Hunter King

She has an older sister named Kelli and a younger sister, Joey King. At a young age, King acted in a theater in Agoura Hills, California.^[3] Her sister Joey has said, "I'm part Jewish and part Christian, but I'm mostly Jewish."^[4][5] In August 2018, King became engaged to her boyfriend of two years, Nico Svoboda.^[6] They called off their engagement in 2020.^[7]

In October 2024, King became engaged to Chris Copier.^[8] In March 2026, King announced she and Copier married on February 14, 2026.^[9]

King began her professional acting career by guest-starring in series such as Roswell, Hannah Montana and Workaholics.^[3] She starred as Adriana Masters in the Nick at Nite drama Hollywood Heights. It was there that she met The Young and the Restless executive producer Jill Farren-Phelps. "Jill brought me over there. I never auditioned for Y&R. As I was coming off the plane from Florida with a friend, Jill called and said, 'Do you want to come work on Y&R and play Summer?' I was like, 'Yeah.' She said, 'Okay. You start in two days.'"^[3]

On October 15, 2012, she made her debut on the CBS Daytime soap opera as Summer Newman, replacing Lindsay Bushman.^[10][11] King's performance in the role earned her a nomination for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actress, losing out to her Y&R predecessor Samantha Bailey.^[12] King was also nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2013, losing out to Kristen Alderson before winning the following year, beating out Alderson, Linsey Godfrey, Kim Matula and Kelly Missal.^[13][14]

In 2014, it was reported that King accused her Y&R co-star Michael Muhney of groping her.^{[15][16][17][18]} Radar Online reported that King complained that Muhney fondled her breasts on two occasions, both of which were unsolicited and unwanted advances.^[17][18] According to Radar Online, King told producers she would go to the police and file a report against Muhney if he was not fired from the show.^[18] Muhney was fired on December 17, 2013, claiming that the allegations were false and merely a salacious rumor. No charges were ever filed.^{[18][19][20][21][22]}

King appeared as a guest model on two episodes of The Price Is Right during "Dream Car Week" in November 2013 and again for two more episodes in October 2014.^[23][24]

In 2015, King was cast in A Girl Like Her (originally named The Bully Chronicles) as Avery Keller,^[25] and was cast on the CBS comedy series Life in Pieces as Clementine. Initially a recurring role in season one, she was promoted to series regular for second season, leaving The Young and the Restless as regular cast member.^[26] In May 2018, TVLine announced that King would come back to The Young and the Restless as Summer as a contract cast member starting June 4, 2018.^[27] King was able to work on both her shows because an understudy took over her role as Summer for several episodes.^[28]

In November 2022, King signed a multi-picture contract with Hallmark Media.^[29]