Valorie Curry (born February 12, 1986) is an American actress. She is known to television audiences for her role as Misty Tucker Gray / Firecracker on The Boys (2024–2026) and its spinoff Gen V (2025), as well as Emma Hill on The Following (2013–14) and Dot Everest on The Tick (2016–19).
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Early life and education
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. She attended California State University, Fullerton, graduating in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in theater.
Career
Curry has 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.
Curry's television credits include Veronica Mars (2005–06), The Following (2013–14) and The Tick (2016–19). She portrayed the superhero Firecracker in the fourth and fifth seasons of the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys (2024–26) and reprised the role in the second season of its spin-off Gen V (2025).
She also starred as the titular character in the PlayStation 3 tech demo Kara (2012) and reprised her role as Kara in the video game Detroit: Become Human (2018).
Personal life
Curry described herself as pansexual in 2019, and later reports referred to her as a lesbian.
Curry married actor Sam Underwood in 2016 after co starring with him on the TV show The Following. They separated in 2022 and divorced in April 2023.