HALLMARK MEDIA INKS MULTIPICTURE DEAL WITH HUNTER KING
STUDIO CITY, CA - November 10, 2022 - Hallmark Media and Hunter King ("The Young and the Restless," "Life in Pieces") have agreed to a multipicture deal, it was announced today. King made her Hallmark debut earlier this year starring in the Hallmark Channel original movie and "Hidden Gems" and followed that up with "Nikki & Nora: Sister Sleuths" on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and will next star in "A Royal Corgi Christmas," premiering Friday, November 25 (8 p.m. ET/PT), on Hallmark Channel as part of the network's annual "Countdown to Christmas" programming event.
"Hunter King brings such a spark to each role she brings to life and has been a wonderful addition to the Hallmark family," said Lisa Hamilton Daly, Executive Vice President, Hallmark Media. "We're thrilled to continue to work with Hunter and know viewers will be completely charmed by her performance in 'A Royal Corgi Christmas.'"
"I feel so incredibly grateful and lucky to be part of the Hallmark family! Growing up, I would drive past Hallmark's headquarters nearly every day and dream about getting the chance to be in one of their movies some day," King began. "Getting to make three Hallmark movies this year has already been so amazing and I'm so excited for what's to come. I get to be in Hallmark movies for a living! Are you kidding me? Is this real life?!"
King is best known for her work as a series regular on CBS' "Life in Pieces" opposite Colin Hanks, Betsy Brandt and Thomas Sadoski. King can also be recognized as Summer Newman on "Young and the Restless," a role for which she earned two Daytime Emmys. In feature work, King starred in A Girl Like Her opposite Jimmy Bennett, which garnered incredible reviews for confronting bullying in schools. King was cast as the lead in ABC's 2020 comedy pilot "Prospect." Most recently, King wrapped shooting the lead in the indie feature Give Me Your Eyes.
King is represented by Jennifer Craig at Gersh and attorney Howard Fishman at Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof and Fishman.
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