Ayesha Curry

Ayesha Curry
Curry in November 2017
Born Ayesha Disa Alexander
(1989-03-23) March 23, 1989
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Residence Alamo, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actress
  • Author
  • Television personality
Years active 2008–present
Television
Spouse(s)
Stephen Curry (m. 2011)
Children 3

Ayesha Disa Curry (née Alexander; born March 23, 1989) is a Canadian–American actress, celebrity cook, cookbook author, and television personality. After guest roles in several television shows and movies, she began hosting her own show, Ayesha's Homemade (a.k.a. Ayesha's Home Kitchen), on Food Network. Despite not having any professional chef training, her culinary career started in 2014, when she prepared her first meal as a YouTube demonstration on her channel Little Lights of Mine. Curry is the author of several videos on her channel Little Lights of Mine and has written one cookbook The Seasoned Life published in 2016.[1][2]

Career

At age 12, Curry acted as the love interest in the music video for "Too Young for Love" by Suga Prince (now known as Sevn Thomas).[3]

Prior to her marriage to NBA basketball player Stephen Curry, Ayesha was an actress, known for Underground Street Flippers (2009), Dan's Detour of Life (2008), Love for Sale (2008), and guest roles in several television shows. The idea of channeling her childhood passion for food into a career did not occur to Curry until she started building a family. Her husband encouraged her to start a blog, so she has become a presenter of cooking and lifestyle tips, first on her own YouTube channel and later on her Food Network show Ayesha's Homemade. Her company Little Lights of Mine sells its own brand of extra virgin olive oil, and 10% of all proceeds are donated to the charity No Kid Hungry.[4] In addition to her written recipes, Curry often posts instructional cooking videos on her YouTube channel.[5]

In 2016, Curry collaborated with chef Michael Mina in The Mina Test Kitchen of International Smoke, a Bay Area pop-up restaurant,[6] and released her cookbook "The Seasoned Life." She also began starring in Ayesha's Homemade, which follows her professional and personal life with cameos from her husband and two daughters.[7] The first season ran for six episodes.[8] A second season of six episodes, named Ayesha's Home Kitchen premiered on Food Network in April 30, 2017.[9][10]

On September 20, 2017, Curry was named as a spokesperson for CoverGirl, becoming the first spokesperson for the brand who is not an actress or singer.[11] She was announced on September 21, 2017 as one of the new hosts of The Great American Baking Show, an American adaptation of The Great British Bake Off, on ABC.[12] She also revealed to Deidre Behar, from Entertainment Tonight, that she was approached to join the next season of Dancing With The Stars.[13][14] Only two episodes of the third season of Baking Show, however, aired on television due to sexual harassment allegations against one of the show's judges outside the series.[15]

Personal life

Curry is the daughter of John and Carol Alexander and has four siblings: Maria, Janiece, Jaz and Chad. Her mother is of Afro-Jamaican and Chinese Jamaican descent while her father is of mixed Polish and African American parentage. She was born and raised in Toronto until the age of 14, when she moved to Charlotte, North Carolina.[16]

On July 30, 2011, she married NBA player Stephen Curry. The two met in a church youth group in Charlotte when they were 15 and 14 years old.[17][18][19] Together, they have three children, daughters Riley Elizabeth (b. July 19, 2012) and Ryan Carson (b. July 10, 2015), and son Canon W. Jack (b. July 2, 2018).[20][21][22] They currently reside in Alamo, California.[23]

Filmography

Acting

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Dan's Detour of Life Cassie Stevens TV Movie
10 Items or Less Girl in Bathroom Episode: "Forever Young"
Whittaker Bay Keeley Hawkins 8 episodes
Love for Sale Girl #1 Film
2009 Hannah Montana Andrea Episode: "Come Fail Away"
2010 Good Luck Charlie Beautiful Girl Episode: Kwikki Chick
2014 The Little Ghost Marie Voice

As herself

Year Title Role Notes Refs
2016 Guy's Grocery Games Judge Guest [24]
2016 Chopped Junior Judge Ep. "The Big Stink" [24]
2016–present Ayesha's Homemade
(a.k.a. Ayesha's Home Kitchen (season 2))		 Host TV Series, 2 seasons [9][10]
2017 The Great American Baking Show Host TV Series [25]

References

  1. ↑ Spence, Shay (July 7, 2016). "Ayesha Curry on Her Budding Culinary Career and Why She Considers Herself a 'Relaxed Lifestyle Expert'". People.
  2. ↑ Barnes, Katie (July 7, 2016). "Food Network picks up show starring Ayesha Curry". ESPN.
  3. ↑ Oh Canada! AyeshaCurrycom. Accessed on October 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Extra Virgin Olive Oil". ayeshacurry.com. November 24, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ayesha Curry". Youtube. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Fritsche, Sarah (June 3, 2016). "International Smoke: Ayesha Curry's BBQ pop-up opens this weekend". SFGate.
  7. ↑ Jhaveri, Hemal (July 6, 2016). "Ayesha Curry is getting her own cooking show and yes, it will feature Riley". For The Win. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Steph Curry and family: 7 things we learned from 'Ayesha's Homemade'". mercurynews.com. November 30, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  9. 1 2 Desk, TV News. "Food Network to Premiere New Season of AYESHA'S HOME KITCHEN, 4/30". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  10. 1 2 Desk, BWW News. "Food Network to Premiere New Season of AYESHA'S HOME KITCHEN, 4/30". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  11. ↑ Nussbaum, Rachel. "CoverGirl Just Chose Its Most Unexpected Spokesperson Yet: Homecook Ayesha Curry". Glamour. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  12. ↑ Barney, Chuck (September 21, 2017). "Ayesha Curry lands another big TV gig — this time with ABC". The Mercury News. Bay Area News Group. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Ayesha Curry Says She's Been 'Approached' to Join 'Dancing With the Stars' (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  14. ↑ "Ayesha Curry Says She's Been 'Approached' To Join 'Dancing With the Stars'". Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  15. ↑ "ABC Pulls 'Great American Baking Show' Amid Johnny Iuzzini Sexual Harassment Claims". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  16. ↑ Ayesha Curry, Steph’s Wife: The Pictures You Need to See Heavy.com. Accessed on October 24, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Northern Touch: Steph Curry's Toronto connection". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Curry's path to NBA stardom forged in Toronto". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Oh Canada!". ayeshacurry.com. July 22, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Steph and Ayesha Curry Welcome Son Canon W. Jack". People. July 4, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Fans draw for Stephen Curry's daughter". ESPN. August 1, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  22. ↑ "Golden State Warriors' Steph Curry's wife announces birth of baby girl". Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  23. ↑ Vongs, Pueng (November 25, 2015). "Photos: Warriors star Stephen Curry buys mansion in Walnut Creek". The Mercury News. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  24. 1 2 "Steph and Ayesha Curry Battle Over Buns on 'Ayesha's Homemade'— Exclusive". ew.com. October 19, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Ayesha Curry and Anthony 'Spice' Adams to Host Third Season of 'The Great American Baking Show'". abc.com. October 27, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
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