Date of Birth

26 December 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Jennette Michelle Faye McCurdy

Nickname

Net Net
Nettie
Nette

Height

5' 2" (1.57 m)

Mini Biography

Jennette McCurdy is a writer/director who specializes in character-driven pieces that explore serious subject matter in a funny, offbeat way. Her favorite themes to explore are family dysfunction, childhood, and disillusionment. She has directed several short films which has been recognized by several film festivals including the Oscar-Qualifying Florida Film Festival.

Trivia

• She has three older brothers named Marcus, Dustin and Scott.
• She has three dogs (Snoopy, Chewie and Musashi) and two turtles (Tootsen and Zeus).
• She was inspired to become an actress by Harrison Ford after watching Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). She was fortunate enough to be able to act alongside her idol in Hollywood Homicide (2003).
• Collects stuffed animals, hats, books and crafts.
• Loves to read and write poetry and screenplays.
• She is a StarPower Ambassador for the Starlight Children's Foundation.
• She loves to figure skate in her spare time, and has been in a few figure skating competitions.
• Her mother, Debra, battled recurrences of breast cancer, which first occurred in March 1996, and thought cured after a bone marrow transplant, chemotherapy, breast surgery, and radiation sessions [June 2011], but she died on Sept. 20, 2013.
• Many branches of her family have lived in the U.S. since the 1600s, and her ancestry includes Irish, French, French-Canadian, Swedish/Finland-Swedish, 1/8th Italian, English, Dutch, Frisian, Swiss-German, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, 1/64th Mexican, and 1/2048 Polish.
• Loves to read books. Writes screenplays.
• She writes, directs, and produces her own short films.
• As of 2018, she has retired from acting.
• McCurdy confirmed in Feb. 2021 that she was done with acting and will now focus on writing and directing. She revealed she never liked acting and only got into it because her family didn't have a lot of money and she was the main breadwinner by age 10 or 11. She also admitted she regrets some of her most iconic roles and she's ashamed of them.

Trademarks:

• Wavy blonde hair
  
• Short stature
  

Quotes

• No matter who or what you support, I believe in supporting fairness first.
• I think it's really important to stay active, even when you're very busy. I know it can get hectic and hard to find time, but make that time because you owe it to yourself.
• Every girls' night needs a funny movie and a good conversation about guys! My friends and I also love picking outfits out for each other to try on at slumber parties. It's so fun.
• They say actions speak louder than words, but actions don't speak. People speak, and people are loud.
• A cute outfit can really make your day. If I wear something I look good in, my mood just goes way up.
• I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'
• I think a great way to get kids to start eating their vegetables is to get creative with them.
• I feel like no one starts entertainment with an impure intention, but somewhere along the way, lines become blurred and you're no longer sure which way is up and which way is down.
• I personally have gone to photo shoots and see the pictures afterwards, and I don't look like me because I'm just so airbrushed and so, kind of, fake and almost plastic-looking, you know?
• The music that I've made in the past has had strong contemporary country roots, but I think moving on in music, I will branch out from that a bit.
• I never shared a room growing up because I was the only girl.
• I get stressed out really easily.
• Get a gym membership! If you have a membership, you're bound to go. If you say, like, 'Oh, I'll get it one day,' you're never going to do it.
• Both iCarly (2007) and Victorious (2010) fans are so hardcore and intense.
• For me, Sam & Cat (2013) is cool because it's got this buddy-comedy aspect that iCarly (2007) or Victorious (2010) didn't have.
• I've never had a roommate, even when I was growing up.
• I would write poems and think up melodies to them later.
• I wanted to be in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), when I was six years old. I asked my mom for two years, and she told me I was crazy.
• I love going to the movie theatre, seeing live comedy, and going to amusement parks.
• I love figure skating, so I do that as often as I can. Other than that I just go to the gym or swim. I love swimming.
• I loved shooting iCarly: iGo to Japan (2008) because we got to be outside a lot, and our call times were really late because we had so many night scenes. It was pouring rain, so the cast would huddle together in between takes and drink hot chocolate. Shooting that episode was such a great bonding experience.
• I just want to say thanks to everyone who has been a part of iCarly (2007), and that includes the fans. Thank you for sticking with us and staying loyal for six years of the show.
• I have so many friends who just have big dreams, and they work their butts off every day to try to make these things happen, and so long as we keep that mindset and remember others, I think we'll be good.
• Being a role model is cool and a great honor. I'm grateful to be considered one and will live up to that title by encouraging kids to eat their Wheaties and brush their teeth often.
• Any charity that aids or supports trying to find a cure for cancer is very close to my heart. My mom had cancer multiple times, so it's something that I can relate to.
• My favorite is Steamfresh broccoli with just a hint of garlic salt.
• Once you become a celebrity, you are no longer a person, but an archetype.
• Meeting Johnny Depp was crazy.
• Michelle Obama. She is big on encouraging kids to eat healthy - which is great.
• Sometimes I'll let little things get to me. Or I'll make a big deal out of little things.
• When you're the object of everyone's affection, make no mistake about it: you are an object. People don't have any interest in loving you for you. Their love for you is for who they think you are.
• I really cherish the memories I have of my trips. For some reason, when you travel, it's like your mind picks up on the fact that this is something uncharacteristic, so it tunes in more acutely and remembers better.