Acting

Aja Naomi King

Born 1985-01-11 · 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.

Credits

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The Knife
as Alex
2025
Grosse Pointe Garden Society
as Catherine
2025
Lessons in Chemistry
as Harriet Sloane
2023
A Little White Lie
as Blythe Brown
2023
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
as Self
2021
Boxing Day
as Lisa Dixon
2021
Amend: The Fight for America
as Self
2021
The 24th
as Marie
2020
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
as Self
2020
Sylvie's Love
as Mona
2020
A Girl from Mogadishu
as Ifrah Ahmed
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Recluse
2019
The Upside
as Latrice
2019
The Birth of a Nation
as Cherry
2016
Reversion
as Sophie Clé
2015
How to Get Away with Murder
as Michaela Pratt
2014
BoJack Horseman
as BoJack's date (voice)
2014
The Rewrite
as Rosa Tejeda
2014
Black Box
as Ali Henslee
2014
The Blacklist
as Elysa Ruben
2013
Four
as Abigayle
2013
36 Saints
as Joan
2013
Onion News Empire
as Jillian
2013
Emily Owens, M.D.
as Cassandra Kopelson
2012
Damsels in Distress
as Positive Polly
2012
Scandal
as Michaela Pratt
2012
Person of Interest
as Lisa
2011
Blue Bloods
as Denise
2010
Boxing Day 2
as Lisa Dixon
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