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Jamie Lee Curtis
Actor, Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn November 22, 1958 (67 years)
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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2028 | Murder She Wrote · as Jessica Fletcher |
| 2026 | Scarpetta (TV Series) · as Dorothy |
| 2026 | The Only Living Pickpocket in New York · as Moira |
| 2025 | Ella McCay · as Helen |
| 2025 | Freakier Friday · as Tess Coleman |
| 2025 | Star Trek: Section 31 · as Control |
| 2024 | The Last Showgirl · as Annette |
| 2024 | The Sticky (TV Series) · as Bo |
| 2024 | Borderlands · as Tannis |
| 2023 | Haunted Mansion · as Madame Leota |
| 2022 | Halloween Ends · as Laurie |
| 2022 | The Bear (TV Series) · as Donna Berzatto |
| 2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once · as Deirdre Beaubeirdre |
| 2022 | Reno 911! Defunded (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons |
| 2021 | Halloween Kills · as Laurie Strode |
| 2021 | Senior Entourage · as Jamie |
| 2020 | Dicktown (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2019 | Knives Out · as Linda Drysdale |
| 2019 | The Masked Singer (US) (TV Series) · as Special Message (video) |
| 2018 | An Acceptable Loss · as Rachel Burke |
| 2018 | Halloween · as Laurie Strode |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | Scream Queens (TV Series) · as Dean Cathy Munsch |
| 2015 | Spare Parts · as Principal |
| 2014 | Veronica Mars · as Gayle Buckley |
| 2012 | 8 · as Sandy Stier |
| 2011 | New Girl (TV Series) · as Joan Day |
| 2011 | The Little Engine That Could · as Beverly (voice) |
| 2010 | You Again · as Gail |
| 2010 | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards · as Laurie Strode |
| 2009 | Archer (2009) (TV Series) · as Peregrine Bruchstein (voice) |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua · as Aunt Viv |
| 2004 | Christmas with the Kranks · as Nora Krank |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Samantha Ryan |
| 2003 | Freaky Friday · as Tess Coleman |
| 2003 | Reno 911! (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons |
| 2002 | Halloween: Resurrection · as Laurie Strode |
| 2002 | Mike's Super-Short Show (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2001 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys · as Queen Camilla (voice) |
| 2001 | Daddy and Them · as Elaine Bowen |
| 2001 | Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation · as Laurie Strode |
| 2001 | The Tailor of Panama · as Louisa Pendel |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Helen Tasker |
| 2000 | Pigs Next Door (TV Series) · as Clara (voice) |
| 2000 | Drowning Mona · as Rona Mace |
| 1999 | Virus · as Kelly Foster |
| 1998 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later · as Laurie Strode / Keri Tate |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Nicholas' Gift · as Maggie Green |
| 1998 | Homegrown · as Sierra Kahan |
| 1997 | Fierce Creatures · as Willa Weston |
| 1996 | Ellen's Energy Adventure · as Dr. Judy Peterson (uncredited) |
| 1996 | House Arrest · as Janet Beindorf |
| 1996 | Escape from L.A. · as Female Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1995 | The Heidi Chronicles · as Heidi Holland |
| 1995 | The Drew Carey Show (TV Series) · as Sioux |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | My Girl 2 · as Shelly Sultenfuss |
| 1993 | Mother's Boys · as Judith 'jude' Madigan |
| 1992 | Forever Young · as Claire Cooper |
| 1991 | My Girl · as Shelly Devoto |
| 1991 | Queens Logic · as Grace |
| 1990 | Blue Steel · as Officer Megan Turner |
| 1989 | Anything but Love (TV Series) · as Hannah Miller |
| 1988 | Dominick and Eugene · as Jennifer Reston |
| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda · as Wanda Gershwitz |
| 1987 | Amazing Grace and Chuck · as Lynn Taylor |
| 1987 | A Man in Love · as Susan Elliott |
| 1986 | As Summers Die · as Whitsey Loftin |
| 1985 | Tall Tales and Legends (TV Series) · as Annie Oakley |
| 1985 | Perfect · as Jessie Wilson |
| 1984 | Grandview, U.S.A. · as Michelle 'mike' Cody |
| 1983 | Trading Places · as Ophelia |
| 1983 | Love Letters · as Anna Winter |
| 1982 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch · as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Money on the Side · as Michelle Jamison |
| 1982 | Callahan · as Rachel Bartlett |
| 1981 | Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story · as Dorothy Stratten |
| 1981 | Halloween II · as Laurie Strode |
| 1981 | Escape from New York · as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited) |
| 1981 | She's in the Army Now · as Pvt. Rita Jennings |
| 1981 | Road Games · as Pamela 'hitch' Rushworth |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | Terror Train · as Alana |
| 1980 | Prom Night · as Kimberly Hammond |
| 1980 | The Fog · as Elizabeth Solley |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) · as Jen Burton |
| 1978 | Halloween · as Laurie |
| 1977 | Operation Petticoat (TV Series) · as Lt. Barbara Duran |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Linda |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) · as Girl In Dressing Room |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Linda Frye |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Waitress |