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Joey King

Acting

Born July 30, 1999 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as Joey Lynn King

Biography

Joey Lynn King (born July 30, 1999) is an American actress. She starred as Ramona Quimby in the comedy film Ramona and Beezus (2010). She gained wider recognition for her lead role as a late-blooming teenager in The Kissing Booth film series (2018–2021). King received critical acclaim for playing Gypsy-Rose Blanchard in the crime drama series The Act (2019), for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. King has also appeared in the films Battle: Los Angeles (2011), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), The Conjuring (2013), White House Down (2013), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), and Going in Style (2017), as well as in the FX black comedy series Fargo (2014–2015). She has since taken on lead roles in the action films Bullet Train (2022) and The Princess (2022), romantic comedy A Family Affair (2024), and performed a voice role in Despicable Me 4 (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Joey King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Max Mara Face of the Future Award · 2024
  • 2019 Kids' Choice Awards · 2019
  • 32nd Young Artist Awards · 2011
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actress – Miniseries or Television Film · 2020 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2019 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Group Chat with Jayden and Brent

as Self

Fargo

2014as Greta Grimly

R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour

2010as Missy Jordan

Ghost Whisperer

2005as Cassidy Peyton

The Simpsons

1989as Addy (voice)

The Flash

2014as Frankie Kane / Magenta

The Dark Knight Rises

2012as Older Prison Child

MTV Video Music Awards

as Self

The Boxcar Children

2014as Jessie (voice)

The Kissing Booth 2

2020as Elle Evans

The Act

2019as Gypsy Rose Blanchard

Robot Chicken

2005as Polly Pocket / Draculaura (voice)

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

2005as Emily

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Little Girl

We Were the Lucky Ones

2024as Halina Kurc

The Conjuring

2013as Christine

Medium

2005as Kelly Mackenzie age 8

Bullet Train

2022as Prince

New Girl

2011as Brianna

Jericho

2006as Sally Taylor (uncredited) (voice)

Entourage

2004as Chuck's Daughter

The In Between

2022as Tessa

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

2011as Molly

The Kissing Booth

2018as Elle Evans

Reign Over Me

2007as Gina Fineman (uncredited)

Calls

2021as Skylar (voice)

Nailed It!

2018as Self - Guest Baker

Life in Pieces

2015as Morgan

Despicable Me 4

2024as Poppy Prescott (voice)

American Dad!

2005as (voice)

The Kissing Booth 3

2021as Elle Evans

The Princess

2022as The Princess

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

2009as Beaver Girl (voice)

Radium Girls

2018as Bessie Cavallo

Going in Style

2017as Brooklyn Harding

Bent

2012as Charlie Meyers

Ramona and Beezus

2010as Ramona Quimby

Wish I Was Here

2014as Grace Bloom

White House Down

2013as Emily

Horton Hears a Who!

2008as Katie (voice)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

The Lie

2018as Kayla Logan

Hamster & Gretel

as Fred (voice)

Family Weekend

2013as Lucinda Smith-Dungy

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island

2018as Jessie (voice)

A Creepshow Animated Special

2020as Blake (segment “Twittering from the Circus of the Dead”) (voice)

Stonewall

2015as Phoebe Winters

Oz the Great and Powerful

2013as Girl in Wheelchair / China Girl

Elevator Girl

2010as Paige

Summer '03

2018as Jamie Winkle