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What to Know About Jennette McCurdy's Late Mom Debra and Her Troubled Relationship with the “iCarly” Alum
Jul 2, 2025
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Jennette McCurdy was raised by her mom, Debra, in Garden Grove, Calif.
Debra died in 2013, over a decade after she was diagnosed with breast cancer
In 2022, the former Nickelodeon star released a memoir, titled I'm Glad My Mom Died, in which she detailed alleged abuse she experienced at her mother's hands
Jennette McCurdy has been vocal about her complicated relationship with her late mom, Debra McCurdy.
The iCarly alum was raised in California by Debra and her husband, Mark McCurdy. Several years after rising to fame on Nickelodeon, the former Nickelodeon star began opening up about her troubled relationship with her mom, who died in 2013.
"My earliest memories of childhood were of heaviness, and chaos," Jennette told PEOPLE in October 2021. "My mom's emotions were so erratic that it was like walking a tightrope every day. The mood fluctuations were daily."
During her conversation with PEOPLE, Jennette shared that while it took a long time for her to find her "identity" without her mother, she had finally reached a place in her life where she finally felt "free."
The actress went on to turn personal essays into a one-woman dark comedy show, titled I'm Glad My Mom Died. In 2022, Jennette released a memoir of the same name in which she detailed the emotional and physical abuse she allegedly experienced at her mother's hands. Now, the best-selling memoir is being adapted into an Apple TV+ dramedy series, in which Jennifer Aniston will play the "narcissistic mother" of a child star.
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