Joey King

Biography

Joey King is an American actress who was born in Los Angeles and started acting professionally at age four, in a commercial for Life Cereal. Her first lead role came as Ramona Quimby in Ramona and Beezus (2010), an adaptation of the Beverly Cleary books, and the part won her a Young Artist Award. She went on to appear in Battle Los Angeles (2011), Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), The Conjuring (2013), White House Down (2013) and Wish Upon (2017), and played Greta Grimly in the series Fargo. Wider recognition arrived with the lead role of Elle Evans in the Kissing Booth films, from 2018 to 2021. She earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for playing Gypsy Rose Blanchard in The Act (2019), and later took lead roles in Bullet Train (2022), The Princess (2022) and A Family Affair (2024), along with voice work in Despicable Me 4 (2024).

27years old

Turns 28 on July 30in 285 days

Born July 30, 1999Los Angeles
Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Joey Lynn King (birth name)

Movie Career

Films: 32
Career span: 18 years2008 to 2026

Genres

Comedy47%, 15 films
Drama31%, 10 films
Romance28%, 9 films
Thriller22%, 7 films
Action19%, 6 films

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First role
At the age of four, Joey King started acting professionally, and her first job was a commercial for Life Cereal.
First role
King played Ramona Quimby, her first lead part, in the 2010 movie Ramona and Beezus, based on the Beverly Cleary book series. That role earned her a Young Artist Award.
Behind the camera
In August 2020, King reached an agreement with Hulu. Under the deal, she would produce television content for the service.

Joey King movies on Netflix

Practical Magic 22026IMDb rating 6.4as Kylie Owens
A Family Affair2024IMDb rating 5.4as Zara Ford
Despicable Me 42024IMDb rating 6.2as Poppy Prescott (voice)
Uglies2024IMDb rating 4.7as Tally
Bullet Train2022IMDb rating 7.3as Prince
The In Between2022IMDb rating 6.0as Tessa
The Princess2022IMDb rating 5.7as The Princess
The Kissing Booth 32021IMDb rating 4.8as Elle Evans
The Kissing Booth 22020IMDb rating 5.7as Elle Evans
Zeroville2019IMDb rating 4.6as Zazi
Radium Girls2018IMDb rating 6.3as Bessie
Slender Man2018IMDb rating 3.3as Wren
Summer '032018IMDb rating 5.5as Jamie Winkle
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island2018IMDb rating 5.0as Jessie (voice)
The Kissing Booth2018IMDb rating 5.9as Elle Evans
The Lie2018IMDb rating 5.8as Kayla Logan
Going in Style2017IMDb rating 6.6as Brooklyn Harding
Smartass2017IMDb rating 4.9as Freddie
Wish Upon2017IMDb rating 5.1as Clare Shannon
Stonewall2015IMDb rating 5.4as Phoebe
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs2014IMDb rating 5.7as Elissa Wall
Wish I Was Here2014IMDb rating 6.6as Grace Bloom
Family Weekend2013IMDb rating 6.2as Lucinda Smith-Dungy
Oz the Great and Powerful2013IMDb rating 6.3as Girl in Wheelchair / China Girl
The Conjuring2013IMDb rating 7.5as Christine
White House Down2013IMDb rating 6.3as Emily
Battle Los Angeles2011IMDb rating 5.7as Kirsten
Crazy, Stupid, Love.2011IMDb rating 7.4as Molly
Elevator Girl2010IMDb rating 6.3as Paige
Ramona and Beezus2010IMDb rating 6.5as Ramona Quimby
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs2009IMDb rating 6.9as Beaver Girl (voice)
Quarantine2008IMDb rating 6.0as Briana

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Bullet Train2022 Action, Thrilleras Prince
IMDb rating 7.3548K votes
The Kissing Booth2018 Comedy, Romanceas Elle Evans
IMDb rating 5.9106K votes
The Kissing Booth 22020as Elle Evans
IMDb rating 5.745K votes
Crazy, Stupid, Love.2011as Molly
IMDb rating 7.4630K votes
The Conjuring2013as Christine
IMDb rating 7.5633K votes
White House Down2013as Emily
IMDb rating 6.3251K votes
Oz the Great and Powerful2013as Girl in Wheelchair / China Girl
IMDb rating 6.3222K votes
Uglies2024as Tally
IMDb rating 4.738K votes

Most often with

Vince Marcello directed three of these films, Roland Emmerich two and Zach Braff two. Seven actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Molly Ringwald

