Aja Naomi King is an American actress. She appeared in several short films before landing guest roles on the CBS procedurals Blue Bloods and Person of Interest. Her big break came in 2012 when she was cast as new surgical intern Cassandra Kopelson on the CW drama Emily Owens, M.D. The series was canceled after a single season in 2013. She later starred in the Amazon Studios comedy pilot The Onion Presents: The News. King also played Wendell Pierce's daughter Abigayle in the independent film Four, released on September 13, 2013. Along with her castmates, she won a Los Angeles Film Festival Award for her role in this movie.

Filmography

• Grosse Pointe Garden Society — Catherine
• 2025The Knife — Alex
• 2023A Little White Lie — Blythe Brown
• Lessons in Chemistry — Harriet Sloane
• 2021Boxing Day — Lisa Dixon
• 2020Sylvie's Love — Mona
• 2020The 24th — Marie
• A Black Lady Sketch Show — Recluse
• 2019A Girl from Mogadishu — Ifrah Ahmed
• 2019The Upside — Latrice
• 2016The Birth of a Nation — Cherry
• 2015Reversion — Sophie Clé
• Black Box — Ali Henslee
• BoJack Horseman — BoJack's date (voice)
• How to Get Away with Murder — Michaela Pratt
• 2014The Rewrite — Rosa Tejeda
• 201336 Saints — Joan
• 2013Four — Abigayle
• 2013Onion News Empire — Jillian
• The Blacklist — Elysa Ruben
• 2012Damsels in Distress — Positive Polly
• Emily Owens, M.D. — Cassandra Kopelson
• Scandal — Michaela Pratt
• Person of Interest — Lisa
• Blue Bloods — Denise
• Boxing Day 2 — Lisa Dixon

Appearances as themselves (4)

• Sherri — Self - Guest
• Amend: The Fight for America — Self
• 2021L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth — Self
• Bottomless Brunch at Colman's — Self