Kima Greggs

Shakima Greggs
First appearance	"The Target" (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	"–30–" (episode 5.10)
Created by	David Simon
Portrayed by	Sonja Sohn
Information
Aliases	Kima (nickname)
Gender	Female
Occupation	Baltimore Police Detective
Title	Detective
Spouse(s)	Cheryl (former)
Children	Elijah (Son)
Relatives	Money Bags

Shakima "Kima" Greggs is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actress Sonja Sohn. Greggs is a police detective in the Baltimore Police Department who is a dedicated officer and capable detective with some off-the-job issues. Openly lesbian, she has had problems involving infidelity, alcohol, and relationships. Greggs played a key role in all of the show's main cases.

Kima was a narcotics detective working alongside Detectives Ellis Carver and Thomas "Herc" Hauk and under shift lieutenant Cedric Daniels in Major Foerster's narcotics division. She outshone her colleagues on several occasions, but was held in high esteem by the two due to her abilities. She cultivated a relationship with her Confidential Informant, Bubbles, a Baltimore drug addict, who became a useful contact due to his extraordinary memory for faces. Greggs lived with her partner Cheryl, a broadcast journalist, and was studying for a law degree from home, having been pressured to do so by Cheryl.

Greggs was assigned the task of putting a file together on the Barksdale organization in the controversy generated by the acquittal of D'Angelo Barksdale. She was then assigned to the Barksdale detail and made lead detective by Lt. Daniels. Greggs managed to obtain invaluable information from Bubbles, who correctly identified Barksdale Organization members on the street and worked out the methods of their operation. Detective Jimmy McNulty and Kima worked closely together during the Barksdale case. Greggs became friends with McNulty and introduced him to Bubbles. When Bubbles confirmed to McNulty that Kima was a lesbian, Jimmy complimented Kima, claiming the only other competent female detective he worked with was also a lesbian. McNulty jokingly added from there that they could both have fun talking about "pussy." Greggs told him being open about her sexuality kept attention from male colleagues away. They spent hours together in surveillance and put in more time trying to track down the legendary stick-up man Omar Little. They managed to get Omar's attention after he got into a war with the Barksdale organization, during which Omar's lover and stick-up partner was murdered, and persuaded him to testify against Barksdale soldier Bird for the murder of William Gant.

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