Joey King
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Joey Lynn King is an American child actress and singer who is known for her starring role as Ramona Quimby
in the 2010 adaption of Beverly Cleary
's well-known book series with the same title.
and Kelli King are also actresses.
.
King has been featured in Reign Over Me with Adam Sandler, Quarantine
, and has lent her voice to the animated films Horton Hears A Who!
(2008) and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
(2009). In the year 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.
King's first lead role was in the 2010 film Ramona and Beezus
, an adaption of the Beverly Cleary
book series, Starring as Ramona Quimby
opposite Selena Gomez
as her older sister, Beezus Quimby
.
She has appeared in several television shows and movies of the week, CSI, Entourage, Ghost Whisperer, Medium, The Suite Life and Malcolm in the Middle, to name a few. She has completed three pilots, one directed by J.J. Abrams.
Her first movie "Grace
", was shot when she was six years old. On the first day of filming she had to pretend to almost drown in the cold ocean.
King has worked with Adam Sandler
on the feature Reign Over Me, and said she loved learning to do stunts for the character Brianna, on Quarantine. She voiced the yellow fur ball Katie, for the animated feature Horton Hears A Who, and Beaver, for Ice Age 3-D.
King's most recent projects included Battle: Los Angeles
, where she played a civilian named Kirsten, who was battling for her life with the help of many courageous Marines. In the feature Ramona and Beezus, based on the book series by Beverly Cleary
, King portrays Ramona Quimby
, whose character always seems to be in some sort of mischief or manages to totally embarrass her big sister Beezus, played by Selena Gomez
. She also released a single for the movie called Anything At All, which starred her friend Keisha rapping.
In 2011, she appeared in Taylor Swift
's "Mean
" music video as a young student at the school cafeteria rejected by her peers.
It was reported by Variety
in May 2011 that King will have a role in Christopher Nolan
's 2012 Batman
film The Dark Knight Rises
.
Ramona Quimby
Ramona Geraldine Quimby is a character from a series of novels by Beverly Cleary. She starts out in the Henry Huggins series as the pestering little sister of Henry's friend Beatrice, called "Beezus" by Ramona and her family. She was given a larger role in the novel Beezus and Ramona...
in the 2010 adaption of Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary is an American author. Educated at colleges in California and Washington, she worked as a librarian before writing children's books. Cleary has written more than 30 books for young adults and children. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice Quimby, her...
's well-known book series with the same title.
Personal life
Joey King was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her older sisters Haley KingHaley King
Haley King is an American teen actress.. She is the younger sister of Kelli King and older sister of Joey King who are also actresses. King has landed guest roles in many TV shows and has been nominated several times for Young Artist Award: best guest-starring young actress.- Filmography...
and Kelli King are also actresses.
Career
King's first commercial was a national spot for Life Since then, she has completed over 104 commercials including national campaigns for Eggo and Walmart. She then appeared in her first film, GraceGrace (film)
Grace is a 2009 film written and directed by Paul Solet. It is based on the 2006 short film with the same title that featured Liza Weil and Brian Austin Green. The short film was used to obtain funding for the feature version....
.
King has been featured in Reign Over Me with Adam Sandler, Quarantine
Quarantine (film)
Quarantine is a 2008 American horror film, directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Columbus Short, Steve Harris, Rade Šerbedžija, Greg Germann, Bernard White, and Johnathon Schaech. The film is a remake of the Spanish horror film REC with a few exceptions such...
, and has lent her voice to the animated films Horton Hears A Who!
Horton Hears a Who! (film)
Horton Hears a Who!, also known as Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, is a 2008 American CGI-animated comedy feature film based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. It is the fourth feature film from Blue Sky Studios, and the third feature film based on a Dr. Seuss book, following How the Grinch...
(2008) and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, also known as Ice Age 3, is a 2009 3-D computer animated film. It is the third installment of the Ice Age series, produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox...
(2009). In the year 2010, she guest starred in the series Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...
. She was also featured in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Emily Mason in two episodes.
King's first lead role was in the 2010 film Ramona and Beezus
Ramona and Beezus
Ramona and Beezus is a 2010 Fox-Walden film adaptation of the Ramona series of novels by Beverly Cleary. The film's title derives from Beezus and Ramona, the first of Cleary's Ramona books, though the plot is mostly based on the sequels, particularly Ramona Forever and Ramona's World.-Plot:The film...
