{"id":5045,"date":"2016-06-08T16:04:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T20:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5045"},"modified":"2022-10-17T09:49:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T13:49:44","slug":"valorie-curry-about-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5045","title":{"rendered":"Valorie Curry: About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=5050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Valorie Curry and Sam Underwood\">listen to her interview.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"7088\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_6421.jpg?resize=601%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_6421.jpg?w=601&amp;ssl=1 601w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_6421.jpg?resize=47%2C70&amp;ssl=1 47w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valorie Curry is originally from California, where she studied acting and received a degree in Theatre Arts from California State University, Fullerton. She is a founding member of Los Angeles\u2019 Ovation Award winning Coeurage Theatre Company, with which she starred in Balm in Gilead and the west coast premiere of Shakespeare\u2019s Double Falsehood. Other credits include The Diviners at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC and The Diary of Anne Frank at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. She starred as Charlotte in the international blockbuster Twilight: Breaking Dawn. Her television appearances include Veronica Mars, Psych, and CSI: New York. She starred as Emma Hill in Fox\u2019s hit drama The Following opposite Kevin Bacon, and recently joined the cast of Showtime\u2019s Golden Globe winning dramedy House of Lies with Don Cheadle. She is the founder of production company <\/span><b>26 Films<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and her debut film in collaboration with <\/span><b>Initiative Productions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Bus Stop, premiered at last year\u2019s London Short Film Festival. Last year, she co-produced and starred in the Edinburgh Fringe premiere of Nick Paynes beautiful two hander, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Day When We Were Young.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> She can be seen next in Ewan McGregor\u2019s adaptation of Philip Roth\u2019s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, American Pastoral, starring as Rita Cohen.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a collaborative partnership, <\/span><b>Initiative \/ 26 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">produces theatre, film and television projects, with the aim of both developing new work, and exploring class pieces with a contemporary perspective. Accessibility is key. &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCanon2016\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheCanon2016<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to her interview. Valorie Curry is originally from California, where she studied acting and received a degree in Theatre Arts from California State University, Fullerton. 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