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