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.
Known for
Credits
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
as Deirdre Beaubeirdre
Knives Out (2019)
as Linda Drysdale
Halloween (1978)
as Laurie
Freaky Friday (2003)
as Tess Coleman
Borderlands (2024)
as Tannis
Trading Places (1983)
as Ophelia
Freakier Friday (2025)
as Tess Coleman
Halloween Kills (2021)
as Laurie Strode
Halloween Ends (2022)
as Laurie
True Lies (1994)
as Helen
Haunted Mansion (2023)
as Madame Leota
Escape from New York (1981)
as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
Escape from L.A. (1996)
as Female Narrator (uncredited)
Halloween (2018)
as Laurie Strode
You Again (2010)
as Gail
Halloween II (1981)
as Laurie Strode
My Girl (1991)
as Shelly DeVoto
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
as Wanda Gershwitz
Ella McCay (2025)
as Helen
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
as Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
Forever Young (1992)
as Claire Cooper
The Fog (1980)
as Elizabeth Solley
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
as Nora Krank
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
as Aunt Viv
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
as Laurie Strode
Star Trek: Section 31 (2025)
as Control
The Last Showgirl (2024)
as Annette
Prom Night (1980)
as Kimberly Hammond
Veronica Mars (2014)
as Gayle Buckley
Virus (1999)
as Kelly Foster
My Girl 2 (1994)
as Shelly Sultenfuss
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
as Louisa Pendel
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026)
as Moira
Blue Steel (1990)
as Officer Megan Turner
Terror Train (1980)
as Alana
Epidemic Africa (1999)
as Self / Narrator
Fierce Creatures (1997)
as Willa Weston
Drowning Mona (2000)
as Rona Mace
House Arrest (1996)
as Janet Beindorf
Mother's Boys (1993)
as Judith 'Jude' Madigan
Sender (2026)
as Lisa Barr
Daddy and Them (2001)
as Elaine Bowen
Perfect (1985)
as Jessie Wilson
The Little Engine That Could (2011)
as Beverly (voice)
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
as Self
Spare Parts (2015)
as Principal
Queens Logic (1991)
as Grace
Coming Soon (1982)
as Herself
Roadgames (1981)
as Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
as Michelle 'Mike' Cody
Love Letters (1983)
as Anna Winter
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest (2003)
as Self / Laurie Strode
Homegrown (1998)
as Sierra Kahan
An Acceptable Loss (2019)
as Rachel Burke
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies (2004)
as Self
78/52 (2017)
as Self
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés (2024)
as Self
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
as Self (uncredited)
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' (1980)
as Self
A Man in Love (1987)
as Susan Elliott
The Kid & I (2005)
as Jamie Lee Curtis
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996)
as Self
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
as Queen Camilla (voice)
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
as Lynn Taylor
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation (2009)
Actor
She's in the Army Now (1981)
as Pvt. Rita Jennings
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' (2002)
as Self (archive)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Dominick and Eugene (1988)
as Jennifer Reston
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland (2025)
as Self
Senior Entourage (2021)
as Jamie
The Honey Wars (—)
as (voice)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025)
as Self - (archive footage)
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom (2022)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote (2028)
as Jessica Fletcher
8 (2012)
as Sandy Stier
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981)
as Dorothy Stratten
The Heidi Chronicles (1995)
as Heidi Holland
As Summers Die (1986)
as Whitsey Loftin
Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter (2025)
as Self
Halloween in Hollywood (2022)
as Self
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006)
as Self
The Debra Hill Story (—)
as Self
Money on the Side (1982)
as Michelle Jamison
Nicholas’ Gift (1998)
as Maggie Green
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012)
as Self
The American Nightmare (2000)
as Self
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
as Self
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out (1992)
as Jamie Lee Curtis
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction (2025)
as Maj von Dardel (voice)
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020)
as Jamie Lee Curtis
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Callahan (1982)
as Rachel Bartlett
Halloween: The Inside Story (2010)
as Self
The Night She Came Home!! (2013)
as Self
Ellen's Energy Adventure (1996)
as Dr. Judy Peterson (uncredited)
Annie Oakley (1985)
as Annie Oakley
Help Save Planet Earth (1990)
as Self
The Haunted History of Halloween (1997)
as Self
Virus: Ghost in the Machine (1999)
as Self
Unmasking the Horror (1998)
Actor
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance (1988)
as Self
Halloween: Resurrected (2002)
Actor
Dirt! The Movie (2009)
as Self
Halloween: Unmasked (1999)
as Self
Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20 (2013)
as Self
Driving Lessons (2012)
as Laurie Strode (archive footage)
Beauty CULTure (2012)
as Self
Cindy Sherman: Nobody's Here But Me (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
Spychosis (—)
as Jamie
Activia Kiss It Better Edit (—)
Actor
Video Games Live: Level 2 (2010)
as Self