Jamie Lee Curtis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 22, 1958 (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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
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Filmography
Spychosis
Movie · as Jamie
The Debra Hill Story
Movie · as Self
Activia Kiss It Better Edit
Movie
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: A Life on Screen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Untitled Halloween Film
Movie · as Laurie Strode
Murder, She Wrote
Movie · as Jessica Fletcher
Sender
Movie · as Lisa Barr
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Movie · as Moira, The Boss
Scarpetta
TV · as Dorothy · 8 eps
Newlyweds
TV · as Claudia · 2 eps
Freakier Friday
Movie · as Tess Coleman
Ella McCay
Movie · as Helen
Star Trek: Section 31
Movie · as Control
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland
Movie · as Self
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Last Showgirl
Movie · as Annette
Borderlands
Movie · as Tannis
The Sticky
TV · as Bo · 2 eps
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
TV · as Self - Honoree · 1 ep
Haunted Mansion
Movie · as Madame Leota
Arnold
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Halloween in Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
Movie · as Self
Halloween Ends
Movie · as Laurie
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Movie · as Deirdre Beaubeirdre
The Bear
TV · as Donna Berzatto · 12 eps
Reno 911! Defunded
TV · as Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons · 1 ep
Halloween Kills
Movie · as Laurie Strode
Senior Entourage
Movie · as Jamie
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Movie · as Jamie Lee Curtis
An Acceptable Loss
Movie · as Rachel Burke
Knives Out
Movie · as Linda Drysdale
The Masked Singer
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps
The Movies That Made Us
TV · as Self (Archival Footage) · 1 ep
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Halloween
Movie · as Laurie Strode
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV · as Self · 3 eps
78/52
Movie · as Self
Spare Parts
Movie · as Principal
Scream Queens
TV · as Dean Cathy Munsch · 23 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Veronica Mars
Movie · as Gayle Buckley
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20
Movie · as Self
The Night She Came Home!!
Movie · as Self
Have You Been Paying Attention?
TV · as Self - Video Quizmaster · 1 ep
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Movie · as Sandy Stier
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Movie · as Self
The Little Engine That Could
Movie · as Beverly (voice)
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
New Girl
TV · as Joan Day · 6 eps
You Again
Movie · as Gail
Halloween: The Inside Story
Movie · as Self
The Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dirt! The Movie
Movie · as Self
Archer
TV · as Peregrine Bruchstein (voice) · 2 eps
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Movie · as Aunt Viv
Not Quite Hollywood
Movie · as Self
The Bonnie Hunt Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
Movie · as Self
El hormiguero
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Megan Mullally Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Kid & I
Movie · as Jamie Lee Curtis
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Christmas with the Kranks
Movie · as Nora Krank
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
Movie · as Self
Freaky Friday
Movie · as Tess Coleman
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Movie · as Self / Laurie Strode
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mike's Super Short Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
NCIS
TV · as Samantha Ryan · 5 eps
Halloween: Resurrection
Movie · as Laurie Strode
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
Movie · as Self (archive)
The Tailor of Panama
Movie · as Louisa Pendel
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
Movie · as Queen Camilla (voice)
Daddy and Them
Movie · as Elaine Bowen
Revealed with Jules Asner
TV · 1 ep
Drowning Mona
Movie · as Rona Mace
The American Nightmare
Movie · as Self
Pigs Next Door
TV · as Clara (voice) · 13 eps
Virus
Movie · as Kelly Foster
Halloween: Unmasked
Movie · as Self
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Movie · as Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
Homegrown
Movie · as Sierra Kahan
Nicholas’ Gift
Movie · as Maggie Green
Unmasking the Horror
Movie · as Self
Fierce Creatures
Movie · as Willa Weston
The Haunted History of Halloween
Movie · as Self
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 14 eps
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 2 eps
House Arrest
Movie · as Janet Beindorf
Escape from L.A.
Movie · as Female Narrator (uncredited)
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 3 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Heidi Chronicles
Movie · as Heidi Holland
The Drew Carey Show
TV · as Sioux · 1 ep
The Frank Skinner Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
My Girl 2
Movie · as Shelly Sultenfuss
True Lies
Movie · as Helen
Mother's Boys
Movie · as Judith 'Jude' Madigan
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Forever Young
Movie · as Claire Cooper
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 7 eps
My Girl
Movie · as Shelly DeVoto
Queens Logic
Movie · as Grace
Blue Steel
Movie · as Officer Megan Turner
Help Save Planet Earth
Movie · as Self
Anything but Love
TV · as Hannah Miller · 56 eps
A Fish Called Wanda
Movie · as Wanda Gershwitz
Dominick and Eugene
Movie · as Jennifer Reston
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
A Man in Love
Movie · as Susan Elliott
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Movie · as Lynn Taylor
Annie Oakley
Movie · as Annie Oakley
As Summers Die
Movie · as Whitsey Loftin
Perfect
Movie · as Jessie Wilson
Tall Tales & Legends
TV · as Annie Oakley · 1 ep
Grandview, U.S.A.
Movie · as Michelle 'Mike' Cody
Jeopardy!
TV · as Self - Clue Presenter · 1 ep
Trading Places
Movie · as Ophelia
Love Letters
Movie · as Anna Winter
Coming Soon
Movie · as Self - Host
Money on the Side
Movie · as Michelle Jamison
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Movie · as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Callahan
Movie · as Rachel Bartlett
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Halloween II
Movie · as Laurie Strode
Roadgames
Movie · as Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Movie · as Dorothy Stratten
She's in the Army Now
Movie · as Pvt. Rita Jennings
Escape from New York
Movie · as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
The Fog
Movie · as Elizabeth Solley
Terror Train
Movie · as Alana
Prom Night
Movie · as Kimberly Hammond
Fridays
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV · as Jen Burton · 1 ep
Halloween
Movie · as Laurie
The Love Boat
TV · as Linda · 1 ep
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV · 1 ep
Operation Petticoat
TV · as Lt. Barbara Duran · 23 eps
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Linda Frye · 1 ep
Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Girl in Dressing Room · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps
Columbo
TV · as Waitress · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
60 Minutes
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self, Self - Presenter · 4 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Presenter · 3 eps