Jaime King (born April 23, 1979) is an American film actress and model. In her modeling career and early film roles, she went by the names Jamie King and most especially James King, which was a childhood nickname given to King by her parents, 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.
King currently has four additional films in production, They Wait (2007), Fanboys (2008), The Pardon (2008), and The Spirit (2009).
During her first job modeling, King was turned onto heroin and had an addiction to the drug from age 14 to 19. In 1997, following the death of her boyfriend, younger brother of Mario Sorrenti, fashion photographer Davide Sorrenti (who at age 21 died of a kidney ailment that was thought to have been brought on by excessive heroin use) she became sober. King went to rehabilitation at age 19 for her addictions to heroin and alcohol.
King was rumored to have dated Sean Lennon, but she denied the rumors while on The Howard Stern Show. In September 2000, King was dating Kid Rock and the couple made an appearance on a later recording of the Howard Stern Show. She was rumored to be linked with model Alex Burns, Jake Gyllenhaal in spring 2001, and Matt Damhave in 2002. King then dated Bradley Cooper whom she met while working on the series Kitchen Confidential in 2005. She is currently engaged to Kyle Newman whom she met working on the film Fanboys that he was directing.
King is a fan of Britney Spears, The Wu-Tang Clan, Rilo Kiley, Kate Joy, and Hot Hot Heat. She also enjoys surfing and claims to be friends with numerous musicians.
In an interview published in 1996, King, after retiring from modeling, plans to be a writer or possibly a photographer. King currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