, an adaption of the Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary is an American author. Educated at colleges in California and Washington, she worked as a librarian before writing children's books. Cleary has written more than 30 books for young adults and children. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice Quimby, her...
book series, Starring as Ramona Quimby
Ramona Quimby
Ramona Geraldine Quimby is a character from a series of novels by Beverly Cleary. She starts out in the Henry Huggins series as the pestering little sister of Henry's friend Beatrice, called "Beezus" by Ramona and her family. She was given a larger role in the novel Beezus and Ramona...
opposite Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez
Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place...
as her older sister, Beezus Quimby
Beezus Quimby
Beatrice Ann "Beezus" Quimby is a character from the Henry Huggins and Ramona series of books by Beverly Cleary. She is the friend of Henry, Mary Jane, and the older sister of Ramona and Roberta. Beezus earned her nickname from Ramona, who had a hard time saying Beatrice...
.
She has appeared in several television shows and movies of the week, CSI, Entourage, Ghost Whisperer, Medium, The Suite Life and Malcolm in the Middle, to name a few. She has completed three pilots, one directed by J.J. Abrams.
Her first movie "Grace
Grace (film)
Grace is a 2009 film written and directed by Paul Solet. It is based on the 2006 short film with the same title that featured Liza Weil and Brian Austin Green. The short film was used to obtain funding for the feature version....
", was shot when she was six years old. On the first day of filming she had to pretend to almost drown in the cold ocean.
King has worked with Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler
Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and film producer.After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over $100 million at the box office...
on the feature Reign Over Me, and said she loved learning to do stunts for the character Brianna, on Quarantine. She voiced the yellow fur ball Katie, for the animated feature Horton Hears A Who, and Beaver, for Ice Age 3-D.
King's most recent projects included Battle: Los Angeles
Battle: Los Angeles
Battle: Los Angeles is a 2011 American military science fiction war film directed by Jonathan Liebesman, and starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo and Michael Peña...
, where she played a civilian named Kirsten, who was battling for her life with the help of many courageous Marines. In the feature Ramona and Beezus, based on the book series by Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary is an American author. Educated at colleges in California and Washington, she worked as a librarian before writing children's books. Cleary has written more than 30 books for young adults and children. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice Quimby, her...
, King portrays Ramona Quimby
Ramona Quimby
Ramona Geraldine Quimby is a character from a series of novels by Beverly Cleary. She starts out in the Henry Huggins series as the pestering little sister of Henry's friend Beatrice, called "Beezus" by Ramona and her family. She was given a larger role in the novel Beezus and Ramona...
, whose character always seems to be in some sort of mischief or manages to totally embarrass her big sister Beezus, played by Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez
Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place...
. She also released a single for the movie called Anything At All, which starred her friend Keisha rapping.
In 2011, she appeared in Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America...
's "Mean
Mean (song)
"Mean" is a song by American country pop singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, taken from her third studio album, Speak Now . The song, written by Swift and produced by Nathan Chapman and Swift, was first released as a promotional single for the album on October 17, 2010, by Big Machine Records...
" music video as a young student at the school cafeteria rejected by her peers.
It was reported by Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
in May 2011 that King will have a role in Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan
Christopher Jonathan James Nolan is a British-American film director, screenwriter and producer.He received serious notice after his second feature Memento , which he wrote and directed based on a story idea by his brother, Jonathan Nolan. Jonathan went to co-write later scripts with him,...
