Biography - Nika King

Who is Nika King?

Nika King is an actress and producer by profession and American by nationality. She is well known for starring in the series Euphoria as Leslie Bennett, Funny Married Stuff as Nika, and Greenleaf as Ramona Chapman / Pastor Ramona.

Nika King – Age, Parents, Siblings

Nika King’s birthday falls on August 20 but the year of her birth has not been revealed. Her full name is Shenika Williams and her birthplace is Florida, USA. Her mother’s name is Sharon Allen and she currently works as a chef while the name and details of her father are unknown. Most likely her mother was a single parent who raised her and her two siblings- older sister Teesha Williams and younger sister Mars Payne.

Education, Ethnicity

Following high school graduation, Nika King went on to attend the University of Florida. She graduated from the same with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Theatre/Theater.

Her ethnicity is African-American.

Nika King – Boyfriend, Husband, Children, Divorce

Nika King is currently believed to be a single woman. She has never been married and sans a husband as well as children. She, however, did post a picture of her teens with her then-boyfriend who is unknown to the public.

Nika King – Career

Early Days

King worked as a model in her teens and eventually turned to acting as a career. Her debut screen appearance was in the TV movie Miss Miami (2002). This was followed by roles in the TV series CSI: Miami (2003), iCarly (2009),  NCIS (2011), Modern Family (2011), The First Family (2013), NCIS: Los Angeles (2016), etc, and in the films 50 First Dates (2004), Living the Dream (2006), Universal Remote (2007), B-Girl (2009), American Weapon (2014), among others.

Nika King used her birth name, Shenika Williams, until 2008 as a stage name and changed it to Nika Williams in 2009. She began to use her current stage name Nika King in late 2019.

Films, TV Series

King’s recurring role as Ramona Chapman / Pastor Ramona in the TV series Greenleaf from 2016 to 2017 became the work that elevated her career. In the last couple of years, she has starred in the TV series Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks (2018), Funny Married Stuff (2016-2018; also wrote, and produced), Euphoria (2019), and in the TV movie Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History (2019).

As a comedian, she has worked on Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black, the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, Canada, and as a host of the monthly show Nika King & Friends at the Improv Lab. She is also the founder of Jeli Life and Rose of Sharon.

Co-stars

On the set of Euphoria, Nika King has worked with Angus Cloud, Algee Smith, Barbie Ferreira, Javon Walton, and Storm Reid.

Nika King – Net Worth, Salary

The figure on the net worth and annual salary of Nika King is under review and will be updated.

Nika King – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On Instagram, King is followed by thousands of followers but is absent from Twitter and Facebook.