A cult follower devoted enough to kill, a right-wing conspiracy theorist with her own reality show, and an android fighting for her own freedom might sound like three different actresses, but all three have been played by the same woman. Over two decades in film, television, theater, and video games, Valorie Curry has built a career on disappearing into complicated, often unlikeable characters rather than chasing easy likability, and that range has carried her from voicing Kara in Detroit: Become Human to playing Firecracker, one of the most talked-about new villains on Amazon’s The Boys.
Quick Facts
| Date of Birth | February 12, 1986 |
|---|---|
| Age | 40 years |
| Nationality | American |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Net Worth | $2 Million – $5 Million |
| Birthplace | Orange County, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Known For | The Following, The Tick, Detroit: Become Human, The Boys |
| Education | California State University, Fullerton (BA Theater, 2008) |
| Ex-Husband | Sam Underwood (m. 2016, div. 2023) |
| Relationship Status | In a relationship with a woman (as of 2024) |
Biography
Valorie Mae Curry was born on February 12, 1986, in Orange County, California, the youngest of three children. She grew up alongside an older brother, David, and an older sister, Colleen, and by her own account wanted to perform from an early age. She graduated from Sonora High School in La Habra, California, in 2004, then went on to California State University, Fullerton, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in theater in 2008. While in school and shortly after, she trained with the improv and sketch troupe The Second City and the Phantom Projects theater group, building the stage foundation that would carry into her screen career.
Curry has stayed private about her parents, whose names and professions have never been confirmed by a reliable source, and she rarely discusses her extended family in interviews. She is American, and while a few celebrity biography sites have circulated a detailed ancestry breakdown for her, none of it traces back to anything she or a verified outlet has confirmed. The clearest public statement she has made on the subject came in a 2020 Instagram caption about racial privilege, where she described her own racial identity as white.
Career
Curry’s professional path started in Los Angeles theater. She is a founding member of the Ovation Award-winning Coeurage Theatre Company, where she appeared in Balm in Gilead and the West Coast premiere of Double Falsehood, and she has since added credits at The Kennedy Center (The Diviners), La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (The Diary of Anne Frank), and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where she starred in and co-produced One Day When We Were Young. She also founded the production company 26 Films, holds membership in New York’s Fundamental Theater Project, and has hosted the long-running NPR series Selected Shorts.
On screen, Curry’s earliest credit was Veronica Mars (2005-2006) as Jane Kuhne, which came from her first professional job and first agent at age 19, before she had ever worked on a set. A guest arc on CSI: NY (2011) as Hannah McCray and an episode of Psych (2012) as Rose-Marie Farrow followed. Her breakout came with the psychological thriller The Following (2013-2014), where she played cult member Emma Hill opposite Kevin Bacon across 29 episodes; she has since described the show’s 14- to 17-hour shooting days and on-set script rewrites to Collider Ladies Night, crediting Bacon’s leadership and co-star James Purefoy’s mentorship with teaching her to act on camera during what she has likened to graduate school. A recurring part as Kelsey on Showtime’s House of Lies (2015-2016) and a lead role as Dot Everest on Amazon’s superhero comedy The Tick (2016-2019) came next. After a supporting turn as Katherine Solomon on The Lost Symbol (2021), she joined The Boys as Misty Tucker Gray, better known by her supe alias Firecracker, becoming a series regular across seasons four and five. Curry told ScreenRant in 2024, “I hope to see her dead,” and Firecracker was killed off by Homelander in the show’s fifth and final season, closing out her run; she also reprised the role in the second season of spin-off Gen V in 2025.
Curry’s film work includes her breakthrough as Charlotte, a nomadic vampire who arrives to stand with the Cullens, in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012), which she has said was also her first movie premiere and first San Diego Comic-Con appearance, an experience she found overwhelming at the time. Margot in After Darkness (2014) opposite Kyra Sedgwick, the short film Bus Stop (2015), which she also produced, Talia in Blair Witch (2016), Rita Cohen in Ewan McGregor’s American Pastoral (2016), the short film Ophelia (2017), and Eve in Inherit the Viper (2019) followed over the next several years. Her most recent film, Start Without Me, has wrapped production. She plays Marissa, a flight attendant whose marriage is unraveling, opposite Finn Wittrock and Rita Wilson in the Thanksgiving-set drama directed by Joel Gretsch.
