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LOS ANGELES – MAR 13: Starkey at the “Love, Simon” Special Screening at Westfield Century City Mall Atrium on March 13, 2018 in Century City, CA, photo by kathclick /bigstock.com
Birth Name: Joseph Andrew Starkey
Place of Birth: Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 4, 1993
Ethnicity: English, German, some Scottish and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, more distant Swiss-German, remote French
Drew Starkey is an American actor. His roles include the shows Scream , Outer Banks , and The Terminal List , and the films Love, Simon ; The Hate U Give , The Devil All the Time , Embattled (2020), Hellraiser (2022), The Other Zoey , and Queer (2024).
He is the son of basketball coach Todd Starkey, who is the head women’s basketball coach at Kent State University. Drew was mostly raised in Hickory, North Carolina, and around the Blue Ridge Mountains area.
Drew’s paternal grandfather is David Edgar Starkey (the son of Alfred Edgar Starkey, Sr. and Hazel Noble). Alfred was the son of Ollie Brown Starkey and Rachael Annie Bennett, and had deep roots in the U.S. Hazel’s mother may have been named Alice.
Drew’s paternal grandmother was Alice Louise Moffett (the daughter of Charles Hull Moffett and Marion Emma Hutton). Alice was born in Rolette, North Dakota. Charles was born in Pyongyang, now North Korea, to American Presbyterian missionaries, The Rev. Samuel Austin Moffatt and Dr. Mary Alice Fish, who both partially had deep roots in the U.S. Marion was the daughter of Peter Hutton, whose father was Scottish, and of Etta Louise Ellrich, whose grandparents were all German immigrants.
Drew’s maternal grandfather was Charles Weldon Ballard (the son of Charles Sidney Ballard and Ellie Matilda Pender). Drew’s grandfather Charles was born in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, and had deep roots in the U.S. Drew’s great-grandfather Charles was the son of Sidney Leroy Ballard and Anna Henrietta Wally, whose father was German. Ellie was the daughter of William Luther Pender and Mary Lou Ada Archer.
Drew’s maternal grandmother was Shirley Bostian Hefner (the daughter of Bennett Hill Hefner and Flora Josephine Ferris). Shirley was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and had deep roots in the U.S. Bennett was the son of William Troy Hefner and Aletha Olivia Bostian. Flora was the daughter of William Lee Ferris and Harriet Matilda Richards.
Sources: Genealogy of Drew Starkey – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Drew’s paternal great-uncle (grandfather’s brother) – https://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Drew’s paternal grandmother, Alice Louise (Moffett) Starkey – https://www.heraldtimesonline.com
Obituary of Drew’s maternal grandmother, Shirley Bostian (Hefner) Ballard — https://www.legacy.com