Name
Jamie Lee Curtis
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1958-11-22 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 1978 Halloween as Laurie
- 1988 A Fish Called Wanda as Wanda Gershwitz
- 1983 Trading Places as Ophelia
- 1980 The Fog as Elizabeth Solley
- 1992 Forever Young as Claire Cooper
- 2003 Freaky Friday as Tess Coleman
- 2001 The Tailor of Panama as Louisa Pendel
- 1991 My Girl as Shelly DeVoto
- 1981 Halloween II as Laurie Strode
- 1994 My Girl 2 as Shelly Sultenfuss
- 2002 Halloween: Resurrection as Laurie Strode
- 1998 Halloween H20: 20 Years Later as Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
- 2000 Drowning Mona as Rona Mace
- 1997 Fierce Creatures as Willa Weston
- 1999 Virus as Kelly Foster
- 1990 Blue Steel as Officer Megan Turner
- 2004 Christmas with the Kranks as Nora Krank
- 1980 Terror Train as Alana
- 2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua as Aunt Viv
- 1993 Mother's Boys as Judith 'Jude' Madigan
- 1980 Prom Night as Kimberly Hammond
- 1994 True Lies as Helen
- 1981 Roadgames as Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
- 1997 The Haunted History of Halloween as Self
- 2001 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys as Queen Camilla (voice)
- 2010 You Again as Gail
- 1995 The Heidi Chronicles as Heidi Holland
- 1998 Homegrown as Sierra Kahan
- 1988 Dominick and Eugene as Jennifer Reston
- 1985 Perfect as Jessie Wilson
- 2004 John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies as Self
- 1996 House Arrest as Janet Beindorf
- 1991 Queens Logic as Grace
- 2025 Freakier Friday as Tess Coleman
- 2022 Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 1987 A Man in Love as Susan Elliott
- 2011 The Little Engine That Could as Beverly (voice)
- 1996 Escape from L.A. as Female Narrator (uncredited)
- 1987 Amazing Grace and Chuck as Lynn Taylor
- 1981 Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story as Dorothy Stratten
- 2000 The American Nightmare as Self
- 1984 Grandview, U.S.A. as Michelle 'Mike' Cody
- 1983 Love Letters as Anna Winter
- Soon Spychosis as Jamie
- 2003 Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest as Self / Laurie Strode
- 2013 Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20 as Self
- 1999 Halloween: Unmasked as Self
- 2014 Veronica Mars as Gayle Buckley
- 1998 Nicholas’ Gift as Maggie Green
- 1986 Annie Oakley as Annie Oakley
- 2015 Spare Parts as Principal
- Soon The Debra Hill Story as Self
- 2023 Haunted Mansion as Madame Leota
- 2025 Ella McCay as Helen
- 2005 The Kid & I as Jamie Lee Curtis
- 1986 As Summers Die as Whitsey Loftin
- 2013 The Night She Came Home!! as Self
- 2022 Halloween in Hollywood as Self
- Soon Activia Kiss It Better Edit
- 2024 The Last Showgirl as Annette
- 2022 Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once as Self
- 2009 Dirt! The Movie as Self
- 1982 Coming Soon as Herself
- 2012 8 as Sandy Stier
- 1982 Money on the Side as Michelle Jamison
- 2017 78/52 as Self
- 2012 Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Self
- 1994 Cindy Sherman: Nobody's Here But Me as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 Halloween as Laurie Strode
- 1981 She's in the Army Now as Pvt. Rita Jennings
- 2006 Halloween: 25 Years of Terror as Self
- 1996 The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful as Self
- 2019 An Acceptable Loss as Rachel Burke
- 2019 Knives Out as Linda Drysdale
- 2021 Halloween Kills as Laurie Strode
- 2022 Halloween Ends as Laurie
- 1980 Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' as Self
- 2008 Not Quite Hollywood as Self
- 2001 Daddy and Them as Elaine Bowen
- 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once as Deirdre Beaubeirdre
- 1982 Halloween III: Season of the Witch as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2011 Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 Escape from New York as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
- 2020 In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover as Jamie Lee Curtis
- 1999 Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2010 Halloween: The Inside Story as Self
- 2024 Borderlands as Tannis
- 1994 Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 Senior Entourage as Jamie
- Soon The Honey Wars as (voice)
- 2025 Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter as Self
- 1992 A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out as Jamie Lee Curtis
- 2025 Star Trek: Section 31 as Control
- 2012 Driving Lessons as Laurie Strode (archive footage)
- 2026 Sender as Lisa Barr
- 2028 Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- 2025 The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland as Self
- 2025 Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction as Maj von Dardel (voice)
- 1996 Ellen's Energy Adventure as Dr. Judy Peterson (uncredited)
- 2026 The Only Living Pickpocket in New York as Moira
- 1998 Unmasking the Horror
- 2025 Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
- 2002 Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' as Self (archive)
- Soon Scream Queens as Dean Cathy Munsch
- 1995 The Drew Carey Show ( 1 episode ) as Sioux
- 1971 Columbo ( 1 episode ) as Waitress
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Linda
- 1952 Today ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 The View ( 10 episodes ) as Self
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 3 episodes )
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 7 episodes ) as Self
- 1976 Charlie's Angels ( 1 episode ) as Linda Frye
- 1977 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries ( 1 episode )
- 1999 The Early Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Mike's Super Short Show ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1989 Anything But Love ( 56 episodes ) as Hannah Miller
- 2021 Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1995 The Frank Skinner Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2001 Revealed with Jules Asner ( 1 episode )
- 1997 The View ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2019 The Masked Singer ( 1 episode ) as Special Message (video)
- 1953 The Oscars ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2008 The Bonnie Hunt Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 New Girl ( 6 episodes ) as Joan Day
- 2015 Scream Queens ( 23 episodes ) as Dean Cathy Munsch
- 2023 Arnold ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2022 The Bear ( 12 episodes ) as Donna Berzatto
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1993 Intimate Portrait ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1982 Wogan ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Leute heute ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2026 Scarpetta ( 8 episodes ) as Dorothy
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2019 The Movies That Made Us ( 1 episode ) as Self (Archival Footage)
- 2005 The Reichen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2003 NCIS ( 5 episodes ) as Samantha Ryan
- 2000 Pigs Next Door ( 13 episodes ) as Clara (voice)
- 2018 Eli Roth's History of Horror ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2006 El hormiguero ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1985 Tall Tales & Legends ( 1 episode ) as Annie Oakley
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 1 episode ) as Girl in Dressing Room
- 1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ( 1 episode ) as Jen Burton
- 1977 Operation Petticoat ( 23 episodes ) as Lt. Barbara Duran
- 2009 Archer ( 2 episodes ) as Peregrine Bruchstein (voice)
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
- 2006 The Megan Mullally Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Nominee
- 2024 The Sticky ( 2 episodes ) as Bo
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- 2019 Today with Jenna & Sheinelle ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Reno 911! Defunded ( 1 episode ) as Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1984 Jeopardy! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Clue Presenter
- 1980 Fridays ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1968 60 Minutes ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2013 Have You Been Paying Attention? ( 1 episode ) as Self - Video Quizmaster
- 2025 Variety & CNN Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2010 The Talk ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Film '72 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2026 Newlyweds ( 1 episode ) as Claudia
- 2024 Disney Legends Award Ceremony ( 1 episode ) as Self - Honoree
