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Curry in 2016, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Valorie Mae Curry
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: February 12, 1986
Ethnicity: English, German, along with some Welsh and Scottish, more distant Irish, Dutch, and French
Valorie Curry is an American actress. Her roles include the films The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 , Blair Witch (2016), American Pastoral , After Darkness , and Inherit the Viper ; the shows Veronica Mars , The Following , House of Lies , The Tick , The Lost Symbol , The Boys , and Gen V , the latter two as Misty Tucker Gray / Firecracker; the music video for “After Midnight;” and the video games Detroit: Become Human and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III .
She was raised in Orange County, California.
Valorie’s paternal grandfather was Edwin Bertram Curry (the son of Edwin Anthony Curry and Mary Buett). Valorie’s grandfather Edwin was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Valorie’s great-grandfather Edwin was the son of John A. Curry and Caroline Mathais, and had German ancestry. Mary was the daughter of John Buett and Martha Schueller, and had roots in Rhineland, Germany.
Valorie’s paternal grandmother was Edna May Woodhead (the daughter of Willard James Gladwin Woodhead, Jr. and Ruby May Stubbs). Edna was born in Midvale, Utah. Willard was the son of Willard James Gladwin Woodhead, who was born in Pilley, Yorkshire, England; and of Sarah Elizabeth Thompson, whose mother was from Manchester, Lancashire, England. Ruby was the daughter of Peter Stubbs, who was from Newton by Middlewich, Cheshire, England; and of Ann Wride, who was from Miskin, Llantrisant, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales.
Valorie’s maternal grandfather was Oliver Wilbur Fix (the son of Orton Wilbur Fix and Virginia Mae Boyd). Oliver was born in Lewiston, Idaho. Orton was the son of Ira Wilbur Fix and Elizabeth Pearl Dygert. Virginia was the daughter of Joseph Frank Boyd and Flora Belle Frazier.
Valorie’s maternal grandmother was Rosemary Augusta Jenkins (the daughter of James Charlie Jenkins and Helen Rosalia Williams). Rosemary was born in Lewiston, Idaho, and had deep roots in the U.S. James was the son of Robert Francis Jenkins and Mary Caroline. Helen was the daughter of William Lathrop Williams and Lenora Augusta Gash, whose father was an English emigrant, from Caythorpe, Lincolnshire.
Sources: Genealogy of Valorie’s maternal grandfather, Oliver Wilbur Fix – http://www.findagrave.com
Valorie’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Joseph Frank Boyd, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org