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