Acting
Aja Naomi King
Acting · 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 · 28
FilmThe Knife
2025 · Alex
Grosse Pointe Garden Society
2025 · Catherine
Lessons in Chemistry
2023 · Harriet Sloane
FilmA Little White Lie
2023 · Blythe Brown
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
FilmBoxing Day
2021 · Lisa Dixon
Amend: The Fight for America
2021 · Self
FilmThe 24th
2020 · Marie
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020 · Self
FilmSylvie's Love
2020 · Mona
FilmA Girl from Mogadishu
2019 · Ifrah Ahmed
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · Recluse
FilmThe Upside
2019 · Latrice
FilmThe Birth of a Nation
2016 · Cherry
FilmReversion
2015 · Sophie Clé
How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · Michaela Pratt
BoJack Horseman
2014 · BoJack's date (voice)
FilmThe Rewrite
2014 · Rosa Tejeda
Black Box
2014 · Ali Henslee
The Blacklist
2013 · Elysa Ruben
FilmFour
2013 · Abigayle
Film36 Saints
2013 · Joan
FilmOnion News Empire
2013 · Jillian
Emily Owens, M.D.
2012 · Cassandra Kopelson
FilmDamsels in Distress
2012 · Positive Polly
Scandal
2012 · Michaela Pratt
Person of Interest
2011 · Lisa
Blue Bloods
2010 · Denise