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Cleo King
King at the 2014 Seventh Annual Bel Air Film Festival at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills
Born	(1962-08-21) August 21, 1962 (age 62) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S
Occupations	Actress singer
Years active	1988–present

Cleo King (born August 21, 1962) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on television, particularly Mike & Molly (2010–2016).

Early life

King was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was the youngest of seven children. She graduated from University of Missouri and later moved to New York to pursue an acting career, first appearing in theatre productions.

Career

In the mid-1990s, King moved to Los Angeles, California, and began appearing on television shows such as The Wayans Bros., Living Single, Malcolm & Eddie, Murphy Brown, and Any Day Now. She also appeared on Friends as a nurse.

King has appeared in a number of films, playing small parts, include Magnolia (1999), Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Bubble Boy (2001), The Life of David Gale (2003), Dreamgirls (2006), Pineapple Express (2008), The Hangover (2009), Valentine's Day (2010), and Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014). She guest-starred on more than 50 shows, including NYPD Blue, Ally McBeal, Six Feet Under, The West Wing, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, and Ugly Betty.

From 2001 to 2002, King had a recurring role as Helene Parks in the Fox drama series Boston Public, created by David E. Kelley. In 2003, she co-starred in the short-lived CBS drama The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire, also created by Kelley. In 2006, she played Aunt Lou in the HBO drama series Deadwood during its third and final season. In 2009, King had the recurring role as Neeta, the nanny of Jax Teller's son in the FX drama series, Sons of Anarchy.

In 2010, King was cast in the series regular role as grandmother Rosetta "Nana" McMillan in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly, even though she is only seven years older than Reno Wilson (who played her grandson, Carl).

In 2017 she appeared regularly in Netflix's adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events, which premiered in 2017. That same year she appeared as Mrs. Watkins in the film The Bye Bye Man.

On February 22, 2021, King made a cameo appearance in season 2, episode 6 of Fox's 9-1-1: Lone Star. She portrayed Paul Strickland's mother, Cynthia Strickland.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

1. Rose, Mike (August 21, 2022). "Today's famous birthdays list for August 21, 2022 includes celebrities Kacey Musgraves, Alicia Witt". The Plain Dealer. Associated Press. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
2. ^ Iya Bakare. "Mike-Molly-s-Cleo-King-Claims-Her-Throne-in-Acting-Industry - Entertainment - Articles". Retrieved February 2, 2016.
3. "Cleo King". Hollywood.com. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
4. William Keck (September 2, 2010). "Keck's Exclusives: CBS' Mike & Molly Makes a Surprising Casting Choice". TVGuide.com. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
5. Sean Fitz-Gerald (January 13, 2017). "Every 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' Actor You Need to Know About". Thrillist. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
6. McNary, Dave (November 11, 2015). "Michael Trucco Joins Horror-Thriller 'The Bye Bye Man'". variety.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
7. Jacobs, Meredith. "'9-1-1: Lone Star' Sneak Peek: Find Out the Big Surprise in Store for Paul (VIDEO)". TV Insider. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

External links

• Cleo King at IMDb
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• American television actresses
• American film actresses
• Living people
• Actresses from St. Louis
• University of Missouri alumni
• 20th-century American actresses
• 21st-century American actresses
• 20th-century African-American actresses
• 21st-century African-American actresses
• 1962 births