Joey King

At 24 years old, Joey King has this physical status:

Joey Lynn King (born July 30, 1999) is an American actor.

She was known for her role in Ramona and Beezus (2010), a Beverly Cleary's book series Beezus and Ramona. King has also appeared in the films Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), Independence Day (2016), Wish Upon (2018), and Slender Man (2018). King received critical acclaim for her role in the anthology drama series The Act (2019) and received both Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for her appearance.

Early life

King was born in Los Angeles, California, to Terry and Jamie King. King began acting professionally at the age of 4, beginning with a Life Cereal commercial. She has also worked in commercials for AT&T, Kay Jewelers, and Eggo. King Simi Valley's King attended Phoenix Ranch School. As a child, King performed a cappella for a talent display at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center. In Agoura, she appeared with the Stage Door Children's Theatre. Kelli King and Hunter King, two older sisters, actors, and actresses. "I'm Jewish, but I'm not really religious," the king has said.

Personal life

After the two actors met on set of the Kissing Booth trilogy, where she appeared as both leads, she briefly dated Australian actor Jacob Elordi. Since meeting on the set of The Act in September 2019, King and producer Steven Piet developed their relationship; they became engaged in February 2022.

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Career

King voiced the yellow fur ball Katie in the animated feature Horton Hears a Who! (2008). She also appeared in Quarantine (2008). In 2010, she guest-starred in the series Ghost Whisperer. She was also featured in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Emily Mason in two episodes. Other television appearances include Entourage, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Medium., and Life in Pieces.

King's first lead role was in the 2010 film Ramona and Beezus, an adaptation of the Beverly Cleary book series, starring as Ramona Quimby. She also released a single for the movie called "Ramona Blue". Her role in the film won her a Young Artist Award.

King was featured in Battle: Los Angeles, where she played a girl named Kirsten. Also in 2011, she co-starred in Crazy, Stupid, Love. As well, she appeared in Taylor Swift's "Mean" music video as a young student at the school cafeteria rejected by her peers.

King had a role in Christopher Nolan's third Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises (2012), as a young Talia al Ghul. She also filmed the short-lived comedy series Bent, had guest appearances in New Girl and was on the final episode of The Haunting Hour: The Series, "Goodwill Towards Men." In 2013, King appeared in Oz the Great and Powerful, Family Weekend, and The Conjuring. In 2014, she appeared in Wish I Was Here, as well as in Fargo as Greta Grimly, daughter of police officer Gus Grimly.

In 2016, King was cast in the coming-of-age drama film The Possibility of Fireflies. She played the lead character Clare in the 2017 horror-thriller film Wish Upon. She also had a role in Slender Man which was released in 2018.

In 2018, she starred as Elle Evans in Netflix's teen romantic comedy The Kissing Booth. She reprised the role in the sequel The Kissing Booth 2, released in 2020, and in The Kissing Booth 3, which was released on August 11, 2021.

In 2019, she starred in the true crime anthology television series The Act on Hulu. King was cast as Gypsy Rose Blanchard, a role which required King to shave her head for the third time in her career. It earned her nominations for Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG and Critics' Choice awards. She also appeared on the fourth season of CBS comedy Life in Pieces as Morgan.

King is represented by talent agent Dan Spilo. In August 2020, she signed a deal with Hulu to produce television content for its service. In July 2021, her All The King's Horses production company struck a deal with Netflix.

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