Jamie Curry

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Jamie Curry
Born (1996-07-26) 26 July 1996 (age 29)
Napier, New Zealand
Occupation YouTuber
Years active2012–2019
Known forJamie's World
PartnerLaura Nye (2017–2022)[ citation needed ]
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  • Comedy
  • entertainment
  • vlogs
Subscribers1.19 million
Views65.5 million
Last updated: 3 August 2025

Jamie Curry (born 26 July 1996) [1] is a New Zealand YouTube personality, vlogger, and comedian, best known for creating Jamie's World.

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Early life

Curry grew up in Taradale [2] and attended Sacred Heart College, [2] which she graduated from in 2014. [3]

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". [4] By 2013, she was reaching an audience of 7 million people per week. [2]

She co-authored a book with Alex Casey, They Let Me Write A Book!: Jamie’s World, which was published in 2015. [4] She was nominated for Favorite Aussie/Kiwi Internet Sensation in the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards. [3] [4]

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. [5] Produced and directed by Damian Christie, it consists of four episodes and two special features, [6] 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. [7] 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. [8]

On 24 June 2018, she published a video announcing that she was engaged to a woman. [9] [10]

References

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