Curry’s motion-capture career began somewhat by accident. After a couple of years away from acting, during which she has said a manager told her she was “chubby for TV” in 2006, prompting her to leave that representation, she returned to the industry by submitting herself for smaller roles through Actors Access. That is how she found the audition for Kara, not realizing at the time that Quantic Dream’s 2012 tech demo was part of a video game project. The short film’s unexpected public release and fan response led creator David Cage to build a full game around the character years later, which became Detroit: Become Human (2018), where Curry reprised Kara as one of three lead playable characters and earned a NAVGTR Award nomination for Outstanding Performance in a Drama, Lead. In 2024, she returned to Misty Tucker Gray as a playable operator in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. She was also featured in Blink-182’s music video for “After Midnight” (2012) as the Lead Female Patient.
Height and Physical Appearance
Curry stands 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 meters) tall. She has naturally blonde hair and blue eyes, and she has changed both her hair color and cut dramatically for different roles, from the pixie cuts she wore through much of her early career to the dark brown she adopted as Kara in Detroit: Become Human and the long auburn hair and bangs she wears as Firecracker in The Boys. The shift has been significant enough that some viewers did not immediately connect the two performances.
Personal Life
Curry met actor Sam Underwood while filming The Following, where they played members of the same cult. The two married on May 13, 2016, separated in 2022, and finalized their divorce in April 2023. They did not have children together.
Curry came out as pansexual in an Instagram post on National Coming Out Day in 2019, while she was still married to Underwood. In the years since, she has spoken publicly about identifying as a lesbian, telling The Hollywood Reporter in 2024 that she was in a relationship with a woman who works outside the entertainment industry. She lives in upstate New York, where she has described a small but active queer community, and she remains active on Instagram, where she shares career updates and glimpses of her life outside acting.
Net Worth
Curry has never publicly disclosed her finances, and figures from celebrity wealth sites vary widely, ranging from roughly $2 million to $5 million. None of those numbers come from verified records, so they should be read as estimates rather than fact.
What is documented is the shape of her income. She has held series-regular or recurring roles on six television shows over two decades, including lead parts on The Following and The Tick and a current run as a series regular on The Boys, one of streaming’s biggest budgeted dramas. She also holds a supporting credit in a major studio franchise film, the Twilight Saga, plus a run of independent and mid-budget films that pay less per project but add up over a long career. Her motion-capture work adds another layer: leading one of the three playable storylines in Detroit: Become Human, a game that has sold several million copies, plus a paid appearance as a Call of Duty operator, both of which typically involve licensing terms beyond a standard acting fee. Theater work through Coeurage Theatre Company, 26 Films, and the Fundamental Theater Project rounds out her income, though stage pay is modest compared to her screen and gaming credits.
Given that mix of steady television work, one blockbuster film franchise, and a leading motion-capture credit in a top-selling game, a net worth somewhere in the commonly cited $2 million to $5 million range is plausible, even if the true figure has never been confirmed.
FAQ
Is Valorie Curry LGBTQ? Yes. She came out as pansexual on Instagram in 2019 and has since publicly identified as a lesbian, discussing her relationship with a woman in press interviews tied to her role on The Boys.
Is Valorie Curry married? No. She was married to actor Sam Underwood from 2016 until their divorce in 2023. She has said she is currently in a relationship with a woman, though she has not publicly named her partner.
How old is Valorie Curry? She was born on February 12, 1986, making her 40 years old as of 2026.
Is Valorie Curry British? No. She is American, born and raised in Orange County, California.
Who does Valorie Curry play in Twilight? She plays Charlotte, a nomadic vampire who comes to stand with the Cullens against the Volturi, in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012).
Does Firecracker die in The Boys? Yes. Firecracker, played by Curry, is killed by Homelander in the fifth and final season, closing out Curry’s run on the show. Curry had told ScreenRant in 2024 that she hoped the character would die.
