A successful model, King was discovered at age 14 in 1993 and appeared in Vogue, Mademoiselle and Harper's Bazaar
among other fashion magazines. From 1998, she moved into acting, taking small film roles. Her first major role was
in Pearl Harbor (2001) and her first starring movie role was in Bulletproof Monk (2003). She has since appeared in 
other films including Sin City (2005) and My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009) and, from 2011 to 2015, starred in the 
television series Hart of Dixie. In 2016, she had the lead role in The Mistletoe Promise, a Hallmark movie. She also
voiced the role of Aurra Sing on Star Wars: The Clone Wars.