Actor
Aja Naomi King
41 years · Los Angeles County, California, USA · 15 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 15
The Knife
2025 · Alex
On Philo
A Little White Lie
2023 · Blythe Brown
On Hulu
L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
2021 · Self
Boxing Day
2021 · Lisa Dixon
The 24th
2020 · Marie
On Netflix
Sylvie's Love
2020 · Mona
On Amazon MX Player
A Girl from Mogadishu
2019 · Ifrah Ahmed
The Upside
2019 · Latrice
On Hulu
The Birth of a Nation
2016 · Cherry
Reversion
2015 · Sophie Clé
On fuboTV
The Rewrite
2014 · Rosa Tejeda
On Plex
Four
2013 · Abigayle
On Kanopy
36 Saints
2013 · Joan
On The Roku Channel
Onion News Empire
2013 · Jillian
Damsels in Distress
2012 · Positive Polly
On Amazon Prime Video