Cleo King portrays Eleanora Poe in Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Biography[]
King was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was the youngest of seven children in her family. She graduated from University of Missouri and later moved to New York to pursue an acting career, appearing on stage productions. In mid-1990s, King moved to Los Angeles, California, when she began appearing on television shows such as The Wayans Bros., Living Single, Malcolm & Eddie, Murphy Brown, and Any Day Now.
King has appeared in a number of films, playing small parts, include Magnolia (1999), Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Bubble Boy (2001), The Life of David Gale (2003), Dogville (2003), Dreamgirls (2006), Pineapple Express(2008), The Hangover (2009), and Valentine's Day. She guest-starred on more than 50 shows, include NYPD Blue, Ally McBeal, Six Feet Under, The West Wing, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, and Ugly Betty.
From 2001 to 2002, King had the recurring role as Helene Parks in the Fox drama series, Boston Public created by David E. Kelley. In 2003, she co-starred in the short-lived CBS drama The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire, also created by Kelley. In 2006, she played Aunt Lou in the HBO drama series Deadwood during its third and final season. In 2009, King had the recurring role as Neeta, the nanny of Jax Teller's son in the FX drama series, Sons of Anarchy.
In 2010, King was cast in the series regular role as grandmother, Rosetta McMillan "Nana", in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly, even though she is only 7 years older than Reno Wilson (who plays her grandson, Carl).
She also appears regularly in Netflix's adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series), 2017.
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Six Degrees of Separation | Lieutenant Price | |
| 1997 | White Lies | Woman #1 with Cow | |
| 1997 | Touch Me | The Gospel Singer | |
| 1999 | Border Line | Allison's Secretary | |
| 1999 | Magnolia | Marcie | |
| 2000 | Road Trip | Woman on Bus | |
| 2000 | Dude, Where's My Car? | Penny the Impound Officer | |
| 2001 | Bubble Boy | Minister | |
| 2001 | On the Borderline | Uncredited | |
| 2002 | Waking Up in Reno | June | |
| 2003 | National Security | Woman in Car | |
| 2003 | The Life of David Gale | Barbara Kreuster | |
| 2003 | Dogville | Olivia | |
| 2006 | The Benchwarmers | Lady Customer | |
| 2006 | Hood of Horror | Miss Willows | |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls | Janice | |
| 2007 | Towelhead | Sales Clerk | |
| 2008 | Pineapple Express | Police Liason Officer | |
| 2008 | Sex Drive | Abstinence Host | |
| 2009 | The Hangover | Officer Garden | |
| 2010 | Valentine's Day | TSA Supervisor Daisy Bell | |
| 2011 | Demoted | Betty | |
| 2012 | The Obama Effect | Rebecca Thomas | |
| 2012 | I'm Not Dead Yet | Bev | |
| 2014 | All's Fair | Phoenix | Short |
| 2014 | Just Before I Go | Berta | |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Realtor | |
| 2015 | The Big Leaf | Parole Officer Marva | |
| 2017 | The Bye Bye Man | Mrs. Watkins | |
| 2017 | Under the Radar | Rhonda Jones | Short |
| 2019 | Deadwood: The Movie | Aunt Lou | |
| 2019 | Justine | Cynthia | |
| 2019 | Date Nite | Angela | Short |
| That's Love | Deidra Johnson | Short |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Cosby Show | Exercise Class Woman | One Episode |
| 1996 | The Wayans Bros. | Ethel | One Episode |
| 1996 | Living Single | Geraldine | One Episode |
| 1997 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Viva | One Episode |
| 1997 | Hitz | Sabrina | One Episode |
| 1997 | 413 Hope St. | Adele / Receptionist | |
| 1998 | Michael Hayes | Augusta Miller | One Episode |
| 1998 | Malcolm & Eddie | Aunt Ruby | One Episode |
| 1998 | Promised Land | Teresa Landover | One Episode |
| 1998 | NightMan | Buddy's Mother | One Episode |
| 1997-1998 | Murphy Brown | Technologist | |
| 1998 | Any Day Now | One Episode | |
| 1999 | Becker | Mrs. Davis | One Episode |
| 2000 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Valencia | One Episode |
| 2000 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Nana / Servant Woman #2 | One Episode |
| 2000 | Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane | Helen | One Episode |
| 2000 | ER | Mrs. Davies | One Episode |
| 2001 | Diagnosis Murder | E.R. Nurse | One Episode |
| 2001 | Gilmore Girls | Angry Woman | One Episode |
| 2001 | Strong Medicine | Claudia Falder | One Episode |
| 2001 | NYPD Blue | Helena | One Episode |
| 2001 | Ally McBeal | Ms. Parks | One Episode |
| 2001 | The Beast | One Episode | |
| 2002 | Charmed | Tanya - Juror | One Episode |
| 2002 | The Bernie Mac Show | Cheryl | One Episode |
| 2002 | Six Feet Under | Life | One Episode |
| 2002 | Friends | Nurse Kitty | One Episode |
| 2002 | MDs | Leticia | One Episode |
| 2001-2002 | Boston Public | Helene Parks | |
| 2003 | The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire | Francine Hill | |
| 2004-2005 | The West Wing | Marla Worisky | |
| 2005 | Monk | 911 Operator | One Episode |
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Lucy | One Episode |
| 2005 | NCIS | Della Robinson | One Episode |
| 2006 | So Notorious | Nanny | |
| 2006 | Deadwood | Aunt Lou Marchbanks | |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty | Anne Fraiser | One Episode |
| 2006 | Numb3rs | Unemployment office worker | One Episode |
| 2007 | According to Jim | Suzanne | One Episode |
| 2007 | Lost | Tamara Fry | One Episode |
| 2007 | Bones | Minister Sheila | One Episode |
| 2008 | Eli Stone | Deborah Brehe | One Episode |
| 2009 | Sons of Anarchy | Neeta | |
| 2010 | American Dad! | Brenda's Cousin | One Episode |
| 2010 | Notes from the Underbelly | One Episode | |
| 2010 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nurse Wendy | One Episode |
| 2010 | Rex Is Not Your Lawyer | Mabel Howard | One Episode |
| 2012 | Family Guy | One Episode | |
| 2014 | Jennifer Falls | Ronnie | |
| 2014 | New Girl | Sergeant Dorado | One Episode |
| 2015 | Young & Hungry | Madame Paulette | One Episode |
| 2010-2016 | Mike & Molly | Grandma | |
| 2016 | Fresh Off the Boat | Judge Patty O'Brien | One Episode |
| 2017 | American Koko | Foxy | |
| 2018 | Shameless | Registrar | One Episode |
| 2017-2018 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Eleanora Poe | |
| 2018 | Young Sheldon | Mrs. Costello | One Episode |
| 2018 | Mom | Sandy | One Episode |
| 2016-2018 | Dream Corp LLC | General Jim Joynose Jr. | |
| 2019 | Grey's Anatomy | Robin |
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