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Trivia
Birth name: Jaime King
Date of birth: 23 April 1979
Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Nickname : James
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, she is reputed to be named after Jaime Sommers of the 1970s television series, The Bionic Woman.
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.
One of the world's top fashion models.
Went to Westside Highschool Omaha, Nebraska from 1994-early 1995 and dropped out to move to New York to pursue modeling.
Has several tattoos including a diamond on one wrist, a spade on the
other, two fairies on her lower back, her last name between her
shoulders and a symbol on her abdomen.
King was discovered by New York model agent Michael Flutie, who offered
the teen beauty a shot at stardom. King was soon on the fast track,
appearing in all the major magazines, including Vogue, Cosmopolitan,
Elle and Allure.
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.
Was named after "Jaime Sommers", the character in the 70s TV
show "The Bionic Woman" (1976).
In 1999, King began lensing her first feature, "Happy Campers"
(screened at Sundance Film Festival in 2001), co-starring as counselor
Pixel in this teen comedy written and directed by "Heathers"
screenwriter Daniel Waters.
Was a top model at the age 16, appearing as cover girl for "The New
York Time Magaizne" and other elite fashion magazines.
Is a recovering heroin addict who went sober in 1997 after her
boyfriend, fashion photographer David Sorrenti (younger brother of Mario
Sorrenti), died after overdosing on heroin.
She also starred in Gavin Degraw's video for "Chariot".
King fans looking forward to catching the actress in a substantial role
would be sated with the May 2001 unspooling of Michael Bay's World War
II romantic epic "Pearl Harbor". Here she played Betty, a
bright and bubbly seventeen-year-old nurse who sneaks into the navy for
adventure.
Next up for the actress was a supporting turn as the grown up daughter
of Johnny Depp's enterprising drug dealer George Jung in the drama
"Blow" (2001), directed by Ted Demme.
Ranked #20 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the
World" (2002).
Ranked #16 in Maxim's "50 Sexiest Women"(1999).
A co-starring turn as the object of a nerdy young man (Jason
Schwartzman)'s affections in the college comedy "Slackers" was
set to hit screens in April of 2001, but the folding of Destination
Films kept the film shelved until 2002.
Jaime's hobbies: Writing and Photography.
Ranked #30 in Loaded's "Hot 100 Babes"(2002).
King joined the original cast for the sequel “Cheaper By the Dozen
2” (2005), starring Steve
Martin and Bonnie Hunt as the overburdened parents of a family of
twelve.
Named #28 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
The beautiful actress was one of the few characters to appear in color
in director Robert Rodriguez and writer-artist Frank Miller's visually
arresting (and otherwise black-and-white) adaptation of Miller's crime
noir comic book series "Sin City" (2005), playing the angelic
murdered hooker Goldie as well as her vengeful twin Wendy opposite Mickey
Rourke's hulking Marv in the sequence "The Hard Goodbye.”
King was cast to appear in the sequel “Sin City 2,” set for release in summer
2007.
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