's 2012 Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
film The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises is an upcoming epic superhero film. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film will be the third and final installment in Nolan's Batman film series, and is a sequel to Batman Begins and The Dark Knight...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Emily Mason | Episode: "Day Care" |
| Episode: "Books and Birdhouses" | |||
| Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes... |
Girl at Party (cameo) | Episode: Mono | |
| Jericho Jericho (TV series) Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States... |
Sally | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2007 | Episode: "The Day Before The Day Before "The Day Before" is the twelfth episode of season one of the CBS drama Jericho.- Synopsis :A flashback through the 36 hours before the bombs exploded sheds light on the actions of Jake and Hawkins, and reveals Hawkins' complicity in the events.... " |
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| Backyards & Bullets | Junie Garrison | TV movie | |
| Reign Over Me | Gina Fineman (uncredited) | ||
| Entourage Entourage (TV series) Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons... |
Chuck Liddell's Daughter | Episode: "Gotcha!" | |
| Avenging Angel | Amelia | Minor Role, Television Movie | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer... |
Little Girl | Episode: "Living Doll" | |
| 2008 | Nora Rowe | Episode: "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda" | |
| Untitled Liz Meriwether Project | Lucy | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Horton Hears a Who! Horton Hears a Who! (film) Horton Hears a Who!, also known as Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, is a 2008 American CGI-animated comedy feature film based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. It is the fourth feature film from Blue Sky Studios, and the third feature film based on a Dr. Seuss book, following How the Grinch... |
Katie (voice) | ||
| Bizet's Dream | Michelle | Lead Role | |
| Medium Medium (TV series) Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, and ended on CBS on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois , is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office... |
Kelly Mackenzie age 8 | Episode "Drowned World" | |
| Quarantine Quarantine (film) Quarantine is a 2008 American horror film, directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Columbus Short, Steve Harris, Rade Šerbedžija, Greg Germann, Bernard White, and Johnathon Schaech. The film is a remake of the Spanish horror film REC with a few exceptions such... |
Briana | Supporting Role | |
| 2009 | Anatomy of Hope Anatomy of Hope The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness is the third book by author Dr. Jerome Groopman, published in 2004 by Random House.-Adaptation:... |
Lucy Morgan | (TV movie) |
| 2010 | Elevator Girl | Paige | (TV movie) |
| Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts... |
Cassidy | Episode: "Old Sins Cast Long Shadows" | |
| Episode: "The Children's Parade The Children's Parade "The Children's Parade" is the 107th episode overall and the 22nd in the season, the fifth season of Ghost Whisperer, it originally aired on May 21, 2010 on CBS in United States.It is the fifth season finale and also the last original new episode to air due the show's cancellation on May 18,... " |
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| Ramona and Beezus Ramona and Beezus Ramona and Beezus is a 2010 Fox-Walden film adaptation of the Ramona series of novels by Beverly Cleary. The film's title derives from Beezus and Ramona, the first of Cleary's Ramona books, though the plot is mostly based on the sequels, particularly Ramona Forever and Ramona's World.-Plot:The film... |
Ramona Quimby Ramona Quimby Ramona Geraldine Quimby is a character from a series of novels by Beverly Cleary. She starts out in the Henry Huggins series as the pestering little sister of Henry's friend Beatrice, called "Beezus" by Ramona and her family. She was given a larger role in the novel Beezus and Ramona... |
Lead role | |
| 2011 | Battle: Los Angeles Battle: Los Angeles Battle: Los Angeles is a 2011 American military science fiction war film directed by Jonathan Liebesman, and starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo and Michael Peña... |
Kirsten | |
| Crazy, Stupid, Love. | Molly Weaver | Release date: July 29, 2011 | |
| Bent | Frankie Meyers | Pre-production, TV Movie | |
| 2012 | |||
| Family Weekend | Lucinda Smith-Dungy | Filming | |
| The Dark Knight Rises The Dark Knight Rises The Dark Knight Rises is an upcoming epic superhero film. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film will be the third and final installment in Nolan's Batman film series, and is a sequel to Batman Begins and The Dark Knight... |
Unknown | Filming | |
| 2013 | Oz: The Great and Powerful Oz: The Great and Powerful Oz: the Great and Powerful is an upcoming 2013 fantasy film directed by Sam Raimi for release in 2013. The film, adapted from L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, is intended as a prequel to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz... |
China Girl | Filming |
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Category | Result | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Artist Award Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist... |
2009 | Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer... |
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| 2010 | Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actor/Actress | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, also known as Ice Age 3, is a 2009 3-D computer animated film. It is the third installment of the Ice Age series, produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox... |
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| Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress | Anatomy of Hope Anatomy of Hope (TV series) Anatomy of Hope is a planned medical drama based on Jerome Groopman's book The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness that is about the lives of cancer patients in a hospital. It is planned to be directed by J. J. Abrams and to be aired on HBO. It was not picked up to... |
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| 2011 | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress Ten and Under | Ramona and Beezus Ramona and Beezus Ramona and Beezus is a 2010 Fox-Walden film adaptation of the Ramona series of novels by Beverly Cleary. The film's title derives from Beezus and Ramona, the first of Cleary's Ramona books, though the plot is mostly based on the sequels, particularly Ramona Forever and Ramona's World.-Plot:The film... |