was nominated for several awards, winning the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. She is the first African-American to win the award. That same year she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2019, Hall hosted the 2019 BET Awards. In October 2020, she inked a first-look deal with Showtime. Under the pact, Hall will develop and produce television projects via her production company, RH Negative. A mere months later, her company signed a six-film deal with ViacomCBS. She cohosted the 94th Academy Awards with Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes on March 27, 2022. Personal life Around 2004, Hall's mother was diagnosed with scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease. When not working in Hollywood, Hall can be found volunteering for the care of senior citizens at a Sherman Oaks, California, convalescent home twice a week as well as raising public awareness for the disease. "When my mom was diagnosed, I didn’t know much about the condition. But Dana Delany, who is an actress and now a friend of mine, put me in touch with Bob Saget. Bob had made a television movie about scleroderma years ago because his sister had died from it. That was back when they didn’t even know what it was. Anyway, Bob had a group called the Scleroderma Research Foundation, so I donated to that and my mother even went to the doctor Bob had suggested, who happened to be over at Johns Hopkins." Regina Hall announced in November 2010 that she would be writing for ABILITY Magazine. In 2010, when she was 40, Hall unsuccessfully tried to become a Catholic nun after a bad break-up, having previously wanted to become one at the age of 14. In the latter case, she was refused for being too old, as the cut-off age is 39. In 2014, she signed as an ambassador for Elizabeth Taylor's White Diamonds. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links "Regina Hall—Interview", Regina Hall Issue, ABILITY Magazine, April/May 2010 1970 births Living people Actresses from Washington, D.C. African-American actresses African-American female comedians 21st-century American comedians American soap opera actresses American women comedians Fordham University alumni New York University alumni 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women