Jacob Elordi

Joel Courtney

Stephen Jennings

Frances Sholto-Douglas

Meganne YoungVince MarcelloDirector, 3 films Roland EmmerichDirector, 2 films

Zach BraffDirector, 2 films

Films together

Molly Ringwald3 films together, 2018 to 2021
Molly Ringwald's page
- The Kissing Booth 32021IMDb rating 4.8King as Elle EvansRingwald as Mrs. Flynn
- The Kissing Booth 22020IMDb rating 5.7King as Elle EvansRingwald as Mrs. Flynn
- The Kissing Booth2018IMDb rating 5.9King as Elle EvansRingwald as Mrs. Flynn
Jacob Elordi3 films together, 2018 to 2021
Jacob Elordi's page
- The Kissing Booth 32021IMDb rating 4.8King as Elle EvansElordi as Noah Flynn
- The Kissing Booth 22020IMDb rating 5.7King as Elle EvansElordi as Noah Flynn
- The Kissing Booth2018IMDb rating 5.9King as Elle EvansElordi as Noah Flynn
Joel Courtney3 films together, 2018 to 2021
Joel Courtney's page
- The Kissing Booth 32021IMDb rating 4.8King as Elle EvansCourtney as Lee Flynn
- The Kissing Booth 22020IMDb rating 5.7King as Elle EvansCourtney as Lee Flynn
- The Kissing Booth2018IMDb rating 5.9King as Elle EvansCourtney as Lee Flynn
Stephen Jennings3 films together, 2018 to 2021
Stephen Jennings's page
- The Kissing Booth 32021IMDb rating 4.8King as Elle EvansJennings as Mr. Evans
- The Kissing Booth 22020IMDb rating 5.7King as Elle EvansJennings as Mr. Evans
- The Kissing Booth2018IMDb rating 5.9King as Elle EvansJennings as Mike Evans
Frances Sholto-Douglas3 films together, 2018 to 2021
Frances Sholto-Douglas's page
- The Kissing Booth 32021IMDb rating 4.8King as Elle EvansSholto-Douglas as Vivian
- The Kissing Booth 22020IMDb rating 5.7King as Elle EvansSholto-Douglas as Vivian
- The Kissing Booth2018IMDb rating 5.9King as Elle EvansSholto-Douglas as British Beauty
Meganne Young3 films together, 2018 to 2021
Meganne Young's page
- The Kissing Booth 32021IMDb rating 4.8King as Elle EvansYoung as Rachel
- The Kissing Booth 22020IMDb rating 5.7King as Elle EvansYoung as Rachel
- The Kissing Booth2018IMDb rating 5.9King as Elle EvansYoung as Rachel
Vince MarcelloDirector, 3 films, 2018 to 2021
All films by Vince Marcello
- The Kissing Booth 32021IMDb rating 4.8King as Elle Evans
- The Kissing Booth 22020IMDb rating 5.7King as Elle Evans
- The Kissing Booth2018IMDb rating 5.9King as Elle Evans
Roland EmmerichDirector, 2 films, 2013 to 2015
All films by Roland Emmerich
- Stonewall2015IMDb rating 5.4King as Phoebe
- White House Down2013IMDb rating 6.3King as Emily
Zach BraffDirector, 2 films, 2014 to 2017
All films by Zach Braff
- Going in Style2017IMDb rating 6.6King as Brooklyn Harding
- Wish I Was Here2014IMDb rating 6.6King as Grace Bloom
Also three films together1 more actor
- Carson WhiteThe Kissing Booth 3 (2021), The Kissing Booth 2 (2020) and The Kissing Booth (2018)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

Box office

What Joey King's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$3.7 billion

18 of the 32 films have a worldwide figure.

18Worldwide figure
1US gross only
10Never in cinemas
3Figure not found

Top grosser

Despicable Me 42024Poppy Prescott$972 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 93% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

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Despicable Me 42024as Poppy Prescott (voice)
$972M26.0% of the total
2
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs2009as Beaver Girl (voice)
$887M23.7% of the total
3
Oz the Great and Powerful2013as Girl in Wheelchair / China Girl
$492M13.1% of the total
4
The Conjuring2013as Christine
$321M8.6% of the total
5
Bullet Train2022as Prince
$239M6.4% of the total
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Battle Los Angeles2011as Kirsten
$212M5.7% of the total
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White House Down2013as Emily
$205M5.5% of the total
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Crazy, Stupid, Love.2011as Molly
$145M3.9% of the total