Biography
Popularity on the acting field came to her after a brilliant career in the model business. In the 90s, Jamie King was the face of Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Christian Dior. In the movie began to be filmed in the early 2000s, starting brightly in Pearl Harbor. Then followed the successful role in the "city of sins" Robert Rodriguez. Today, in the filmography King dozens of roles in the cinema and serials. The most famous telechoma actress was Leon Brianland from Heart Dixie.Childhood and youth
Jamie Barbara King was born on April 23, 1979 in the suburb of Omaha, Nebraska. Father - Robert King, Mother - Nancy King, the former Queen of Beauty. Four children were born at the couple: Sandy, Jamie and Barry daughters, as well as the son of Robbie. The parents called his middle daughter named after the character of the series "Bionic Woman" by Jamie Sommer.
Nancy and Robert divorced in 1994, the financial affairs in the family worsened. But Little Jamie, who has already started the model career, began to earn the first money. She visited the School of Models "Nancy Bounds' Studios", participated in Defile. At one of them, Michael Fluti noted her. He advised a promising girl to move to New York to continue the model career.
In 1995, Jamie left school and moved to one of the centers of world fashion. Later continued to education by joining the home learning program from the University of Nebraska.
In New York, the girl was a trial photo session, which was adopted by "Hurray," signed a contract with the Agency. It turned out that the girl named Jamie Richar was already working in the state of the models. Then King takes the pseudonym James, under which in the future will begin his biography in Hollywood.
Young James works hard and hardly working, participates in the advertising campaigns of the largest fashion houses of the world - Chanel, Dior, and others. Her photos are decorated with "Vogue Mademoiselle" magazines, "Seventeen", "Glamor" and "Harper's Bazaar". In 1998, in a pair with Rebecca Romain, she became the leading fashion show "House of Style" on the MTV TV channel. And in 1999, Jamie entered the top of the sexiest women according to Maxim magazine, being on the 16th line.
Films
After the debut in the amplus of the TV presenter on the superpopular channel MTV Jamie, film and teleprodukers were interested. 2001 marked with bright filmmakers. At first it is invited to play a small role of a pixel girl in the comedy Daniel Waters "Summer Fun". With this task, King coped easily, but the new work in the criminal drama "Cocaine" was not so simple. Jamie went to the episodic role of Christina Dzhang - Daughters Drug Administration George Dzhanga, Hero Johnny Depp.
Then King embodied the image of the nurse Betty Bayer in the Military drama Michael Bay Pearl-Harbor. The mass spectator, possibly, did not notice the modest girl in the second plan, but the producers and directors noted its abilities and textured appearance. In short, the case did not become a job.
2003 marked by a major project and the first main role. Jame played Jade - Jeweled in martial arts an adventurist in fantasy-militant "bulletproof monk" together with Chow Yun Fat and Seun William Scott.
To get into this picture, the actress passed 5 castings, including tests for physical preparation, because most of the tricks in the film she had to be performed by himself. The picture, however, failed at the box office and received not the most flatter reviews of critics, but it was still nominated for the "Teen Choice Awards" award as the "Best Adventure Drama".
In 2004, Jamie appeared in the Comedy "White Chicks" - parodies in the secular lioness Paris and Nickie Hilton. The picture caused a flurry of negative criticism, "deserving" 5 nominations of the Razzie antipremia (analogue "Golden Rasina") at once.
Another defeat upset actress. She turned the gaze in the direction of television. The girl starred in the episode of the teleproject "Lonely Hearts". Then it was occupied in the 13 episodes of the series "Secrets in the kitchen", her partner became Bradley Cooper.
The director of Talent Jamie King was the director Robert Rodriguez, he invited the actress to the film "City of Sins" (2005), in which she played Gemini Goldi and Wendy in Novella called "Heavy Farewell". The film had a huge success, collecting over $ 158 million over $ 158 million and obtaining a technical Grand Prix at the festival in Cannes-2005. And Jamie finally received long-awaited and well-deserved recognition.
Now it is time for bright big roles and star partners. In the same 2005, King was noted in the criminal drama "Money for two" with Al Pacino and Matthew McConaja, Comedy "Wholesale Cheaper-2" with Steve Martin and Carmen Elektro.
Since 2006, the model plays the main characters in True True Lie thrillers (2006), "Avenger" (2008), "My Bloody Valentine" (2009), the horror film David Arquette "Traveler" (2006). In 2011, Jamie began to be filmed in the largest television project of his filmography - Heart Dixie, which successfully plays and now.
Between filming in Hollywood, Jamie has time to take part in photo shoots, because, becoming an actress, it is even more in demand in advertising. King, despite the far from the young age, still posing in a swimsuit, demonstrating an excellent figure. In addition, the actress is removed in music videos. So, in 2012, King starred in a provocative video of his close girlfriend - the singer of Lana Del Rey "Summertime Sadness", in which both women commit suicide according to the plot.
In 2014, King returns to the "City of Sins", removed in the sequel of the sensational film, portraying all the same characters - the twins-prostitutes of Goldie and Wendy. However, the picture did not repeat the success of the initial version. Coming out married the director, Jamie received the privilege to act in the paintings of her husband. In 2015, she played in the comedy militant Kayl Newman "especially dangerous."
Personal life
The first boyfriend Jamie was a feshen photographer David Sorrenti. He died at 21 from the kidney disease provoked by heroin. Jamie also used a prohibited drug over several years. Only long-term treatment in the rehabilitation clinic helped to get rid of dependence.
There were many novels in her personal life. It is known only about some of them. At 21, it was not long met with a rock musician Kidd Rock, and 2 years later he twisted the novel with the now the late star "Furçazha" by Paul Walker.
In 2005, the film "Fans" of Kinodiv met the director Kyloma Newman. Official romance converts to a serious relationship. And in 2007, they became her husband and wife.
The firstborn pair, son of James Knight, was born in 2013. The second son Leo Tams was born in 2015 after a long-term treatment of Jamie (the woman survived 5 miscarriages).
It is known that King on the body has 15 tattoos, among them and dedicated to children. The star does not hide his life in the photoomers from fans. Its "Instagram" is open for viewing and playing both family pictures and frames from new filmmakers.
Jamie King now
In 2018, the actress played in the cash militant "Eight friends of Owen" and in the Thriller "Eugene Plan-2".In production there are several projects with its participation. Including those in which the actress performs producer and screenwriter.
Filmography
- 2001 - "Cocaine"
- 2003 - bulletproof monk "
- 2004 - "White Chicks"
- 2005 - "City of sins"
- 2006 - "Traveler"
- 2008 - "Avenger"
- 2009 - "My bloody pressure"
- 2010 - "Mother's Day"
- 2012 - "Sorry"
- 2014 - "City of Sin-2: a woman for which it is worth killing"
- 2015 - "Particularly dangerous"
- 2018 - "Eight girlfriends Oushen"