Kaylee Hottle/Shutterstock Kaylee Hottle, the trailblazing deaf actress known for her role as the young orphan Jia in the Godzilla X King Kong films, Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, tragically died in a car accident on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Maryland. Her age at the time of death is being published as 18. Yet, her reported birth year of 2007 would have made the actress 19 in May. In her films, Kaylee formed a close friendship with King Kong by commu