Celebrities receiving their star on Hollywood’s walk of fame over the years | In pictures including Gal Gadot, Mindy Kaling, Chris Hemsworth and Steve Irwin

King was joined by several high-profile friends at the ceremony, including actress Jamie Lee Curtis and basketball star Magic Johnson.

Here, she poses by her newly-minted Hollywood star alongside (L-R) Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Steven Nissen, American radio star Ellen K, King’s wife and former tennis star Llana Kloss, Johnson and Curtis.

“Billie Jean King’s contribution is power,” Curtis said to guests at the ceremony.

“She’s power on the courts, she’s power in the courts, she’s power in the press, power in her fight for freedom, power to be who she is now.”