Joey King
Joey King is an American actress who went from child star in Ramona and Beezus to an Emmy-nominated lead in The Act and the face of Netflix's Kissing Booth trilogy. On September 11, 2026 she is back in cinemas as Kylie Owens in Practical Magic 2, opposite Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman.
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Where does Joey King live?
Los Angeles, California. King was born there on July 30, 1999, grew up in the San Fernando Valley and is still based in the city, which is where most of her work and her production commitments sit. She and her husband Steven Piet keep their home address private. Her longest recent stretch away was the second half of 2025, when Practical Magic 2 filmed in England. Sources: Wikipedia.
What is Joey King's nationality?
American. She was born Joey Lynn King in Los Angeles, California, and holds US citizenship. Her mother has Jewish heritage, and King has described herself as Jewish while adding that she is not especially religious. Sources: Wikipedia.
How old is Joey King?
27. She was born on July 30, 1999, so she turned 27 in the summer of 2026. She has been acting since she was four, which means Practical Magic 2 arrives in her twenty-third year on screen. Sources: Wikipedia.
How tall is Joey King?
About 5 ft 3 in, or roughly 1.60 m. There is no studio-published figure, and estimates circulating online range from 5 ft 2 in to 5 ft 4 in. King herself has said in interviews that she is around five foot three, which is the number worth trusting. Sources: interviews, celebrity height trackers.
Is Joey King in Practical Magic 2?
Yes. She plays Kylie Owens, one of Sally Owens's daughters, alongside Maisie Williams as Antonia. The film opens in US cinemas on September 11, 2026 and in the UK on September 18, with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reprising Sally and Gillian. Susanne Bier directs for Warner Bros. Sources: Warner Bros., Wikipedia.
What is Joey King best known for?
Three roles, in three different registers. Ramona Quimby in Ramona and Beezus (2010) made her as a child lead. Elle Evans in Netflix's Kissing Booth trilogy (2018 to 2021) made her a teen-audience name at scale. And Gypsy-Rose Blanchard in Hulu's The Act (2019) proved she could carry serious dramatic material, earning her Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Sources: Wikipedia.
Has Joey King won an Emmy?
No. She was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series for The Act in 2019, and picked up Golden Globe, SAG Award and Critics' Choice nominations for the same performance, but did not win any of them. Her wins are lighter: a Young Artist Award for Ramona and Beezus and the 2019 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress. Sources: Wikipedia.
Who is Joey King married to?
Director and producer Steven Piet. They met on the set of The Act, got engaged in February 2022 and married on September 2, 2023 in Mallorca, Spain. Sources: Wikipedia.
Are Joey King and Hunter King sisters?
Yes. Hunter King, known for The Young and the Restless and Life in Pieces, is one of Joey's two older sisters. All three sisters worked as child actors, and Joey is the youngest of the family. Sources: Wikipedia.
What has Joey King been in recently?
Before Practical Magic 2, her most recent run was 2024: We Were the Lucky Ones for Hulu, where she played Halina Kurc in a Holocaust-era family drama, the Netflix romantic comedy A Family Affair opposite Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron, and a voice role in Despicable Me 4. Sources: Wikipedia, UPI.
What is Joey King doing next?
Nothing is locked in publicly beyond Practical Magic 2. Deadline reported in January 2026 that she was circling Bambo, a boxing film from director Natasha Lyonne, but neither Lyonne nor King has confirmed a deal, so treat it as a project in talks rather than a green light. Sources: Deadline.
Is Joey King a Miu Miu ambassador?
Yes. She is a Miu Miu brand ambassador and wore the label to the Met Gala on May 4, 2026 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Sources: Just Jared.
Joey King: from child lead to the new generation of Owens witches
Joey King has been working since before she could read a full script. Born in Los Angeles on July 30, 1999, she was doing commercials at four and had her first film credit by nine. Her breakout, Ramona and Beezus in 2010, put an eleven-year-old at the centre of a studio family film, and the parts that followed were the sort child actors rarely get to string together: The Dark Knight Rises, The Conjuring, Crazy, Stupid, Love, Battle: Los Angeles. She was a recognisable face long before she was a name.
The pivot came in 2018 and 2019, in two directions at once. Netflix’s The Kissing Booth made her a franchise lead for a teenage audience and ran to three films. Almost simultaneously, Hulu’s The Act cast her as Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, a role that required her to shave her head, play a real person in an ongoing legal aftermath, and hold the screen against Patricia Arquette. The Act brought her Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG and Critics’ Choice nominations in a single season. She did not win any of them, but the point had been made: the Kissing Booth actress and the dramatic lead were the same person.
Since then she has kept both lanes open. 2024 alone gave her We Were the Lucky Ones (Halina Kurc, in a Holocaust-era family saga), the Netflix comedy A Family Affair, and a voice part in Despicable Me 4. Off screen she married director Steven Piet in Mallorca on September 2, 2023, having met him on The Act, and she has become a fixture on the Miu Miu front row, walking the Met Gala in May 2026 as a brand ambassador.
Practical Magic 2, out on September 11, 2026, is the biggest theatrical swing of her career so far. She plays Kylie Owens in Susanne Bier’s sequel to the 1998 cult favourite, set twenty-five years later and adapted from Alice Hoffman’s novel The Book of Magic. The casting is pointed: Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return as Sally and Gillian, and King and Maisie Williams play the next generation who inherit both the magic and the family curse. For an actress who has spent a decade being the youngest person in the room, it is a rare thing, a legacy role handed over on screen rather than around it.
King reunites with Nicole Kidman, her co-star from A Family Affair, in Practical Magic 2, the Warner Bros. sequel opening on September 11, 2026.
