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Aja Naomi King

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Aja Naomi King Biography

Personal

Age: 40 years young

Born: Friday 11th of January 1985

Years active: 2008-present (started around 23 years old; 17 years active)

Birthplace: United States

Nationality: (American)

Ethnicity: Black

Professions: Actress

Body

Hair color: Black

Height: 5'5" (or 165 cm)

Weight: 119 lbs (or 54 kg)

Body type: Slim

Measurements: 36-25-35

Bra/cup size: 36D show conversions

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Instagram follower count: 1.1m (as of July 2025)

About Aja Naomi King

Aja Naomi King (/ˈeɪdʒə/;[1] born January 11, 1985)[2] is an American actress. She began her career in guest-starring roles on television, and starred as Cassandra Kopelson in short-lived The CW medical comedy-drama, Emily Owens, M.D. (2012–13). She also has starred in the films Four (2012) and Reversion (2015).

From 2014 to 2020, King starred as Michaela Pratt in the ABC legal drama series, How to Get Away with Murder, for which she received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series nomination in 2015. In 2016, she portrayed Cherry Turner in the historical film The Birth of a Nation (2016), receiving positive reviews from critics and NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture nomination. Since then, King appeared in the comedy-drama film The Upside (2017), played human rights activist Ifrah Ahmed 2019 in the biographical drama A Girl from Mogadishu (2019), and had roles in Sylvie's Love (2020), The 24th (2020) and Boxing Day (2021).