Jaime King Life Story

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Jaime King (born April 23, 1979) is an American actress and former fashion model. She also goes by the names Jamie King and most especially James King during her early modeling years, because her agency already represented another Jaime — the older, then-more famous model Jaime Rishar.

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, she is reputed to be named after Jaime Sommers of the 1970s television series, The Bionic Woman. Went to Westside Highschool Omaha, Nebraska from 1994-early 1995 and dropped out to move to New York to pursue modeling.

A successful early career as a fashion model peaked when she was aged 16 before her heroin addiction became widely known. Following the death of her boyfriend, fashion photographer Davide Sorrenti (younger brother of Mario Sorrenti), in 1997, she stopped using the drug. She has since become a Hollywood actress, while still serving as a model and spokeswoman for various companies.

King made her first appearance in a large Hollywood production with her role as the seventeen year old nurse, Betty, in the World War II epic romance Pearl Harbor (2001). Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine had commented that King “has a lively minute or two” in the film, but her part was small and the “young cast is mostly pinup packaging”. King went on to be featured in the Incubus music video “Wish You Were Here”. The roles King took part in during 2001 garnered her the “New Stylemaker” title at the Young Hollywood Awards.

In 2002, she appeared in the teen comedy Slackers as Angela Patton, Four Faces of God as Sam, and the crime comedy Lone Star State of Mind as Baby. Slackers received negative responses from critics, including one who found that the characters “are not so strikingly original as to elevate the slack material”, while Four Faces of God and Lone Star State of Mind did not have wide theatrical releases.

2003 saw King in the film Bulletproof Monk, alongside Chow Yun-fat and Seann William Scott, an adaptation of a comic book by Michael Avon Oeming. She auditioned five times, did a screen test and a physical test in order to obtain the role of Jade, a character skilled in martial arts. This was King’s first leading action film role, however, Bulletproof Monk had received mostly negative reviews from critics, who cited that the fight scenes were not as well choreographed or directed as those other genre films, and that the alternating comedic and action scenes were jarring.

Despite those negative reviews, Bulletproof Monk was nominated for “Choice Movie in a Drama/Action Adventure” award at the Teen Choice Awards. Late 2003 saw King in the music video for the Robbie Williams song, “Sexed Up”, and on the cover artwork for the single’s release.

In 2004, King appeared in the comedy White Chicks, playing Heather Vandergeld, with actress Brittany Daniel as her sister Megan Vandergeld, a parody on socialites Paris and Nicky Hilton. White Chicks was also negatively reviewed by critics, receiving five nominations at the Razzie Awards in the categories for “Worst Actress”, “Worst Director”, “Worst Picture”, “Worst Screen Couple” and “Worst Screenplay”. Despite the multiple Razzie Awards nominations, White Chicks received “Outstanding Directing for a Box Office Movie” and “Outstanding Writing for a Box Office Movie” at the BET Comedy Awards.

In 2005, King appeared in a variety of film and television roles. She first appeared in the independent black comedy and satire Pretty Persuasion, playing a small role as Kathy Joyce, the step mother of Evan Rachel Wood’s character. Afterwards, she gained lead roles in the film adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel Sin City.

She had met with director Robert Rodriguez, who was a fan of her work, and at the time King was unaware that Rodriguez wanted her involved in the film. Eventually, “we started reading the Sin City graphic novel, and it was really fun”. King portrayed Goldie and Wendy, the twin prostitutes in charge of the girls of Old Town, in the segment The Hard Goodbye opposite Mickey Rourke.

In 2006, King appeared with a small role as Heather in the comedy The Alibi, and a starring role in the thriller True True Lie. Her largest role that year was in the David Arquette horror film The Tripper as Samantha; Arquette had, in addition to directing the film, had produced, written, and acted in it.

The Pardon, a film based on the true life story of Toni Jo Henry, the only woman to be electrocuted by the State of Louisiana, stars King in the lead role. The Jim Kouf comedy, A Fork in the Road, has King portraying April Rogers, alongside Daniel Roebuck. King will reprise her role as twins Goldie and Wendy in the part sequel and part prequel of the Miller written and co-directed film Sin City 2. King appeared in the ABC documentary-style dramedy television series My Generation, which is  premiered in Fall 2010.