Joey King

King in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Joey Lynn King

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: July 30, 1999

Ethnicity:
*father – English, other
*mother – one quarter Italian, three quarters Ashkenazi Jewish

Joey King is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films Quarantine, Ramona and Beezus, Battle: Los Angeles, Crazy, Stupid, Love.; The Dark Knight Rises, Oz the Great and Powerful, Family Weekend, White House Down, The Conjuring, Wish I Was Here, The Sound and the Fury (2014), Borealis, Stonewall, Independence Day: Resurgence, Going in Style (2017), Wish Upon, Summer ’03, Radium Girls, The Kissing Booth franchise, Slender Man, The Lie (2018), Zeroville, The In Between, The Princess (2022), Bullet Train, and, in voice role, Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! and The Boxcar Children; and the shows Bent, The Haunting Hour: The Series, Fargo, Tween Fest, The Act, Hamster & Gretel, and We Were the Lucky Ones.

Among her siblings is actress Hunter King. Her father has English ancestry. Joey’s mother is of three quarters Ashkenazi Jewish and one quarter Italian Catholic descent; her own paternal grandfather was Italian-American, and likely converted to Judaism. Joey has said that she is “part Jewish and part Christian, but I’m mostly Jewish,” and has also described herself as “Jewish.” (for example, here and here).

Joey is married to producer and director Steven Piet.

Joey’s paternal grandfather was Alvin Fulton King (the son of Garland Pinkney King and Susie Rebecca Parker). Alvin was born in Arkansas. Garland was the son of Charlie/Charles King and Nancy/Nan Green Wooley. Susie was the daughter of Jessie Henry Parker and Susan Asenith Lambert.

Joey’s paternal grandmother was Mildred/Millie Anne/Ann Spooner (the daughter of Samuel/Sam Walter Mason Spooner and Eula/Beaulah Maude Rhodes). Millie was born in Arkansas. Samuel was the son of John Buie Spooner and Frances Octavia “Fannie” Marcus. Eula was the daughter of Joseph Hugh Rhodes and Alpha Antoinette Bird.

Joey’s maternal grandfather was Joseph Farrar (the son of James Farrar and Helen Frame). Joseph was in Pennsylvania. James was the son of Joseph/Giuseppe Ferrara and Julia/Angelina Villani, who were Italian Catholics, of Sicilian and Campanian descent. James is buried in the same Jewish cemetery as Joey’s great-grandmother, with Hebrew inscribed on his grave, so he likely converted to Judaism. Helen was the daughter of Russian Jewish parents, Samuel Frame and Rose Horowitz.

Joey’s maternal grandmother is Elaine Braverman (the daughter of William Braverman and Rose Goldsmith). Elaine was born in Pennsylvania, to a Jewish family. William was the son of Ellix Braverman and Becca Milkowsky/Milkawsky.

Sources: https://people.com

Genealogies of Joey’s paternal grandparents, Alvin Fulton King and Mildred/Millie Anne/Ann (Spooner) King – https://www.findagrave.com

Joey’s paternal grandmother, Mildred/Millie Anne/Ann Spooner, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Joey’s paternal great-grandparents, Samuel/Sam Walter Mason Spooner and Eula/Beaulah Maude Rhodes, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org