Not Getting Away with It (Apr 2, 2020)
- Episode 6x09: Are You the Mole? (Nov 21, 2019)
- Episode 6x08: I Want To Be Free (Nov 14, 2019)
- Episode 6x07: I'm the Murderer (Nov 7, 2019)
- Episode 6x06: Family Sucks (Oct 31, 2019)
- Episode 6x05: We're All Gonna Die (Oct 24, 2019)
- Episode 6x04: I Hate the World (Oct 17, 2019)
- Episode 6x03: Do You Think I'm a Bad Man? (Oct 10, 2019)
- Episode 6x02: Vivian's Here (Oct 3, 2019)
- Episode 6x01: Say Goodbye (Sep 26, 2019)
- Episode 5x15: Please Say No One Else Is Dead (Feb 28, 2019)
- Episode 5x14: Make Me the Enemy (Feb 21, 2019)
- Episode 5x13: Where Are Your Parents? (Feb 14, 2019)
- Episode 5x12: We Know Everything (Feb 7, 2019)
- Episode 5x11: Be the Martyr (Jan 31, 2019)
- Episode 5x10: Don't Go Dark on Me (Jan 24, 2019)
- Episode 5x09: He Betrayed Us Both (Jan 17, 2019)
- Episode 5x08: I Want to Love You Until the Day I Die (Nov 15, 2018)
- Episode 5x07: I Got Played (Nov 8, 2018)
- Episode 5x06: We Can Find Him (Nov 1, 2018)
- Episode 5x05: It Was the Worst Day of My Life (Oct 25, 2018)
- Episode 5x04: It's Her Kid (Oct 18, 2018)
- Episode 5x03: The Baby Was Never Dead (Oct 11, 2018)
- Episode 5x02: Whose Blood Is That? (Oct 4, 2018)
- Episode 5x01: Your Funeral (Sep 27, 2018)
- Episode 4x15: Nobody Else Is Dying (Mar 15, 2018)
- Episode 4x14: The Day Before He Died (Mar 8, 2018)
- Episode 4x13: Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Mar 1, 2018)
- Episode 4x12: Ask Him About Stella (Feb 8, 2018)
- Episode 4x11: He's a Bad Father (Feb 1, 2018)
- Episode 4x10: Everything We Did Was for Nothing (Jan 25, 2018)
- Episode 4x09: He's Dead (Jan 18, 2018)
- Episode 4x08: Live. Live. Live. (Nov 16, 2017)
- Episode 4x07: Nobody Roots for Goliath (Nov 9, 2017)
- Episode 4x06: Stay Strong, Mama (Nov 2, 2017)
- Episode 4x05: I Love Her (Oct 26, 2017)
- Episode 4x04: Was She Ever Good at Her Job? (Oct 19, 2017)
- Episode 4x03: It's for the Greater Good (Oct 12, 2017)
- Episode 4x02: I'm Not Her (Oct 5, 2017)
- Episode 4x01: I'm Going Away (Sep 28, 2017)
- Episode 3x15: Wes (Feb 23, 2017)
- Episode 3x14: He Made a Terrible Mistake (Feb 23, 2017)
- Episode 3x13: It's War (Feb 16, 2017)
- Episode 3x12: Go Cry Somewhere Else (Feb 9, 2017)
- Episode 3x11: Not Everything's About Annalise (Feb 2, 2017)
- Episode 3x10: We're Bad People (Jan 26, 2017)
- Episode 3x09: Who's Dead? (Nov 17, 2016)
- Episode 3x08: No More Blood (Nov 10, 2016)
- Episode 3x07: Call It Mother's Intuition (Nov 3, 2016)
- Episode 3x06: Is Someone Really Dead? (Oct 27, 2016)
- Episode 3x05: It's About Frank (Oct 20, 2016)
- Episode 3x04: Don't Tell Annalise (Oct 13, 2016)
- Episode 3x03: Always Bet Black (Oct 6, 2016)
- Episode 3x02: There Are Worse Things Than Murder (Sep 29, 2016)
- Episode 3x01: We're Good People Now (Sep 22, 2016)
- Episode 2x15: Anna Mae (Mar 17, 2016)
