Jamie Curry

Jamie Curry
Born (1996-07-26) 26 July 1996 (age 28)
Napier, New Zealand
OccupationYouTuber
Years active2012–2019
Known forJamie's World
PartnerLaura Nye (2017–2022)[citation needed]
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

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

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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Price, Rosanna (19 March 2015). "Kiwi internet sensation Jamie Curry up for award". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b c 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.