Where Are They Now? The Cast of “227”
Regina King
Ha! Perhaps my favorite 227 characters was Regina King’s Brenda Jenkins. She was the adorable and studious daughter of Mary and Lester, and the girlfriend of fellow 227 resident, Calvin Hobbs. She was mad cool too, I’ll never forget the episode where she danced with Bobby Brown to my jam, “I’ll Be Good to You” while in class. Too awesome! But anyway, we know she had the most success in the end. King went on to have roles in Poetic Justice, Boyz n the Hood, Friday, Jerry Maguire, and How Stella Got Her Groove Back. And of course, she’s had a lot of television success with shows like 24, her voice work on The Boondocks (as Huey and Riley), and her current smash TNT show, Southland. She’s also dating cutie Malcolm-Jamal Warner, of Cosby Show fame.
