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Regina Hall at an event for Cadillac Records (2008)

Biography

Regina Hall

Overview

  • Born
    December 12, 1970 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  • Birth name
    Regina Lee Hall
  • Height
    5′ 4″ (1.63 m)

Mini bio

  • Regina Hall was born December 12, 1970 in Washington, D.C., to Ruby, a teacher, and Odie Hall, a contractor. She graduated from Fordham University in 1992, and went on to earn a master's degree in journalism from New York University before shifting to an acting career. In 1997 at age 26, she began appearing in commercials, and then made the giant leap into movies. Her fame came with her role in the comedy-horror spoof Scary Movie, Regina Hall has frequented the big screen in roles that far from betrayed her age. Her recurring role in Scary Movie and the sequel Scary Movie 2 exhibited the 30-year-old's ability to maintain her youthful appearance, as she portrayed the high-school-aged Brenda Meeks. However, her first film role was in the 1999 film The Best Man. The following year, she made many other film appearances, including her starring role in Scary Movie in 2000. She first had a role in the movie Love and Basketball which also starred close friend Sanaa Lathan. In 2001, Hall's list of credits grew to include her first television role, as Corretta Lipp on the prime-time drama Ally McBeal, which was a recurring role for several episodes. Furthermore, in 2001 Scary Movie 2 was released, in addition to the Mandel Holland comedy The Other Brother, featuring Hall as Vicki. One year later, she starred in the action-drama Paid in Full, directed by Charles Stone III. She would later on start in other films such as;Malibu's Most Wanted, Scary Movie 3, The Honeymooners, and First Sunday.
    - IMDb mini biography by: freemca

Family

  • Parents
      Ruby Hall
      Odie Hall

Trivia

  • Earned a Master's degree in journalism from NYU in 1997.
  • Before pursuing an acting career, Regina once worked as a waitress at a "Twin Peaks" restaurant, a job she loved. She also worked for a time as a dental assistant, a job she hated.
  • Graduated from Fordham University in 1992.
  • Appeared in three films with Sanaa Lathan: The Best Man (1999), Love & Basketball (2000), and Disappearing Acts (2000).
  • In 2006 she was living with Sanaa Lathan while her house was being renovated.

Quotes

  • I believe in reincarnation. I think that's why I'm always on some sort of spiritual quest.
  • I remember there was a script that I read that I loved, and my agent told me, "They went after Amy Adams, and she's not doing it." And I said, "I'll do it!" And he was like, "They love you, but they're going to Natalie Portman." "Oh, right." There's always another.
  • Black audiences are what I've considered my base, and I will always make movies for that base.
  • I don't want to act like in every moment of flirtation I've always been the victim. We know the dynamics of what is alluring to the opposite sex but also know there has to be boundaries.

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