Valorie Curry

American actress

Sam Underwood

(m. 2016; div. 2023)

Valorie Curry is an American actress. Her credits include Veronica Mars (2005–06), The Following (2013–14) and The Tick (2016–19).^[1] She also starred as the titular character in the PlayStation 3 tech demo Kara (2012) and reprised the role in the video game Detroit: Become Human (2018). In 2023, she joined the cast of the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys as the superhero Firecracker.

Early life

Curry grew up with her brother David and sister Colleen in Orange County, California, graduating from Sonora High School in La Habra, California in 2004.^[1] She attended California State University, Fullerton, receiving a degree in theater. She has also worked with The Second City and Phantom Projects theatre groups, performing such roles as Jennie Mae in The Diviners and Monique in Out, Out, Brief Candle!, as well as roles in Oklahoma!, Bus Stop, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and The Diary of Anne Frank.^[2]

Personal life

Curry married actor Sam Underwood, her The Following co-star, in 2016.^[3]

Curry divorced Underwood in 2023.

She came out as pansexual on National Coming Out Day 2019.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	I Love You Like Crazy	Melody	Short film
2012	Kara	Kara (voice)	Short film (tech demo) Also motion capture
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Charlotte
2015	Bus Stop	Alexia	Short film
2016	American Pastoral	Rita Cohen
2016	Blair Witch	Talia
2018	After Darkness	Margot
2019	Inherit the Viper	Eve

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005–06	Veronica Mars	Jane Kuhne	6 episodes
2011	CSI: NY	Hannah McCray	Episode: "Indelible"
2012	Psych	Rose-Marie Farrow	Episode: "Heeeeere's Lassie"
2013–14	The Following	Emma Hill	29 episodes
2015–16	House of Lies	Kelsey	10 episodes
2016–19	The Tick	Dot Everest	22 episodes
2021	The Lost Symbol	Katherine Solomon	10 episodes
2024–present	The Boys	Firecracker	Main role (season 4)

Music videos

Year	Title	Role	Artist(s)
2012	"After Midnight"	Lead Female Patient	Blink-182

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Detroit: Become Human	Kara^[5]	Also motion capture

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2018	Gamers' Choice Awards	Fan Favorite Female Voice Actor	Kara in Detroit: Become Human	Nominated	^[6]
2019	National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards	Performance in a Drama, Lead	Kara in Detroit: Become Human	Nominated	^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Gaede, Susan (December 1, 2010). "AEDE: Sonora grad cast in 'Twilight' movie". Orange County Register. Retrieved on 2013-06-29.
^ "A View From the Inside - Phantom Projects Theatre Group". www.phantomprojects.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
^ Scharf, Lindzi (2016-09-13). "TIFF 2016: Valorie Curry Breaks Out in 'American Pastoral' and 'Blair Witch Project'". WWD. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
^ "Valorie Curry on Instagram: "For the last several years, I've felt a deep need and a deep contraction about coming out on #nationalcomingoutday🌈 I felt like I didn't…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
^ Curry, Valorie [@valoriecurry] (October 27, 2015). "Oh shit! Didn't realize this was dropping today! Yes, it's me. Yes, it's Kara. I'm so excited to finally share this www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-10-27-quantic-dream-reveals-detroit-become-human" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 October 2015 – via Twitter.
^ "2018 Gamers' Choice Awards - Gaming Nominees". Gamers' Choice Awards. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018.
^ "Nominee List for 2018". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.