
Aja Naomi King
Biography
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.
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Acting History
2025
The Knife as Alex
2025Grosse Pointe Garden Society as Catherine
2023Lessons in Chemistry as Harriet Sloane
2023A Little White Lie as Blythe Brown
2022Sherri as Self - Guest
2021L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth as Self
2021Boxing Day as Lisa Dixon
2021Amend: The Fight for America as Self
2020The 24th as Marie
2020Bottomless Brunch at Colman's as Self
2020Sylvie's Love as Mona
2019A Girl from Mogadishu as Ifrah Ahmed
2019A Black Lady Sketch Show as Recluse
2019The Upside as Latrice
2016The Birth of a Nation as Cherry
2015Reversion as Sophie Clé
2014How to Get Away with Murder as Michaela Pratt
2014BoJack Horseman as BoJack's date (voice)
2014The Rewrite as Rosa
2014Black Box as Ali Henslee
2013The Blacklist as Elysa Ruben
2013Four as Abigayle
201336 Saints as Joan
2013Onion News Empire as Jillian
2012Emily Owens, M.D. as Cassandra Kopelson
2012Damsels in Distress as Positive Polly
2012Scandal as Michaela Pratt
2011Person of Interest as Lisa
2010Blue Bloods as Denise
—Boxing Day 2 as Lisa Dixon









