Jamie Curry

Jamie Curry (born 26 July 1996)[2] is a New Zealand YouTube personality, vlogger, and comedian, best known for creating Jamie's World.

Jamie Curry
Born (1996-07-26) 26 July 1996
Napier, New Zealand
OccupationYouTuber
Years active2012–2019
Known forJamie's World
PartnerLaura Nye (2017–unknown)
YouTube information
Channel
Genre(s)Vlogs, comedy
Subscribers1.24 million[1]
Total views68.6 million[1]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: 4 June 2021

Early life

Curry grew up in Taradale[3] and attended Sacred Heart College,[3] which she graduated from in 2014.[4]

Career

She began creating Jamie's World videos in 2012; her first video was a parody music video, to "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "White & Nerdy".[5] By 2013, she was reaching an audience of 7 million people per week.[3]

She co-authored a book with Alex Casey, They Let Me Write A Book!: Jamie’s World, which was published in 2015.[5] She was nominated for Favorite Aussie/Kiwi Internet Sensation in the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards.[4][5]

In 2016, she played Becky in New Zealand comedy television programme Funny Girls.

In 2017, she published a series of videos called Jamie's World on Ice, which were filmed during a trip to Antarctica in November 2016.[6] Produced and directed by Damian Christie, it consists of four episodes and two special features,[7] all but one of which were published on her YouTube channel. The four episodes and the remaining special feature were published on TVNZ OnDemand on 12 May 2017.[8] She appeared on a celebrity "All-Star" episode of Family Feud on 26 April 2017.

Personal life

In 2015, she moved from her family home in Napier to Auckland.[9]

On 24 June 2018, she published a video announcing that she was engaged to a woman.[10][11]

References
  1. "About Jamie's World". YouTube.
  2. Jamie Curry [@jaamiecurry] (26 July 2015). "it's my birthday in new zealand lol" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 April 2017 – via Twitter.
  3. Price, Rosanna (19 March 2015). "Kiwi internet sensation Jamie Curry up for award". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. Warwick, Charlotte. "9 Things You Should Know About YouTuber Jamie Curry AKA Jamie's World". MTV. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  5. "Reaching a new generation: Jamie's World on Ice". The Deep South National Science Challenge. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  6. Damian Christie [@damianchristie] (9 April 2017). "4 main eps plus a couple of special features" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 April 2017 – via Twitter.
  7. "Jamie's World on Ice Episodes". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  8. "Kiwibank aims for the young'uns, harnesses the social power of Jamie Curry" (Press release). 6 July 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  9. "New Zealand social media star Jamie Curry comes out and explains absence". NZ Herald. 24 June 2018. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  10. "Jamie Curry reveals secret fiancee Laura Nye and how she proposed". The New Zealand Herald. 22 July 2018.
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