Kaylee Hottle (born in 2012) is an American Deaf Child Artist and Actress from Atlanta, Georgia. This young face rose to national fame after making her debut with the film “Godzilla vs. Kong”.
She portrayed one of the important roles of a deaf girl named Jia under the direction of Adam Wingard. Let’s go through her biography briefly in this article.
Wiki & Biography
Beautiful Kaylee was born to her parents in the year 2012. However, her actual birthdate is not available on the internet because of her no presence on social media platforms.
I believe Kaylee Hottle’s age is 8 years old, as of 2020. By birth, Godzilla vs. Kong’s famed actress is deaf. But she is an extremely intelligent child who is fluent in American sign language.
As of now, she is pursuing her education at The Texas School for the Deaf. Apart from this, she participates in many types of activities such as sports, dancing, acting, etc.
| Real Full Name | Kaylee Hottle. |
| Age (as of 2020) | 8 years old. |
| Famous for | playing Jia in Godzilla vs. Kong film. |
| Birth year | 2012. |
| Birthplace | Georgia, Atlanta, The USA. |
| Father | Joshua Hottle. |
| Mother | Ketsi Carlson |
| Siblings | Four brother(s) and sister(s). |
| School | The Texas School for the Deaf. |
| Ethnicity | Mixed (Korean-Caucasian) |
| Net worth (as of 2021) | $100,000 US Dollar. |
Physical Appearance
| Height | In Feet & Inches: 4′ 8″ In Centimeters: 144 cm. In Meters: 1.44 m. |
| Weight | In kilograms: 34 kg. In Pounds: 74 lb. |
| Hair Color | Dark Brown. |
| Hair Type | Straight. |
| Eye Color | Brown. |
Family & Ethnicity
Parents & Siblings
After doing my research, I came to realize that Kaylee’s family has a history of being deaf from her father’s side. Her dad’s name is Joshua Hottle. She is the fourth generation who inherit this disability from her ancestors.
However, deafness never stopped Hottle to achieve her dreams ever. She is a brave and positive girl who knows how to make the best out of the opportunities that life offers.
She seems to be very close to her mother “Ketsi Carlson” who always accompanies her daughter on the sets of her films.
I don’t know much about her sister(s) and brother(s) but she has one older sis who is deaf like her and three siblings who could hear.
Kaylee Hottle belongs to multiracial ethnicity and she is of half Korean (from Ketsi’s side) and half Caucasian (from Joshua’s side) descent.
Both of her parents are deaf. As per my knowledge, Joshua and Ketsi are not together anymore. She is now seeing her boyfriend Ryan Kelly.
Debut Film & Net worth
In the initial days of her acting profession, this young artist used to work in many television advertisements. Back in 2017, she appeared at Glide app public service announcement.
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Later, Kaylee was offered to star in a campaign named “10 Deaf Children: One Powerful Message”.
She is now already made a mark with her performance in the hit sci-fi action-themed movie “Godzilla vs. Kong[1]IMDb” which was released on the 31st of March 2021.
Her character Jia is an orphan who is originally from Iwi. In the film, Jia is the adopted child of a character named Dr. Ilene Andrews which is played by Rebecca Hall.
Jia also forms a very unique bond with Kong by communicating with the monster via sign language.
It is the fourth movie in the MonsterVerse franchise. Earlier, Kong: Skull Island came out in 2017, and then Godzilla: King of the Monsters was released on May 13, 2019.
Godzilla vs. Kong is the sequel of these films. Some of the other main casts of the film are Millie Bobby Brown as Madison Russell, Alexander Skarsgård as Dr. Nathan Lind, Shun Oguri as Ren Serizawa, Brian Tyree Henry as Bernie Hayes, etc.
Kaylee Hottle managed to earn an estimated Net worth of $100,000 US Dollars by working a film and TV ads, as of 2021.
Some Lesser Known Facts about Kaylee Hottle
- Beaches are the place where she loves to spend her free time.
- Her mother’s boyfriend Ryan Kelly is also very close and supportive of Kaylee.
- During an interview, she once expressed her views and told the audience that she believes that films should real deaf people in the movies for deaf roles as they will portray the character in a better way with their knowledge of sign language.
- In addition, on the sets of Godzilla vs. Kong, the actor Alexander Skarsgård used to communicate with Kaylee in sign language in order to learn it.
- He even mentioned in one of his interviews that Kaylee Hottle is a very active personality who also adapts things very quickly.
- Alexander said that he got fascinated after seeing her confidence in front of the camera. He said she used to understand their director Adam instantly when he gave instruction for the scene.
- After seeing her quick reflexes, most of the people got impressed by this little talented star kid.
- The producer of the film Alex Garcia told in the interview that the right person for the Jia role was very challenging for them as they wanted someone who had never done any films.
- They found Kaylee through one of their casting directors named Sarah Halley Finn.
- Many people came forward on Twitter after watching the movie in order to praise the performance of this beautiful actress.
- Millie Simmonds who is also a deaf artist is Hottle’s favorite actress. She worked in the superhit movie “A Quiet Place”.
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