Jamie Curry
{{short description|New Zealand YouTube personality, vlogger, and comedian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
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| birth_place = Napier, New Zealand
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| occupation = YouTuber
| years_active = 2012–2019
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| partner = Laura Nye (2017–2022){{cn|date=March 2024}}
| known for = Jamie's World
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| subscribers = 1.2 million
| views = 67.2 million
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Jamie Curry (born 26 July 1996){{Cite tweet |number=624972923560800257 |user=jaamiecurry|author = Jamie Curry |title=it's my birthday in new zealand lol |date=26 July 2015 |access-date=30 April 2017}} is a New Zealand YouTube personality, vlogger, and comedian, best known for creating Jamie's World.
Early life
Curry grew up in Taradale{{Cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/8598044/The-most-popular-Kiwi-you-ve-never-heard-of |title=The most popular Kiwi you've never heard of |last=Roden |first=Jessica |date=26 April 2013 |work=The Dominion Post |access-date=29 May 2017}} and attended Sacred Heart College, which she graduated from in 2014.{{Cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/67435984/kiwi-internet-sensation-jamie-curry-up-for-award |title=Kiwi internet sensation Jamie Curry up for award |last=Price |first=Rosanna |date=19 March 2015 |work=Stuff |access-date=30 April 2017}}
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".{{Cite web |url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/38r6bp/9-things-you-should-know-about-youtuber-jamie-curry-aka-jamies-world |title=9 Things You Should Know About YouTuber Jamie Curry AKA Jamie's World |last=Warwick |first=Charlotte |access-date=30 April 2017|publisher=MTV}} By 2013, she was reaching an audience of 7 million people per week.
She co-authored a book with Alex Casey, They Let Me Write A Book!: Jamie’s World, which was published in 2015. She was nominated for Favorite Aussie/Kiwi Internet Sensation in the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards.
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.{{Cite news |url=http://deepsouthchallenge.co.nz/news-updates/reaching-new-generation-jamies-world-ice |title=Reaching a new generation: Jamie's World on Ice |work=The Deep South National Science Challenge |access-date=30 April 2017 |archive-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124072924/http://deepsouthchallenge.co.nz/news-updates/reaching-new-generation-jamies-world-ice |url-status=dead }} Produced and directed by Damian Christie, it consists of four episodes and two special features,{{Cite tweet |number=851008151201562625 |user=damianchristie |author = Damian Christie|title=4 main eps plus a couple of special features. |date=9 April 2017 |access-date=30 April 2017}} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/jamies-world-on-ice |title=Jamie's World on Ice Episodes |access-date=19 May 2017}} 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.{{Cite press release |title=Kiwibank aims for the young'uns, harnesses the social power of Jamie Curry |date=6 July 2015 |url=http://stoppress.co.nz/news/kiwibank-curry |language=en |access-date=24 June 2018}}
On 24 June 2018, she published a video announcing that she was engaged to a woman.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12077042 |title=New Zealand social media star Jamie Curry comes out and explains absence |date=24 June 2018 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=24 June 2018 |language=en-NZ |issn=1170-0777}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/jamie-curry-reveals-secret-fiancee-laura-nye-and-how-she-proposed/V7A6VHKIJ3N7R5BTABCE2CT4X4/|title=Jamie Curry reveals secret fiancee Laura Nye and how she proposed|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=22 July 2018}}
References
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External links
- {{Youtube|u=theJamiesWorld}}
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Category:People from Napier, New Zealand
Category:New Zealand women bloggers
Category:New Zealand women comedians
Category:New Zealand YouTubers
Category:New Zealand video bloggers
Category:Entertainers from Auckland