Piper Joy Curda (born August 16, 1997) is an American actress. She had her breakthrough with Disney Channel, starring as Kennedy in the comedy series A.N.T. Farm (2013–2014), Jasmine Kang in the sitcom I Didn't Do It (2014–2015), and Alyssa in the comedy television film Teen Beach 2 (2015). She subsequently transitioned to mainstream acting with the miniseries Youth & Consequences (2018), where she played Grace Ho. Curda led the horror film The Wretched (2020) and Pixar's Hoppers (2026), and also appeared in the drama film May December (2023).
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Early life and education
Piper Joy Curda was born on August 16, 1997 to U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Stephen K. Curda and Dr. Leslie Curda in Tallahassee, Florida, and was raised in Chicago. Her father is the first Korean American to reach the rank of one-star general in the United States Army Reserve. Her mother is of Scottish descent. She has four siblings: Riley, with whom she appeared in the musical The King and I; Major, who has appeared in Riverdale, Atypical, and The Thundermans; Glory, who has appeared in Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Loud House, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; and Saylor, who stars as Maddox "Gadget" in the third and fourth season of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Interpersonal Communication from Wheaton College in 2019.
Career
At age 12, Curda played Roly-Poly in the Broadway national tour of The 101 Dalmatians Musical. In 2011, she starred as Casey in the Disney.com series Rule the Mix. She made guest appearances in TV series including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Body of Proof, and Malibu Country, and had a recurring role on A.N.T. Farm during its third season.
In June 2013, she landed a main role as Jasmine in the Disney Channel sitcom I Didn't Do It, which aired from January 2014 to October 2015.
Curda released a single titled "Losing You" on January 15, 2014, and the music video on January 27, 2014.
In 2015, she appeared as Alyssa in Teen Beach 2, the sequel to 2013's Teen Beach Movie.
In 2018, she starred as Grace Ho in Anna Akana's YouTube Red series Youth & Consequences. In 2020, she starred in the horror film The Wretched. She appeared in the 2023 Netflix drama May December. She joined the cast of the 2026 Pixar animated film Hoppers, in which she voiced the lead character Mabel.
Personal life
Curda is on the asexual spectrum, and uses both she/her and they/them pronouns.