Hunter Haley King (bornHaley Ashley King;(1993-10-19)October 19, 1993)^[1][2] is an American actress. She is known for portraying Adriana Masters onHollywood Heights (2012),Summer Newman onThe Young and the Restless (2012–2016, 2018–2022) and Clementine Hughes onLife in Pieces (2015–2019). Earlier in her career she was credited as Haley King, but she has since been credited as Hunter King.

She has an older sister named Kelli and a younger sister,Joey King. At a young age, King acted in a theater inAgoura Hills, California.^[3] Her sister Joey has said, "I'm part Jewish and partChristian, but I'm mostlyJewish."^[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]

King began her professional acting career by guest-starring in series such asRoswell,Hannah Montana andWorkaholics.^[3] She starred as Adriana Masters in theNick at Nite dramaHollywood Heights. It was there that she metThe Young and the Restless executive producerJill Farren-Phelps. "Jill brought me over there. I never auditioned forY&R. As I was coming off the plane from Florida with a friend, Jill called and said, 'Do you want to come work onY&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 theCBS Daytimesoap opera as Summer Newman, replacingLindsay Bushman.^[9][10] King's performance in the role earned her a nomination for theYoung Artist Award for Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actress, losing out to herY&R predecessorSamantha Bailey.^[11] King was also nominated for theDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2013, losing out toKristen Alderson before winning the following year, beating out Alderson,Linsey Godfrey,Kim Matula and Kelly Missal.^[12][13]

In 2014, it was reported that King accused herY&R co-starMichael Muhney ofgroping her.^{[14][15][16][17]}Radar Online reported that King complained that Muhney fondled her breasts on two occasions, both of which were unsolicited and unwanted advances.^[16][17] 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.^[17] Muhney was fired on December 17, 2013, claiming that the allegations were false and merely a salacious rumor. No charges were ever filed.^{[17][18][19][20][21]}

King appeared as a guest model on two episodes ofThe Price Is Right during "Dream Car Week" in November 2013 and again for two more episodes in October 2014.^[22][23]

In 2015, King was cast inA Girl Like Her (originally namedThe Bully Chronicles) as Avery Keller,^[24] and was cast on the CBS comedy seriesLife in Pieces as Clementine. Initially a recurring role in season one, she was promoted to series regular for second season, leavingThe Young and the Restless as regular cast member.^[25] In May 2018, TVLine announced that King would come back toThe Young and the Restless as Summer as a contract cast member starting June 4, 2018.^[26] King was able to work on both her shows because anunderstudy took over her role as Summer for several episodes.^[27]

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