Jaime King

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Biography

King was used effectively in supporting roles in dark, stylized actioners like "Sin City" (2005) and "The Spirit" (2008) and in low-budget horror films, she was entrusted with the lead as a damsel in distress or sexy criminal on the run. King was also a natural in comedy, and in addition to supporting roles in low-brow hits like "White Chicks" (2004), maintained a steady presence in primetime with recurring roles on sitcoms including "The …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer

Born

April 23, 1979

Career Milestones

2012

Cast in the WWII drama "Red Tails," about a crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program; executive produced by George Lucas

2011

Co-starred with Rachel Bilson on The CW drama "Hart of Dixie"

2010

Co-starred in ABC's documentary-style dramedy series "My Generation"

2008

Appeared in "The Spirit," a live-action film adaptation based on the 1940s newspaper strip; re-teamed with Sin City writer Frank Miller, who wrote and directed the film

2007

Co-starred in David Arquette's directorial debut "The Tripper," a satirical horror film co-produced by Arquette and his wife

2006

Appeared on the CBS sitcom "The Class" for several episodes

2005

Cast as Tanya, the hostess on Fox's short-lived series "Kitchen Confidential"

2005

Cast in the indie film "Pretty Persuasion" with Evan Rachel Wood

2005

Featured in the segment The Hard Goodbye opposite Mickey Rourke in "Sin City," the adaptation of comic book icon Frank Miller's uber-noir series of grapic novels; co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez

2004

Played a socialite in the comedy "White Chicks"

2003

Cast as female lead opposite Chow Yun-Fat in "Bulletproof Monk"

2001

Co-starred with Joshua Jackson as a pair of small towners desperate to leave their small town in "Lone Star State of Mind"

2001

Acted in the World War II romance epic "Pearl Harbor" as 17-year-old nurse Betty

2001

Played the grown-up incarnation of Johnny Depp's daughter in "Blow"

1999

Made film debut in "Happy Campers"; screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001

1998

Co-hosted MTV's fashion series "House of Style" with Rebecca Romijn-Stamos

1997

Began recovery for heroin addiction after losing her boyfriend Davide Sorrenti, reportedly to a drug overdose

Spotlighted as an upcoming star in The New York Times Magazine at age 16

1993

Discovered by Company Management owner Michael Flutie at age 14; began modeling in New York, NY

1991

At age 12, enrolled in an etiquette class at Omaha's Nancy Bounds Studios