How Joey King became Hollywood’s hottest rising talent: the Bullet Train star just got married, with Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter at her wedding, and she’s starring in a film with Nicole Kidman
Everything seems to be coming up roses for actress Joey King. Not only is her career going from strength to strength, but she also just enjoyed a fairy tale Spanish wedding to director Steven Piet surrounded by family and friends.
And what an impressive group of family and friends it was, too. Entering showbiz from an early age, it’s no surprise that King has a raft of celebrity pals – even her two older sisters have impressive acting chops.
Here’s why the 24-year-old Bullet Train star is having the time of her life right now, and why things look set to get even better …
Joey King is a rising Hollywood star
Joey King was born in LA on July 30, 1999 and got her first acting gig aged 4 doing an advert for Life Cereal, as per her IMDB page. She wasn’t the first in her family to get into acting either. King has two older sisters, Kelli and Hunter, who are actors too. Kelli has starred in shows such as Grey’s Anatomy and Rude Awakening, while Hunter has been in Dexter and The Young and the Restless.
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However, it wasn’t until she shaved her head to play Gypsy Rose Blanchard in gripping crime drama The Act that critics began to notice her talent too. As a result, she was nominated for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild and a Critics’ Choice award for the Hulu series.
She’s friends with Taylor Swift
Tay Tay fans will already be familiar with King thanks to the music videos for Swift’s songs “Mean” and “I Can See You”, both of which King starred in. King was only a child when they first met on the set of the “Mean” MV in 2010, but the two have since become firm friends.
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Swift even surprised King and her “I Can See You” co-star Taylor Lautner by pulling them on stage in front of 70,000 people with her in July, much to the actress’ delight. “It was overwhelming in the best way possible,” she told People magazine. “It was an experience of a lifetime.”
She just got married in Spain to the love of her life
It’s been 18 months since King announced her engagement on social media by showing off a stunning, art-deco-inspired diamond ring given to her by Steven Piet, who directed her in two episodes of The Act. The helmer is thought to have splurged around US$150,000 on the ring, per Kothari, before proposing to King in California’s Joshua Tree National Park, as reported by British media.
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She’s set to star in a film alongside Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman
King plays a young woman whose former boss (Efron) gets romantically involved with her mum Kidman), much to her dismay, according to the streaming giant.
- Joey King got her big break at age 9 opposite Selena Gomez in Ramona and Beezus – now the Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated actress is regarded as one of Hollywood’s rising stars
- She’s besties with Taylor Swift, who cast King in her music videos ‘Mean’ and ‘I Can See You’, and even pulled her onstage with Taylor Lautner during her Eras Tour