Shea Curry

Shea Curry
Born1972 or 1973 (age 52–53)
Alma materMarymount Manhattan College
OccupationActress
Years active1999-present

Shea Curry (born 1972 or 1973[1]) is an American actress, who portrayed the lady's maid Brigitte in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004).[2]

Early years

Curry is a native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.[3] She is the daughter of James and Kathy Curry, and she has two younger brothers and a younger sister. She attended Hattiesburg High School and performed in productions there and at the Hattiesburg Civic Light Opera. In 1991 she was selected as a member of the all-star cast at Mississippi's state drama festival and she was Forrest County's representative in the Mississippi's Young Woman of the Year competition.[4] She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College on a full scholarship.[1]

Career

Curry appeared in Broadway's The Little Prince at the Promenade Theatre, New York. She received a Garland Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play 2001 for her role as Blue in Beirut. Her original music is featured on the A & R Network website. Curry also appeared in other Broadway shows such as Showboat (opposite Cloris Leachman and Len Cariou), Can't Stop Dancin', West Side Story and Evening with Charles Strouse.

Curry's first TV appearance was in a 1998 episode of NBC's One World. She also appeared in Malcolm in the Middle, Lucky, Days of Our Lives, Grounded for Life and Las Vegas. She was filming the American version of The IT Crowd on February 16, 2007, as Emily opposite Joel McHale. She also appeared in The Hard Times of RJ Berger (2010) as Jenni.

In October 2011, Curry was a contestant on the new Lifetime reality series Project Accessory.[3]

Jewelry design

Curry's work with jewelry began while she was making The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement as she used her time during breaks to create jewelry items to give to other women in the cast. What began as "a fun little hobby" grew into doing trunk shows.[3] Then friends began requesting creation of jewelry items, which she called "very much statement pieces".[3] Eventually the hobby became a business, Shameless Jewelry, based on Curry's trademark style of including good girl/bad girl elements in each of her creations. Most of them are pewter plated with gold or sterling silver.[3]

Filmography

Year Title Role
1999 Little Indiscretions Whitney
Nice Guys Sleep Alone Girl in Park[2]
2000 Jonni Nitro All Bad Female Roles
2001 Karma To Burn Lisa
2003 Ask Curtis Jen
2004 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement Lady's Maid Brigitte
Straight-Jacket Starlet
2005 Bigger Than the Sky Mary Anne
Tom 51 Receptionist
2006 I-See-You.Com Chloe
2007 Georgia Rule Melodee
Screw Cupid Shaana Martell
Only For You Dana
2009 Maneater Marge
2010 Valentine's Day Elise[2]
Nip/Tuck Rebecca
The Hard Times of RJ Berger Jenni
2011 New Year's Eve Wendy
Project Accessory Herself

References

  1. ^ a b "Shea Curry". Hattiesburg American. March 1, 1998. p. 6 E. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Shea Curry". BFI. Archived from the original on May 3, 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  3. ^ a b c d e Jackson, Robyn (October 30, 2011). "'Project Accessory': Hattiesburg native gets creative with bangles, bling in prime time". Hattiesburg American. pp. 1 D, 8 D. Retrieved July 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Jackson, Robyn (January 29, 1991). "Even experience doesn't calm the nerves". Hattiesburg American. p. 14. Retrieved July 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.