- Episode 2x14: There's My Baby (Mar 10, 2016)
- Episode 2x13: Something Bad Happened (Mar 3, 2016)
- Episode 2x12: It's a Trap (Feb 25, 2016)
- Episode 2x11: She Hates Us (Feb 18, 2016)
- Episode 2x10: What Happened to You, Annalise? (Feb 11, 2016)
- Episode 2x09: What Did We Do? (Nov 19, 2015)
- Episode 2x08: Hi, I'm Philip (Nov 12, 2015)
- Episode 2x07: I Want You to Die (Nov 5, 2015)
- Episode 2x06: Two Birds, One Millstone (Oct 29, 2015)
- Episode 2x05: Meet Bonnie (Oct 22, 2015)
- Episode 2x04: Skanks Get Shanked (Oct 15, 2015)
- Episode 2x03: It's Called the Octopus (Oct 8, 2015)
- Episode 2x02: She's Dying (Oct 1, 2015)
- Episode 2x01: It's Time to Move On (Sep 24, 2015)
- Episode 1x15: It's All My Fault (Feb 26, 2015)
- Episode 1x14: The Night Lila Died (Feb 26, 2015)
- Episode 1x13: Mama's Here Now (Feb 19, 2015)
- Episode 1x12: She's a Murderer (Feb 12, 2015)
- Episode 1x11: Best Christmas Ever (Feb 5, 2015)
- Episode 1x10: Hello Raskolnikov (Jan 29, 2015)
- Episode 1x09: Kill Me, Kill Me, Kill Me (Nov 20, 2014)
- Episode 1x08: He Has a Wife (Nov 13, 2014)
- Episode 1x07: He Deserved to Die (Nov 6, 2014)
- Episode 1x06: Freakin' Whack-a-Mole (Oct 30, 2014)
- Episode 1x05: We're Not Friends (Oct 23, 2014)
- Episode 1x04: Let's Get to Scooping (Oct 16, 2014)
- Episode 1x03: Smile, or Go to Jail (Oct 9, 2014)
- Episode 1x02: It's All Her Fault (Oct 2, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 25, 2014)
The Blacklist (2013)
Guest starring as Elysa Ruben
- Episode 1x07: Frederick Barnes (No. 47) (Nov 4, 2013)
Hollywood Game Night (2013)
Guest starring as Aja Naomi King
- Episode 4x11: It's My Jane in the Box (Mar 27, 2016)
Emily Owens, M.D. (2012)
Starring as Cassandra Kopelson
(13 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Emily and... the Leap (Feb 5, 2013)
- Episode 1x12: Emily and... the Perfect Storm (Jan 29, 2013)
- Episode 1x11: Emily and... the Teapot (Jan 22, 2013)
- Episode 1x10: Emily and... the Social Experiment (Jan 15, 2013)
- Episode 1x09: Emily and… the Love of Larping (Jan 8, 2013)
- Episode 1x08: Emily and… the Car and the Cards (Jan 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x07: Emily And… The Good And The Bad (Dec 4, 2012)
- Episode 1x06: Emily And… The Question Of Faith (Nov 27, 2012)
- Episode 1x05: Emily And... The Tell-tale Heart (Nov 20, 2012)
- Episode 1x04: Emily And... The Predator (Nov 13, 2012)
- Episode 1x03: Emily and... The Outbreak (Oct 30, 2012)
- Episode 1x02: Emily and... The Alan Zolman Incident (Oct 23, 2012)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Oct 16, 2012)
Scandal (2012)
Guest starring as Michaela Pratt
- Episode 7x12: Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself (Mar 1, 2018)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Aja Naomi King
- Episode 2016-03-03: Jason Bateman, Aja Naomi King, Cee-Lo Green (Mar 3, 2016)