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Cleo King
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King at the 2014 Seventh Annual Bel Air Film Film Festival at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills
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| Born | August 21, 1962 |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
Cleo King is an American actress. She was born on August 21, 1962. She is well-known for her roles on television. One of her most famous roles was in the TV show Mike & Molly, which aired from 2010 to 2016.
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About Cleo King
Her Early Life
Cleo King was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the youngest of seven children in her family. She went to the University of Missouri. After finishing college, she moved to New York. There, she started her acting career in theater plays.
Her Acting Journey
In the mid-1990s, Cleo King moved to Los Angeles, California. She began appearing in many television shows. Some of these shows included The Wayans Bros., Living Single, and Friends. On Friends, she played a nurse.
Cleo King has also acted in several movies. She often played smaller, but memorable, parts. Some of her films include Magnolia (1999) and Dude, Where's My Car? (2000). She also appeared in Dreamgirls (2006) and The Hangover (2009). Later, she was in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).
She has been a guest star on more than 50 TV shows. These include popular series like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and NCIS.
From 2001 to 2002, King had a recurring role. She played Helene Parks in the TV show Boston Public. In 2006, she played Aunt Lou in the HBO drama series Deadwood. In 2009, she had a recurring role as Neeta. This was the nanny in the show Sons of Anarchy.
In 2010, Cleo King got a main role in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly. She played Grandma Rosetta "Nana" McMillan. Even though she played a grandmother, she was only a few years older than the actor who played her grandson.
In 2017, she appeared in the Netflix show A Series of Unfortunate Events. She also played Mrs. Watkins in the movie The Bye Bye Man that same year. More recently, in 2021, King made a special appearance. She was in the show 9-1-1: Lone Star. She played Paul Strickland's mother, Cynthia Strickland.
Film and Television Roles
Movies
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1993 | Six Degrees of Separation | Lieutenant Price |
| 1997 | White Lies | Alice |
| 1999 | Magnolia | Marcie |
| 2000 | Road Trip | Tina |
| 2000 | Dude, Where's My Car? | Officer Clark |
| 2001 | Bubble Boy | Minister Walsh |
| 2003 | The Life of David Gale | Barbara Kreuster |
| 2006 | The Benchwarmers | Martha |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls | Janice |
| 2008 | Pineapple Express | Police Liaison Officer Harris |
| 2009 | The Hangover | Officer Garden |
| 2010 | Valentine's Day | TSA Supervisor Daisy Bell |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Anne |
| 2017 | The Bye Bye Man | Mrs. Watkins |
Television Shows
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1988 | The Cosby Show | Cleo | Episode: "If the Dress Fits, Wear It" |
| 1996 | The Wayans Bros. | Ethel | Episode: "Getting It" |
| 1997 | Murphy Brown | Marsha | 3 episodes |
| 1998 | Malcolm & Eddie | Aunt Ruby | Episode: "Mixed Nuts" |
| 2000 | ER | Mrs. Davies | Episode: "Viable Options" |
| 2001 | Ally McBeal | Ms. Parks | Episode: "Queen Bee" |
| 2001–2002 | Boston Public | Helene Parks | 9 episodes |
| 2002 | Friends | Nurse Kitty | Episode: "The One Where No One Proposes" |
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Lucy | Episode: "Compulsion" |
| 2005 | NCIS | Della Robinson | Episode: "An Eye for an Eye" |
| 2006 | Deadwood | Aunt Lou Marchbanks | 9 episodes |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty | Anne Fraiser | Episode: "Fey's Sleigh Ride" |
| 2009 | Sons of Anarchy | Neeta | 2 episodes |
| 2010–2016 | Mike & Molly | Grandma | 57 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Eleanora Poe | 6 episodes |
| 2018 | Young Sheldon | Mrs. Costello | Episode: "A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man's Backside" |
| 2019 | Deadwood: The Movie | Aunt Lou | Television film |
| 2021 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Cynthia Strickland | Episode: "Everyone and Their Brother" |
