Jamie Lee Curtis

Born: 1958-11-22 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For: Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Lee Curtis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2028

Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher

2026

Scarpetta as Dorothy
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York as Moira
Newlyweds as Claudia
Sender as Lisa Barr

2025

Freakier Friday as Tess Coleman
The Lost Bus ... (Producer)
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
Ella McCay as Helen
Star Trek: Section 31 as Control
I Was Born This Way ... (Executive Producer)
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland as Self
Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter ... (Executive Producer)

2024

Borderlands as Tannis
The Sticky as Bo
Disney Legends Award Ceremony as Self - Honoree
The Last Showgirl as Annette
Burn Out ... (Executive Producer)

2023

Haunted Mansion as Madame Leota
Arnold as Self

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
The Masked Singer as Special Message (video)
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle as Self
Knives Out as Linda Drysdale
The Movies That Made Us as Self (Archival Footage)
An Acceptable Loss as Rachel Burke

2018

Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
Halloween as Laurie Strode
Hondros ... (Co-Executive Producer)

2017

78/52 as Self

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
Scream Queens as Dean Cathy Munsch
Spare Parts as Principal

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
Veronica Mars as Gayle Buckley

2013

Have You Been Paying Attention? as Self - Video Quizmaster
The Night She Came Home!! as Self
Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20 as Self

2012

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Self
8 as Sandy Stier

2011

New Girl as Joan Day
The Little Engine That Could as Beverly (voice)
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 as Self (archive footage)

2010

The Talk as Self
You Again as Gail
Halloween: The Inside Story as Self

2009

Archer as Peregrine Bruchstein (voice)
Dirt! The Movie as Self

2008

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self

2006

El hormiguero as Self - Guest
The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror as Self

2005

The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
The Kid & I as Jamie Lee Curtis

2004

Christmas with the Kranks as Nora Krank
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies as Self

2003

NCIS as Samantha Ryan
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
Freaky Friday as Tess Coleman
Mike's Super Short Show
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest as Self / Laurie Strode

2002

Halloween: Resurrection as Laurie Strode
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' as Self (archive)

2001

The Tailor of Panama as Louisa Pendel
Revealed with Jules Asner
Daddy and Them as Elaine Bowen
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys as Queen Camilla (voice)

2000

Pigs Next Door as Clara (voice)
Drowning Mona as Rona Mace
The American Nightmare as Self

1999

The Early Show as Self
Virus as Kelly Foster
Halloween: Unmasked as Self

1998

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later as Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
Homegrown as Sierra Kahan
Nicholas’ Gift as Maggie Green

1997

The View as Self
Leute heute as Self
Fierce Creatures as Willa Weston
The Haunted History of Halloween as Self

1996

The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
Escape from L.A. as Female Narrator (uncredited)
E! True Hollywood Story
House Arrest as Janet Beindorf

1995

The Drew Carey Show as Sioux
The Frank Skinner Show as Self
The Heidi Chronicles as Heidi Holland

1994

True Lies as Helen
My Girl 2 as Shelly Sultenfuss

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
Intimate Portrait as Self
Mother's Boys as Judith 'Jude' Madigan

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
Forever Young as Claire Cooper

1991

My Girl as Shelly DeVoto
Queens Logic as Grace

1990

Blue Steel as Officer Megan Turner

1989

Anything But Love as Hannah Miller

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
A Fish Called Wanda as Wanda Gershwitz
Dominick and Eugene as Jennifer Reston

1987

Amazing Grace and Chuck as Lynn Taylor
A Man in Love as Susan Elliott

1986

Annie Oakley as Annie Oakley
As Summers Die as Whitsey Loftin

1985

Tall Tales & Legends as Annie Oakley
Perfect as Jessie Wilson

1984

Jeopardy! as Self - Clue Presenter
Grandview, U.S.A. as Michelle 'Mike' Cody

1983

Trading Places as Ophelia
Love Letters as Anna Winter

1982

Wogan as Self
Halloween III: Season of the Witch as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Money on the Side as Michelle Jamison
Coming Soon as Self - Host

1981

Escape from New York as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
Halloween II as Laurie Strode
Roadgames as Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story as Dorothy Stratten
She's in the Army Now as Pvt. Rita Jennings

1980

Fridays as Self
The Fog as Elizabeth Solley
Prom Night as Kimberly Hammond
Terror Train as Alana

1979

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Jen Burton

1978

Halloween as Laurie

1977

The Love Boat as Linda
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Operation Petticoat as Lt. Barbara Duran
Murder at the World Series ... (Dialogue Coach)

1976

Quincy, M.E. as Girl in Dressing Room
Charlie's Angels as Linda Frye

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1971

Columbo as Waitress
Film '72 as Self

1968

60 Minutes as Self

1953

The Oscars as Self

1952

Today as Self

1949

The Emmy Awards as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter