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Born Jamie King, this blue-eyed
blonde's hometown is Omaha, Nebraska, where she was born on the 23rd of
April, 1979. She was discovered at the age of fourteen while attending a
modeling school in Nebraska. After being spotted at her graduation fashion
show, James was invited to New York to start modeling and thus her career
as a model began.
She also goes by the names Jamie King and most especially James King,
which was a childhood nickname given to King by her parents that she used
during her early modeling years, because her agency already represented
another Jaime — the older, then-more famous model Jaime Rishar. King,
because of the latter name, is sometimes referred to as the "Model with a
man's name".
It didn't take long for James to be photographed by the industry's top
photographers and appear on the covers of fashion magazines. By age
fifteen, she had already worked for Vogue, Mademoiselle, Allure, and
Seventeen while the following year she was able to add Glamour and
Harper's Bazaar to her already full resume. She has most recently graced
the covers of Cosmopolitan and Details.
As a model, James has already become a staple in the fashion circuit. Not
only has she appeared in almost every woman's fashion magazine, but she
has also walked down the catwalks of big league fashion shows for designer
houses such as Chanel, Christian Dior and Marithe & Francois Girbaud.
As for advertisements, James has appeared in ads for the following
companies: Bebe, Benetton, Guess?, Kenneth Cole, Macy's, Mondi, and
Nordstrom.
Aside from modeling, James has had her share of experience on the screen.
Her television credits include a role in Inferno in 1992, appearances on
Catwalk, Unzipped, Naomi Conquers Africa, as well as appearances as
herself in Beautopia and Original Copies. James' film roles include Four
Faces of God, The Happy Campers and Bar Hop.
Not only does James sometimes co-host MTV's House of Style with host
Rebecca Romijn, but she has also landed the role of a nurse in Jerry
Bruckheimer's big budget film Pearl Harbor, co-starring Ben Affleck. She
will also play Johnny Depp's daughter in the upcoming film, Blow. In the
tradition of models being cast in music videos (i.e. Linda Evangelista in
two of George Michaels' videos), James appears in Filter's video, Take a
Picture.
Although James' life seems picture perfect, all has not been rosy in the
land of King. A former heroin addict and alcoholic since the age of
sixteen, her fashion photographer boyfriend David Sorrenti died of a
heroin overdose in 1997. James is now sober.
There have been rumors that James dated Sean Lennon, but she denied the
rumors while on the Howard Stern Show. Another rumor has linked her with
Kid Rock. She is apparently now dating model and personal trainer Alex
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Sin City 2 (2008) ....
Goldie/Wendy
Fanboys (2008) .... Amber
They Wait (2008) .... Sarah
The Pardon (2008) .... Toni Jo Henry
"The Class" .... Palmer (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
- The Class Springs a Leak (2007) TV Episode .... Palmer
- The Class Has a Snow Day (2007) TV Episode .... Palmer
- The Class Eats Moroccan Chicken (2007) TV Episode .... Palmer
- The Class Has to Go to a Stupid Museum (2007) TV Episode ....
Palmer
- The Class Visits a Bad Neighbourhood (2007) TV Episode .... Palmer
(1 more)
The Tripper (2006) .... Samantha
True True Lie (2006) .... Nathalie
"Kitchen Confidential" .... Tanya (12 episodes, 2005-2006)
- An Affair to Remember (2006) TV Episode .... Tanya
- And the Award Goes to... (2006) TV Episode .... Tanya
- Let's Do Brunch (2006) TV Episode .... Tanya
- Praise Be Praise (2006) TV Episode .... Tanya
- Teddy Takes Off (2006) TV Episode .... Tanya
(7 more)
The Alibi (2006) .... Heather
... aka Lies & Alibis (USA)
... aka Lies and Alibis (USA)
"Worst Week of My Life" .... Paige (1 episode, 2006)
- Pilot (2006) TV Episode .... Paige
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) .... Anne Murtaugh
Two for the Money (2005) .... Alexandria
"The O.C." .... Mary-Sue (1 episode, 2005)
- The Return of the Nana (2005) TV Episode .... Mary-Sue
Sin City (2005) .... Goldie/Wendy
... aka Frank Miller's Sin City (USA: complete title)
Pretty Persuasion (2005) .... Kathy Joyce
White Chicks (2004) .... Heather Vandergeld
"Harry Green and Eugene" (2004) TV Series .... Anna Marie
Bulletproof Monk (2003) .... Jade
Lone Star State of Mind (2002) .... Baby
... aka Coyboys and Idiots (USA: cable TV title)
Slackers (2002) (as James King) .... Angela Patton
... aka Complices, Les (Canada: French title)
Four Faces of God (2002) .... Sam
Pearl Harbor (2001) (as James King) .... Nurse Betty Bayer
... aka Pearl Harbour (UK: promotional title)
Blow (2001) (as James King) .... Kristina Jung
Happy Campers (2001) (as James King) .... Pixel |
