Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 22, 1958
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
188 titles
Jamie Lee Curtis
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.
Known For
Filmography
Murder, She Wrote
Jessica Fletcher
Newlyweds
Claudia
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Moira
Sender
Lisa Barr
Scarpetta
Dorothy
Ella McCay
Helen
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter
Self
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Maj von Dardel (voice)
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland
Self
The Lost Bus
Producer
Freakier Friday
Tess Coleman
I Was Born This Way
Executive Producer
Star Trek: Section 31
Control
The Last Showgirl
Annette
The Sticky
Bo
Burn Out
Executive Producer
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Self
Borderlands
Tannis
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
Self
Haunted Mansion
Madame Leota
Arnold
Self
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Halloween Ends
Laurie
Halloween in Hollywood
Self
Return to Sender
Producer
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
Self
The Bear
Donna Berzatto
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Deirdre Beaubeirdre
Reno 911! Defunded
Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons
Halloween Kills
Laurie Strode
2 Timers
Executive Producer
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
Self
Senior Entourage
Jamie
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Jamie Lee Curtis
Best Summer Ever
Executive Producer
The Movies That Made Us
Self (Archival Footage)
Knives Out
Linda Drysdale
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
An Acceptable Loss
Rachel Burke
The Masked Singer
Special Message (video)
Halloween
Laurie Strode
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
Hondros
Co-Executive Producer
78/52
Self
Scream Queens
Dean Cathy Munsch
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest