Jamie Lee Curtis
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Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress, producer, and children's author. Known for her performances in the horror and slasher genres, as well as in multiple comedies, she is regarded as a "scream queen". As of 2023, her films have grossed over $2.5 billion at the box office. Curtis has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award. The youngest daughter of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, Curtis made her screen debut in a 1977 episode of the television drama Quincy, M.E.. Her feature film debut came with the role of Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's horror Halloween (1978); the role proved to be Curtis' breakthrough and established her as a prominent scream queen. Her subsequent horror roles have included The Fog, Prom Night, and Terror Train (all 1980), as well as six sequels from the Halloween franchise, concluding with Halloween Ends (2022). She also gained brief recognition as a sex symbol following her role as a fitness instructor in Perfect (1985), and she won her first Golden Globe for the sitcom Anything but Love (1989–1992). Curtis' most successful roles outside of the horror genre have been in the comedies Trading Places (1983), True Lies (1994), and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022); these respectively earned her BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Academy Award wins. Her other film credits include A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Blue Steel (1990), My Girl (1991), The Tailor of Panama (2001), Freaky Friday (2003), Christmas with the Kranks (2004), Knives Out (2019), The Last Showgirl (2024), and Freakier Friday (2025). Curtis earned her first Emmy nomination for the television film Nicholas' Gift (1998). He later won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for the FXseries The Bear (2022–present). She also acted in the satirical slasher series Scream Queens (2015–2016). Curtis has written numerous children's books that have appeared on The New York Times best-seller list. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Lee Curtis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
as Deirdre Beaubeirdre
Halloween (1978)
as Laurie
Knives Out (2019)
as Linda Drysdale
Freaky Friday (2003)
as Tess Coleman
Freakier Friday (2025)
as Tess Coleman
Trading Places (1983)
as Ophelia
Haunted Mansion (2023)
as Madame Leota
True Lies (1994)
as Helen
Halloween Ends (2022)
as Laurie
Borderlands (2024)
as Tannis
Halloween Kills (2021)
as Laurie Strode
Escape from New York (1981)
as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
Halloween (2018)
as Laurie Strode
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
as Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
as Wanda Gershwitz
My Girl (1991)
as Shelly DeVoto
Halloween II (1981)
as Laurie Strode
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
as Nora Krank
Escape from L.A. (1996)
as Female Narrator (uncredited)
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
as Louisa Pendel
Ella McCay (2025)
as Helen
You Again (2010)
as Gail
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
as Laurie Strode
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Forever Young (1992)
as Claire Cooper
Star Trek: Section 31 (2025)
as Control
The Fog (1980)
as Elizabeth Solley
Prom Night (1980)
as Kimberly Hammond
My Girl 2 (1994)
as Shelly Sultenfuss
The Last Showgirl (2024)
as Annette
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
as Aunt Viv
Veronica Mars (2014)
as Gayle Buckley
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026)
as Moira
Terror Train (1980)
as Alana
Blue Steel (1990)
as Officer Megan Turner
Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
as Michelle 'Mike' Cody
Spare Parts (2015)
as Principal
Virus (1999)
as Kelly Foster
House Arrest (1996)
as Janet Beindorf
Fierce Creatures (1997)
as Willa Weston
Mother's Boys (1993)
as Judith 'Jude' Madigan
Queens Logic (1991)
as Grace
Sender (2026)
as Lisa Barr
Drowning Mona (2000)
as Rona Mace
The Little Engine That Could (2011)
as Beverly (voice)
Perfect (1985)
as Jessie Wilson
An Acceptable Loss (2019)
as Rachel Burke
Daddy and Them (2001)
as Elaine Bowen
Roadgames (1981)
as Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
as Queen Camilla (voice)
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland (2025)
as Self
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
as Lynn Taylor
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981)
as Dorothy Stratten
The Kid & I (2005)
as Jamie Lee Curtis
78/52 (2017)
as Self
Homegrown (1998)
as Sierra Kahan
Love Letters (1983)
as Anna Winter
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
as Self
A Man in Love (1987)
as Susan Elliott
Money on the Side (1982)
as Michelle Jamison
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest (2003)
as Self / Laurie Strode
The American Nightmare (2000)
as Self
The Night She Came Home!! (2013)
as Self
Halloween: The Inside Story (2010)
as Self
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006)
as Self
She's in the Army Now (1981)
as Pvt. Rita Jennings
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies (2004)
as Self
The Debra Hill Story (—)
as Self
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
as Self
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012)
as Self
Coming Soon (1982)
as Self - Host
8 (2012)
as Sandy Stier
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' (2002)
as Self (archive)
Murder, She Wrote (2028)
as Jessica Fletcher
The Heidi Chronicles (1995)
as Heidi Holland
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom (2022)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Dominick and Eugene (1988)
as Jennifer Reston
Annie Oakley (1986)
as Annie Oakley
Senior Entourage (2021)
as Jamie
Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20 (2013)
as Self
The Haunted History of Halloween (1997)
as Self
Halloween in Hollywood (2022)
as Self
Spychosis (—)
as Jamie
Nicholas’ Gift (1998)
as Maggie Green
As Summers Die (1986)
as Whitsey Loftin
The Honey Wars (—)
as (voice)
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020)
as Jamie Lee Curtis
Halloween: Unmasked (1999)
as Self
Dirt! The Movie (2009)
as Self
Activia Kiss It Better Edit (—)
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