---
name: "Cleo King"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cleo-king"
fi1m_id: "cleo-king"
imdb_id: "nm0454598"
tmdb_id: 7574
wikidata_id: "Q2978917"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 August 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-23T11:48:31.324914+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cleo King

## Identity

Cleo King

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cleo-king
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cleo-king
- **IMDb ID:** nm0454598
- **TMDB ID:** 7574
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2978917
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleo_King, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454598/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7574

Actor. Born 21 August 1962 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 August 1962, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Also known as:** Harriet Cleo King 
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 74 (5), 2020s 59 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 68 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, Crime 3, Adventure 1, Thriller 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $654m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleo_King, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454598/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7574

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Dink*](https://film.one/film/the-dink.md) (59)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Cleo King is an American actress. Born on 21 August 1962 in St. Louis, Missouri, she graduated from the University of Missouri and began her career in New York theatre before moving to Los Angeles in the mid-1990s.

She is known for recurring television roles including Grandma (or Nana) Rosetta McMillan in the sitcom *Mike & Molly* (2010–2016) and appearances in *Friends* (as Nurse Kitty), *Grey's Anatomy*, *Lost*, *Shameless* and *Bones*. Film credits include *Magnolia* (1999), *Pineapple Express* (2008), *The Hangover* (2009) and *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014). She played Gail in the 2026 film *The Dink*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *The Dink* (2026), Fi1m 59, as Gail — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dink.md)
- *The Hangover* (2009), Fi1m 72, as Officer Garden — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hangover.md)
- *Sons of Anarchy* (2008), Fi1m 67, as Neeta — [page](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md)
- *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, as Lou Marchbanks — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *Dogville* (2003), Fi1m 74, as Olivia — [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)
- *Road Trip* (2000), Fi1m 64, as Woman on Bus — [page](https://film.one/film/road-trip.md)
- *Magnolia* (1999), Fi1m 84, as Marcie — [page](https://film.one/film/magnolia.md)

## Complete filmography (80)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Dink* (2026), as Gail — Fi1m 59, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dink.md)
- *Electric Bloom* (2025), series, as Georgie
- *Minx* (2022), series, as Evelyn
- *Ride the Eagle* (2021), as Missy
- *Hoops* (2020), series, as Opal Lowry (voice)
- *Date Nite* (2020), as Angela
- *9-1-1: Lone Star* (2020), series, as Cynthia Strickland
- *Justine* (2019), as Cynthia
- *Deadwood: The Movie* (2019), as Lou Marchbanks
- *Young Sheldon* (2017), series, as Mrs. Costello
- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), series, as Eleanora Poe
- *The Bye Bye Man* (2017), as Mrs. Watkins
- *Dream Corp LLC* (2016), series, as General Jim Joynose, Jr. / Patient 13
- *Just Before I Go* (2015), as Berta
- *Fresh Off the Boat* (2015), series, as Judge Patty O'Brien
- *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014), as Realtor
- *Young & Hungry* (2014), series, as Madame Paulette
- *Jennifer Falls* (2014), series, as Ronnie
- *All's Fair...* (2013), as Phoenix
- *Mom* (2013), series, as Sandy
- *The Obama Effect* (2012), as Rebecca Thomas
- *New Girl* (2011), series, as Sergeant Dorado — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Demoted* (2011), as Betty
- *Shameless* (2011), series, as Registrar — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Mike & Molly* (2010), series, as Rosetta 'Grandma' McMillan
- *Valentine's Day* (2010), as Daisy Bell
- *Rex Is Not Your Lawyer* (2010), series, as Mable Howard
- *The Hangover* (2009), as Officer Garden — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hangover.md)
- *Sex Drive* (2008), as Abstinence Host
- *Sons of Anarchy* (2008), series, as Neeta — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md)
- *Pineapple Express* (2008), as Police Liaison Officer
- *Eli Stone* (2008), series, as Deborah Brehe
- *Notes from the Underbelly* (2007), series, Actor
- *Dreamgirls* (2006), as Janice
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, as Anne Fraiser
- *Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror* (2006), as Miss Willows
- *The Benchwarmers* (2006), as Lady Customer
- *So NoTORIous* (2006), series, as Nanny
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Minister Sheila — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* (2005), series, as Nurse Wendy
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Robin — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Brenda's Cousin (voice)
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Unemployment office worker
- *Lost* (2004), series, as Tamara Fry — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Deadwood* (2004), series, as Lou Marchbanks — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire* (2003), series, Actor
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Della Robinson — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Dogville* (2003), as Olivia — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)
- *The Life of David Gale* (2003), as Barbara Kreuster
- *National Security* (2003), as Woman in Car
- *Waking Up in Reno* (2002), as June
- *Monk* (2002), series, as 911 Operator
- *The Bernie Mac Show* (2001), series, as Cheryl
- *According to Jim* (2001), series, as Suzanne
- *Bubble Boy* (2001), as Minister
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, as Life — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Dude, Where's My Car?* (2000), as Impound Officer
- *Boston Public* (2000), series, as Helene Parks
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Lucy
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, as Neighbor in Building — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, as Claudia Falder
- *Road Trip* (2000), as Woman on Bus — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/road-trip.md)
- *Magnolia* (1999), as Marcie — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/magnolia.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, as Marla Worisky — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *Becker* (1998), series, as Mrs. Davis
- *Charmed* (1998), series, as Tanya - Juror
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Ms. Parks
- *Touch Me* (1997), as The Gospel Singer
- *White Lies* (1997), as Woman #1 with Cow
- *Promised Land* (1996), series, as Teresa Landover
- *The Jamie Foxx Show* (1996), series, as Valencia
- *Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child* (1995), series, as Nana / Servant Woman #2 (voice)
- *The Wayans Bros.* (1995), series, as Ethel
- *Friends* (1994), series, as Nurse Kitty — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *ER* (1994), series, as Mrs. Davies — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Six Degrees of Separation* (1993), as Lieutenant Price
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as ER Nurse
- *Boy Meets World* (1993), series, Actor
- *Hangin' with Mr. Cooper* (1992), series, as Viva

## Gallery

- ![Cleo King](https://film.one/media/person/314540/gallery-1d7379989a96.jpg) Cleo King — Real TV Films, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Cleo_King%2C_Bel_Air_Film_Festval_2014.jpg/1280px-Cleo_King%2C_Bel_Air_Film_Festval_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cleo King](https://film.one/media/person/314540/gallery-a817a003029c.jpg) Cleo King — Image via TMDB

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