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
Jeopardy!
Self - Clue Presenter
Freakier Friday
Tess Coleman
Archer
Peregrine Bruchstein (voice)
New Girl
Joan Day
The Love Boat
Linda
The Bear
Donna Berzatto
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Drew Carey Show
Sioux
Quincy, M.E.
Girl in Dressing Room
Charlie's Angels
Linda Frye
Knives Out
Linda Drysdale
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Deirdre Beaubeirdre
The Masked Singer
Special Message (video)
Intimate Portrait
Self
Borderlands
Tannis
Freaky Friday
Tess Coleman
The Oscars
Self
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
Trading Places
Ophelia
Ella McCay
Helen McCay
My Girl
Shelly DeVoto
Scream Queens
Dean Cathy Munsch
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Jen Burton
Halloween
Laurie
Escape from New York
Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
Love Letters
Anna Winter
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self
Christmas with the Kranks
Nora Krank
You Again
Gail
A Fish Called Wanda
Wanda Gershwitz
Money on the Side
Michelle Jamison
Homegrown
Sierra Kahan
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Aunt Viv
True Lies
Helen Tasker
Prom Night
Kimberly Hammond
House Arrest
Janet Beindorf
Terror Train
Alana Maxwell
Star Trek: Section 31
Control
Today with Hoda & Jenna
Self
The Kid & I
Jamie Lee Curtis
Halloween
Laurie Strode
The Movies That Made Us
Self (Archival Footage)
Drowning Mona
Rona Mace
The Fog
Elizabeth Solley
Fierce Creatures
Willa Weston
Queens Logic
Grace
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
Perfect
Jessie Wilson
Halloween: Unmasked
Self
My Girl 2
Shelly Sultenfuss
The American Nightmare
Self
Cindy Sherman: Nobody's Here But Me
Narrator (voice)
Halloween Ends
Laurie
An Acceptable Loss
Rachel Burke
The Night She Came Home!!
Self
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
78/52
Self
A Man in Love
Susan Elliott
Anything But Love
Hannah Miller
Halloween Kills
Laurie Strode
Senior Entourage
Jamie
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
The Little Engine That Could
Beverly (voice)
Fridays
Self
Arnold
Self
Halloween II
Laurie Strode
Grandview, U.S.A.
Michelle 'Mike' Cody
Mother's Boys
Judith 'Jude' Madigan
Forever Young
Claire Cooper
Daddy and Them
Elaine Bowen
Haunted Mansion
Madame Leota
Dominick and Eugene
Jennifer Reston
Spychosis
Jamie
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
Escape from L.A.
Female Narrator (uncredited)
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Lynn Taylor
Scarpetta
Dorothy
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
Self
Halloween: Resurrection
Laurie Strode
Nicholas’ Gift
Maggie Green
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
Self
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Self
Mike's Super Short Show
The Sticky
Bo
Tall Tales & Legends
Annie Oakley
Beauty CULTure
Self
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
Virus
Kelly Foster
The Last Showgirl
Annette
Halloween in Hollywood
Self
My Time with Terror with Jamie Lee Curtis
herself
As Summers Die
Whitsey Loftin
The Debra Hill Story
Driving Lessons
Laurie Strode (archive footage)
Halloween: The Inside Story
Self
The Heidi Chronicles
Heidi Holland
Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20
Self
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Dorothy Stratten
The Tailor of Panama
Louisa Pendel
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Narrator (voice)
Spare Parts
Principal
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Self / Laurie Strode
Reno 911! Defunded
Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons
Blue Steel
Officer Megan Turner
Veronica Mars
Gayle Buckley
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self (uncredited)
Revealed with Jules Asner
She's in the Army Now
Pvt. Rita Jennings
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
Self
Video Games Live: Level 2
Self
Pigs Next Door
Clara (voice)
Operation Petticoat
Lt. Barbara Duran
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
E! True Hollywood Story
Callahan
Rachel Bartlett
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Self
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
Queen Camilla (voice)
Sender
8
Sandy Stier
Roadgames
Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland - 20/20 Special Edition
Self
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
Self
Coming Soon
Herself
The Haunted History of Halloween
Self
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Jamie Lee Curtis
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
Jamie Lee Curtis
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
Self
Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter
Self
The Honey Wars
(voice)
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Self — Maj von Dardel (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
Jessica Fletcher
Dirt! The Movie
Self
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Activia Kiss It Better Edit
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
Leute heute
Self
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
The View
Self
The View
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
Wogan
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Self
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
Today
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
Self
The Early Show
Self