How Joey King became Hollywood’s hottest rising talent: the Bullet Train star just got married, with Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter at her wedding, and she’s starring in a film with Nicole Kidman

Sep 16 , 2023

Joey King is a star on the rise. Photo: @joeyking/Instagram

Everything seems to be coming up roses for actress Joey King. Not only is her career going from strength to strength, but she also just enjoyed a fairy tale Spanish wedding to director Steven Piet surrounded by family and friends.

And what an impressive group of family and friends it was, too. Entering showbiz from an early age, it’s no surprise that King has a raft of celebrity pals – even her two older sisters have impressive acting chops.

Here’s why the 24-year-old Bullet Train star is having the time of her life right now, and why things look set to get even better …

Joey King is a rising Hollywood star

Joey King got married in a stunning Oscar de la Renta gown comprised of hundreds of circular, flower-petal paillettes. Photo: @alexandercollectionofficial/Instagram

Joey King was born in LA on July 30, 1999 and got her first acting gig aged 4 doing an advert for Life Cereal, as per her IMDB page. She wasn’t the first in her family to get into acting either. King has two older sisters, Kelli and Hunter, who are actors too. Kelli has starred in shows such as Grey’s Anatomy and Rude Awakening, while Hunter has been in Dexter and The Young and the Restless.

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Joey King was just four years old when she starred in her first commercial for Quaker Oats’ cereal brand Life. Photo: @joeykiing/YouTube

But it looks like the youngest sister will be the one to really hit the big time. After getting her career break alongside Selena Gomez in 2010’s Ramona and Beezus, she scored a “small but important part in The Dark Knight Rises”, per Rotten Tomatoes, then played the female lead in Netflix’s The Kissing Booth alongside Jacob Elordi.

However, it wasn’t until she shaved her head to play Gypsy Rose Blanchard in gripping crime drama The Act that critics began to notice her talent too. As a result, she was nominated for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild and a Critics’ Choice award for the Hulu series.

She’s friends with Taylor Swift

Joey King and Jacob Elordi on the set of The Kissing Booth 3. Photo: @popsugar/Instagram

Tay Tay fans will already be familiar with King thanks to the music videos for Swift’s songs “Mean” and “I Can See You”, both of which King starred in. King was only a child when they first met on the set of the “Mean” MV in 2010, but the two have since become firm friends.

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Scenes from Taylor Swift’s “I Can See You” music video, starring Joey King and Taylor Lautner. Photo: @tlautnerbrasil/Instagram

King has spoken to Hello! about what a great pal Swift has been to her, even with the pop star’s busy schedule. “You know how friends who travel a lot, you have very long stretches where you don’t talk all the time,” King told the publication. “[Swift] always made it a priority to check in and it’s so lovely.”

Swift even surprised King and her “I Can See You” co-star Taylor Lautner by pulling them on stage in front of 70,000 people with her in July, much to the actress’ delight. “It was overwhelming in the best way possible,” she told People magazine. “It was an experience of a lifetime.”

She just got married in Spain to the love of her life

Taylor Swift surprised Joey King and Taylor Lautner by inviting them on stage in Kansas City during her Eras tour. Photo: @justjared/Instagram

It’s been 18 months since King announced her engagement on social media by showing off a stunning, art-deco-inspired diamond ring given to her by Steven Piet, who directed her in two episodes of The Act. The helmer is thought to have splurged around US$150,000 on the ring, per Kothari, before proposing to King in California’s Joshua Tree National Park, as reported by British media.

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Last week, the couple tied the knot in Spain on the secluded Mallorcan estate of La Fortaleza, as reported by British Vogue. Off limits to the general public, the fortress is known as Spain’s most expensive property, according to Balearic Properties, and was also the setting for Rafael Nadal and Maria Francisca Perelló’s wedding, per Business Insider.

Joey King and her new husband, director Steven Piet. Photo: Instagram

The glamorous guest list included Swift and her brother Austin, singer Sabrina Carpenter – who sang the couple down the aisle, per Vogue – actress Michelle Williams, Red, White & Royal Blue’s Taylor Zakhar Perez and Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor.

King also roped in another of her besties to help her find the right dress for her big day – the inimitable Jared Eng, per PopSugar. In the end, the actress loved Oscar de la Renta’s bridal looks so much that she chose no fewer than four dresses for her nuptials, states the source. The groom wore Brunello Cucinelli, according to media.

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She’s set to star in a film alongside Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman

Joey King has plenty to look forward to in the coming years. Photo: @joeyking/Instagram

So what’s next for the talented actress? Netflix was set to release romcom A Family Affair starring King this November, but according to What’s on Netflix, viewers will now have to wait until 2024 to see her in action alongside Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman.

King plays a young woman whose former boss (Efron) gets romantically involved with her mum Kidman), much to her dismay, according to the streaming giant.

Fame and celebrity

Joey King got her big break at age 9 opposite Selena Gomez in Ramona and Beezus – now the Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated actress is regarded as one of Hollywood’s rising stars
She’s besties with Taylor Swift, who cast King in her music videos ‘Mean’ and ‘I Can See You’, and even pulled her onstage with Taylor Lautner during her Eras Tour

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