Hunter King was born Haley Ashley King on October 19, 1993 (Hunter King age: 26) in Ventura County, California to parents Terry King and Jamie King. King is the middle of two sisters; the eldest is Kelli King and the youngest is Joey King, both of whom are actresses.
HUNTER KING BIOGRAPHY: EARLY LIFE, AGE, FAMILY, EDUCATION
In an exclusive chat with uInterview, King revealed that her older sister Kelli was the first of the sisters to get into acting. King started acting in commercials at age six. At the time, King told uInterview that she was “really shy” but decided that she wanted to act as well after seeing her sister get into it.
HUNTER KING BIOGRAPHY: MOVIES AND TV SHOWS
King’s first film appearance was in 2001 in the Steven Spielberg film A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Amanda. She made her television debut in the same year in Roswell. King continued to act in several television series from 2002 to 2011, often appearing in only one or two episodes in each series.
King landed her first major role in 2012 playing Adriana Masters in Hollywood Heights. Her next notable role came in the form of the character Summer Newman on The Young and the Restless, whom she portrayed from 2012 to 2020 for a total of 608 episodes. King also portrayed Clementine Hughes on Life in Pieces from 2015 to 2019. In 2015, King played bully Avery Keller in the documentary-style drama film, A Girl Like Her.
King is set to star in Prospect, which is in the pre-production phase.
HUNTER KING BIOGRAPHY: ‘A GIRL LIKE HER’ AND BULLYING IN HIGH SCHOOL
King sat down to talk with uInterview about A Girl Like Her (2015) and her role as Avery Keller, a teenager who takes bullying to the extreme. “My character Avery Keller is your typical popular girl in high school… but as you start to peel back the layers, you find out that there’s a lot more to my character Avery,” King said.
King noted that the movie was filmed in a documentary-style and the cast utilized equipment like GoPro cameras and handheld video cameras, which was different from her previous filming experiences.
King told uInterview that she was bullied herself. “I was bullied myself a little bit in high school, so I took this role very seriously,” King said. “It really means a lot to me, this film, because I’m hoping to be able to talk to a lot of girls that are being bullied, and give them hope and tell them to learn from the situation…” King hoped that the film could show young girls the actions they should take if they’re being bullied and emphasized the importance of figuring out underlying reasons for why bullies act the way that they do so that the bullying can be put to an end.
King told uInterview that her experiences with bullying served as inspiration for playing her role in A Girl Like Her. She recounted, “I was on the cheerleading squad and the whole varsity football team had a really mean nickname for me that was inappropriate and really rude, and I would walk back to the bus after an away game and they would all just start shouting it at me. Being 16, 17, the last thing you want is a varsity football team making up mean nicknames about you. You never forget those types of things, and I used that as inspiration for the film.”
HUNTER KING BIOGRAPHY: PERSONAL LIFE
King started dating Nico Svoboda in 2016 and was engaged to Svoboda from 2018-2020. The pair ended their engagement in 2020.
HUNTER KING BIOGRAPHY: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How tall is Hunter King? King is 5’5″.
How old is Hunter King? King is 26 years old.
Is Hunter King related to Joey King? Hunter King is Joey King’s older sister.
HUNTER KING FILMOGRAPHY
Year Title Role
2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence Amanda
2001 Roswell (TV Series)
– Samuel Rising Another Kid
2002 Hidden Hills (TV Series)
– Pilot Megan Slypich
2003 Deus Ex Machina (Short) Mary
2004 Line of Fire (TV Series)
– The Best-Laid Plans Hannah Sorenson
2004 Without a Trace (TV Series)
– Trials Noelle
2006 Dexter (TV Series)
– Return to Sender
– Let’s Give the Boy a Hand Teenage Debra
2008 ER (TV Series)
– Parental Guidance Julie O’Fallon
2009 Hannah Montana (TV Series)
– Judge Me Tender Bridget
2010 It Takes a Village Alyssa
2011 Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Priscilla Granger (uncredited)
2011 Workaholics (TV Series)
– Karl’s Wedding Melissa
2012 Hollywood Heights (TV Series) (69 episodes) Adriana Masters
2015 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series)
– Under My Skin Lexi Nolan
2015 A Girl Like Her Avery Keller
2018 The Day of Matthew Montgomery (Short) Flight Attendant
2015-2019 Life in Pieces (TV Series) (65 episodes) Clementine Hughes
2012-2020 The Young and the Restless (TV Series) (608 episodes) Summer Newman
2020 Prospect (pre-production) Abigail Lansing
