Joey King started acting professionally when she was four years old. A national spot for Life Cereal was Joey's first commercial. It has been said that Joey inherited the love of acting from her grandmother who used to perform in live theater. She has appeared in several television shows and movies of the week, "CSI", "Entourage", "Medium", "The ...
Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor, Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actor/Actress
Movies
Ramona and Beezus, White House Down, The Conjuring, Oz the Great and Powerful, The Dark Knight Rises, Wish I Was Here, Crazy, Stupid, Love, Independence Day: Resurgence, Stonewall, World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Horton Hears a Who!, Quarantine, Family Weekend, Go...
TV Shows
Bent
Star Sign
Leo
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I love Jessica Chastain. I love her; she's amazing, and she's such a good actress, and she's been nominated for Oscars, and she's just a big role model to me. I love her.
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It's very different working with all adults. I have a swear jar so that, if they have a potty mouth, I make them pay. That's what it's like being on set with adults.
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My older sisters were in acting, and of course, I wanted to be just like them!
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You have to keep going and pursue your dreams.
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I'm usually always a big fan of the people that I'm working with, because I get to work with big people.
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Both my sisters and I were in Stage Door plays, and we did that together, just in, like, little small plays together. And we did that, and it was really fun, and we kinda did commercials, and it kinda took off from there. It was great; it's what I love.
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You have to show the character is confused or scared or happy through your voice instead of with your face and body.
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I love Disneyland because the teacups are so awesome. But California Adventure is the best.
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I love my house. I love my family. I love my animals.
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I like normal life, but I will go crazy if I'm not working.
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I am such a big fan of Batman.
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Don't get discouraged from all the rejection.
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I'm part Jewish and part Christian, but I'm mostly Jewish...
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Fact
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Her father Terry has been an arm-wrestling champion and was a consultant in this capacity for Sylvester Stallone.
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Her great Aunt Frances follows her acting career religiously and is very proud of her and her sisters.
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Mother is Jamie King.
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In 2011, received a Young Artist Award (Best Performance in a Feature Film, Leading Young Actress 10 and Under) for her portrayal of beloved book heroine Ramona Quimby in the film Ramona and Beezus (2010).
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Was the official spokesperson for D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Day in 2010. That same year she recorded the song "Ramona Blue" with her sister, with proceeds going to the charity First Book.
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As mentioned, has done national commercials for Life cereal. She has also done them for AT&T and McDonald's.
For Battle Los Angeles (2011) she got to wear a full body harness. For the stunt she was repelled down a 40 feet drop with a free fall the last 10 feet.
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Got her ears pierced for her 10th birthday.
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Has two dogs, Charlie and Angel. They are, according to her, opposites.
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Loves UFC champion, Chuck Liddell. She played his daughter in an episode of "Entourage".
She and her sister, Kelli, wrote a song called "Ramona Blue" when they heard Joey booked the movie Ramona and Beezus (2010). Joey then recorded the song.
Her favorite television series is Grey's Anatomy (2005). Joey said she would love to guest star on the show one day.
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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, Grace, shot when she was six years old.
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Became great friends with Selena Gomez while filming Ramona and Beezus (2010). They became so close, that Joey says Selena is her sister in real life too.
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According to Joey, her greatest accomplishment is doing a performance of sign language songs at the Ronald Reagan Library.
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She's most proud of raising money by making bracelets, and walking for the Relay For Life for the American Cancer Society.
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Spiderman is her favorite fictional superhero. She's seen all the "Spiderman" movies.
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Her favorite television series is Grey's Anatomy (2005).
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Joey started acting when she was four. Her first job was a commercial for Life cereal.
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King's first lead role was in the 2010 film Ramona and Beezus (2010), an adaption of the Beverly Cleary book series, starring as Ramona Quimby opposite Selena Gomez as her older sister, Beezus Quimby. She also released a single for the movie called "Ramona Blue".
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She appeared in her first film, Grace (2006), when she was 6 years old.
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Received a pet pig from Jay Leno that she named JayJay, during an appearance on The Tonight Show for her 11th birthday in 2010.
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