| Net Worth: | $4 Million |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | April 23, 1979 (45 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | Movie Actress |
| Nationality: | American |
Starred in the TV series Hart of Dixie from 2011 to 2015 and played her first prominent film role in 2001’s Pearl Harbor. Her other film credits include Sin City, White Chicks and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. In 2019, she began starring in Netflix’s Black Summer.
As a teenager, she was addicted to heroin, but immediately stopped after the death of her boyfriend.
She adopted the nickname James because another model at Vogue was named Jamie.
Career
Jaime King began her modeling career at the age of 14 after being discovered by an agent called Michael Flutie. Flutie invited King to work in New York, and soon enough she was in the Big Apple after having signed a contract with Company Management. At this point, she adopted the name James, which she kept throughout the beginning of her modeling and acting career.
Personal Life
She married Kyle Newman in 2007. Together they have two sons, James Knight Newman born in 2013, and Leo Thames, born in 2015. She and her boyfriend Sennett Devermont shared their first Instagram photo together on August 4, 2021.
She acted opposite Kate Beckinsale in Pearl Harbor.
Quotes
“I’ve always been really athletic, which really helped, because when I first started doing the training for Bulletproof Monk, it required so much strength that if I didn’t have a base I don’t really know what I would have done.”
— Jaime King
“We got to jump on, like, trampolines, learn flips, learn karate, kung fu, Hong Kong street fighting.”
— Jaime King
“But the funny thing is, I broke my finger not on set doing kung fu. I broke my finger when I fell down the stairs prior to going on set.”
— Jaime King
“I like doing accents and I like learning as much as I can learn.”
— Jaime King
“I felt like the dark hair added like a toughness to my face also, which was really important.”
— Jaime King