Personal life

King was born in Los Angeles, California. She has two older sisters, Kelli and Hunter King. Hunter is a two-time, daytime Emmy winning actress. Joey has stated that she is "part Jewish and part Christian, but I'm mostly Jewish".

Career

King has been featured in the films Reign Over Me with Adam Sandler, and Quarantine. She voiced the yellow fur ball Katie, for the animated feature Horton Hears A Who! (2008), and Beaver, for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009). In 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. Other television appearances include Entourage, CSI, and Medium.

King's first lead role was in the 2010 film Ramona and Beezus, an adaptation 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".

King was featured in Battle: Los Angeles, where she played a girl named Kirsten. Also in 2011, she co-starred in Crazy, Stupid, Love. As well, she appeared in Taylor Swift's "Mean" music video as a young student at the school cafeteria rejected by her peers.

King had a role in Christopher Nolan's third Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises (2012), as a young Talia al Ghul. She also filmed the short-lived comedy series Bent and had guest appearances in New Girl and The Haunting Hour. In 2013, King appeared in Oz the Great and Powerful with James Franco and Zach Braff, White House Down with Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx, Family Weekend, and The Conjuring with Mackenzie Foy and Vera Farmiga. In 2014, she appeared in Wish I Was Here with Oz co-star Zach Braff, as well as in Fargo as Greta Grimly, daughter of police officer Gus Grimly.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Reign Over Me	Gina Fineman	Uncredited
2008	Horton Hears a Who!	Katie	Voice role
2008	Quarantine	Briana
2009	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Beaver girl	Voice role
2010	Ramona and Beezus	Ramona Quimby
2011	Battle: Los Angeles	Kirsten
2011	Crazy, Stupid, Love	Molly Weaver
2012	Family Weekend	Lucinda Smith-Dungy
2012	The Dark Knight Rises	Young Talia al Ghul
2013	Oz the Great and Powerful	China Girl/Girl In Wheelchair
2013	The Conjuring	Christine
2013	White House Down	Emily Cale
2014	Wish I Was Here	Grace Bloom
2014	The Boxcar Children	Jessie	Voice role
2014	The Sound and the Fury	Miss Quentin
2015	Stonewall	Phoebe Winters
2016	Independence Day: Resurgence	Sam
2017	Going in Style	Brooklyn	Completed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Emily Mason	Episodes: "Day Care", "Books and Birdhouses"
2006	Malcolm in the Middle	Girl at Party	Episode: "Mono"
2006-07	Jericho	Sally	Episodes: Pilot, "The Day Before"
2007	Backyards & Bullets	Junie Garrison	Television movie
2007	Entourage	Chuck Liddell's Daughter	Episode: "Gotcha!"
2007	Avenging Angel	Amelia	Television movie
2007-08	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Little Girl / Nora Rowe	Episodes: "Living Doll", "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda"
2008	Untitled Liz Meriwether Project	Lucy	Unsold television pilot
2008	Medium	Kelly Mackenzie age 8	Episode "Drowned World"
2009	Anatomy of Hope	Lucy Morgan	Television movie
2010	Elevator Girl	Paige	Television movie
2010	Ghost Whisperer	Cassidy	Episodes: "Old Sins Cast Long Shadows", "The Children's Parade"
2011	Bent	Charlie Meyers	Main role, 6 episodes
2012	New Girl	Brianna	Episode: "Bully"
2013	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Carla/Missy Jordan	Episodes: "Seance", "Goodwill Toward Men"
2014-15	Fargo	Greta Grimly	Recurring role (season 1), 9 episodes
2014	American Dad!	Voice	Episode: "Familyland"
2014	Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs	Elissa Wall	Television movie

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist
2010	"Ramona Blue"	Joey King featuring Kelli King
2011	"Mean"	Taylor Swift

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2009	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Nominated
		Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress	Horton Hears a Who!	Nominated
2010	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress	Anatomy of Hope	Nominated
		Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actor/Actress	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Nominated
2011	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress Ten and Under	Ramona and Beezus	Won
		Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress Age Ten or Under	Ghost Whisperer	Nominated
2013	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress	The Dark Knight Rises	Nominated

At the 2015 Vancouver International Film Festival, the Canadian Images features jury made an honourable mention recognizing King as an Emerging Actress for her performance in Borealis.

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