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, she is regarded as a scream queen, in addition to roles in comedies. She has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA, two Golden Globes, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as nominations for an Emmy and a Grammy.
She came to prominence with the ABC sitcom Operation Petticoat (1977–1978). She made her feature film debut playing Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's slasher film Halloween (1978), which established her as a scream queen and led to a string of parts in horror films such as The Fog, Prom Night, Terror Train (all 1980), and Roadgames (1981). She reprised the role of Laurie in the Halloween franchise, until 2022.
Her film work spans many genres outside of horror, including the comedies Trading Places (1983), for which she won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress, and A Fish Called Wanda (1988), for which she received a nomination for the BAFTA for Best Actress. Her role as a workout instructor in the film Perfect (1985) earned her a reputation as a sex symbol. She won a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of Helen Tasker in James Cameron's True Lies (1994). Her other notable film credits include Freaky Friday (2003) and Knives Out (2019). Her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998. As of 2021, her films have grossed over $2.3 billion at the box office.
She received a Golden Globe and a People's Choice Award for her portrayal of Hannah Miller on ABC's Anything But Love (1989–1992), and earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for the television film Nicholas' Gift (1998). She also starred as Cathy Munsch on the Fox series Scream Queens (2015–16), for which she received her seventh Golden Globe nomination.
She has written numerous children's books, including Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day (1998), which made The New York Times's best-seller list.
She is a daughter of actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. She is married to British-American filmmaker Christopher Guest, with whom she has two adopted children. Her marriage to Guest, who holds the British title of 5th Baron Haden-Guest, makes her a baroness who is entitled to use the name "The Right Honourable The Lady Haden-Guest", though she opts not to use it.
Known for
NCIS
Samantha Ryan
Columbo
Waitress
Knives Out
Linda Drysdale
Archer
Peregrine Bruchstein (voice)
The Bear
Donna Berzatto
Jeopardy!
Self - Clue Presenter
New Girl
Joan Day
The Love Boat
Linda
The Drew Carey Show
Sioux
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Quincy, M.E.
Girl in Dressing Room
Trading Places
Ophelia
Freakier Friday
Tess Coleman
Charlie's Angels
Linda Frye
The Masked Singer
Special Message (video)
Ella McCay
Helen McCay
The Oscars
Self
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Jen Burton
The Movies That Made Us
Self (Archival Footage)
Christmas with the Kranks
Nora Krank
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Deirdre Beaubeirdre
My Girl
Shelly DeVoto
Intimate Portrait
Self
Scream Queens
Dean Cathy Munsch
Halloween
Laurie
Freaky Friday
Tess Coleman
Halloween: Unmasked
Self
True Lies
Helen Tasker
House Arrest
Janet Beindorf
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Borderlands
Tannis
Escape from New York
Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
Prom Night
Kimberly Hammond
Perfect
Jessie Wilson
Queens Logic
Grace
My Girl 2
Shelly Sultenfuss
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
Halloween
Laurie Strode
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self
Driving Lessons
Laurie Strode (archive footage)
Today with Hoda & Jenna
Self
Grandview, U.S.A.
Michelle 'Mike' Cody
Love Letters
Anna Winter
Drowning Mona
Rona Mace
Halloween Kills
Laurie Strode
You Again
Gail
78/52
Self
Halloween Ends
Laurie
Daddy and Them
Elaine Bowen
Haunted Mansion
Madame Leota
Star Trek: Section 31
Control
Terror Train
Alana
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
Coming Soon
Herself
A Man in Love
Susan Elliott
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
Mother's Boys
Judith 'Jude' Madigan
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Narrator (voice)
Escape from L.A.
Female Narrator (uncredited)
Dominick and Eugene
Jennifer Reston
Homegrown
Sierra Kahan
The Fog
Elizabeth Solley
Fridays
Self
The Kid & I
Jamie Lee Curtis
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
A Fish Called Wanda
Wanda Gershwitz
Forever Young
Claire Cooper
Revealed with Jules Asner
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Aunt Viv
Halloween II
Laurie Strode
Arnold
Self
Halloween in Hollywood
Self
The Sticky
Bo
Money on the Side
Michelle Jamison
Reno 911! Defunded
Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons
Halloween: Resurrection
Laurie Strode
Anything But Love
Hannah Miller
The Last Showgirl
Annette
The Night She Came Home!!
Self
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Cindy Sherman: Nobody's Here But Me
Narrator (voice)
Tall Tales & Legends
Annie Oakley
Virus
Kelly Foster
The American Nightmare
Self
Roadgames
Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
Queen Camilla (voice)
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
Self
Pigs Next Door
Clara (voice)
Scarpetta
Dorothy
Senior Entourage
Jamie
Mike's Super Short Show
The Tailor of Panama
Louisa Pendel
Operation Petticoat
Lt. Barbara Duran
Sender
Spychosis
Jamie
E! True Hollywood Story
Blue Steel
Officer Megan Turner
Activia Kiss It Better Edit
Fierce Creatures
Willa Weston
Veronica Mars
Gayle Buckley
Spare Parts
Principal
8
Sandy Stier
Callahan
Rachel Bartlett
The Little Engine That Could
Beverly (voice)
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Self — Maj von Dardel (voice)
An Acceptable Loss
Rachel Burke
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
Jamie Lee Curtis
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Dorothy Stratten
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self (uncredited)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
Halloween: The Inside Story
Self
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Self
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
Self
As Summers Die
Whitsey Loftin
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
Self - Actress (archive footage)
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Jamie Lee Curtis
The Honey Wars
(voice)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self
She's in the Army Now
Pvt. Rita Jennings
The Heidi Chronicles
Heidi Holland
Dirt! The Movie
Self
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland - 20/20 Special Edition
Self
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
Self
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Lynn Taylor
The Debra Hill Story
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
Self
Nicholas’ Gift
Maggie Green
Murder, She Wrote
Jessica Fletcher
Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20
Self
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Self / Laurie Strode
The Haunted History of Halloween
Self
Video Games Live: Level 2
Self
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
Self
Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter
Self
Beauty CULTure
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
My Time with Terror with Jamie Lee Curtis
herself
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
The View
Self
The View
Self - Guest
Leute heute
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Wogan
Self
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
The Reichen 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