Jamie Curry

Jamie Curry
Born (1996-07-26) 26 July 1996
Napier, New Zealand
Residence Auckland, New Zealand[1]
Occupation YouTuber
Years active 2012–present
Known for Jamie's World
Website youtube.com/theJamiesWorld
YouTube information
Subscribers 1,344,661
(30 April 2017)

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, 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.

References

  1. "Jamie Curry 'run off the road by a truck'". Stuff.co.nz. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. Jamie Curry [@jaamiecurry] (26 July 2015). "it's my birthday in new zealand lol" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 April 2017 via Twitter.
  3. 1 2 Price, Rosanna (19 March 2015). "Kiwi internet sensation Jamie Curry up for award". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 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. 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.

Jamie Curry's channel on YouTube


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