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Jamie Lee Curtis
Actor, Director
Born November 22, 1958 (63 years)
Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress and writer. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998.
Curtis made her film acting debut as Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's horror film Halloween (1978), which established her as a scream queen, and she thereafter appeared in a string of horror films, including The Fog, Prom Night, Terror Train (all 1980) and Roadgames (1981). She reprised the role of Laurie in the sequels Halloween II (1981), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), Halloween: Resurrection (2002), Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and the upcoming Halloween Ends (2022). Her filmography is largely characterized by independent films that have been box-office successes, with eight of her lead-actress credits grossing over $100 million.
Curtis's film work spans many genres, including the cult comedies Trading Places (1983), for which she received a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress, and A Fish Called Wanda (1988), for which she earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress. She won a Golden Globe, an American Comedy Award, and a Saturn Award for playing the starring role of Helen Tasker in James Cameron's action comedy film True Lies (1994). Curtis's other major films include Blue Steel (1990), My Girl (1991), Forever Young (1992), The Tailor of Panama (2001), Freaky Friday (2003), Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008), You Again (2010), Veronica Mars (2014), and Knives Out (2019).
Curtis received a Golden Globe and a People's Choice Award for her portrayal of Hannah Miller on the ABC sitcom Anything But Love (1989–1992). She earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her work in the television film Nicholas' Gift (1998). She also starred as Cathy Munsch on the Fox horror comedy series Scream Queens (2015–2016), for which she earned her seventh Golden Globe Award nomination.
Curtis is a daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. She is married to Christopher Guest, with whom she has two adopted children, Annie and Ruby. Due to her marriage with Guest, who is the 5th Baron Haden-Guest in the United Kingdom, Curtis is a baroness formally entitled to the title Lady Haden-Guest, which she does not use.
She has written numerous children's books, with her 1998 release Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day making The New York Times's best-seller list. She is also a frequent blogger for The Huffington Post.
Filmography
| 2023 | Haunted Mansion · as Madame Leota |
| 2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once · as Deirdre Beaubeirdra |
| 2022 | Halloween Ends · as Laurie Strode |
| 2021 | Halloween Kills · as Laurie Strode |
| 2021 | Senior Entourage · as Jamie |
| 2019 | Knives Out · as Linda Drysdale |
| 2018 | Halloween · as Laurie Strode |
| 2018 | An Acceptable Loss · as Rachel Burke |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | Scream Queens (2015) (TV Series) · as Cathy Munsch |
| 2015 | Spare Parts · as Principal |
| 2014 | Veronica Mars · as Gayle Buckley |
| 2012 | 8 · as Sandy Stier |
| 2012 | Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom · as Unknown |
| 2011 | The Little Engine That Could · as Beverly (voice) |
| 2011 | From Up on Poppy Hill · as Ryoko Matsuzaki |
| 2011 | New Girl (TV Series) · as Joan Day |
| 2010 | You Again · as Gail |
| 2010 | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards · as Laurie Strode |
| 2009 | Archer (2009) (TV Series) · as Peregrine Bruchstein (voice) |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua · as Aunt Viv |
| 2008 | The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2004 | Christmas with the Kranks · as Nora Krank |
| 2003 | Freaky Friday · as Tess Coleman |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Dr. Samantha Ryan |
| 2003 | Reno 911! (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons |
| 2002 | Halloween: Resurrection · as Laurie Strode |
| 2001 | The Tailor of Panama · as Louisa Pendel |
| 2001 | Daddy and Them · as Elaine Bowen |
| 2001 | Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2000 | Drowning Mona · as Rona Mace |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Helen Tasker |
| 2000 | Pigs Next Door (TV Series) · as Clara |
| 1999 | Virus · as Kelly Foster |
| 1998 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later · as Laurie Strode / Keri Tate |
| 1998 | Homegrown · as Sierra Kahan |
| 1998 | Nicholas' Gift · as Maggie Green |
| 1997 | Fierce Creatures · as Willa Weston |
| 1996 | Escape from L.A. · as Female Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1996 | Ellen's Energy Adventure · as Judy Peterson |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | House Arrest · as Janet Beindorf |
| 1995 | The Heidi Chronicles · as Heidi Holland |
| 1995 | The Drew Carey Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | The Frank Skinner Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | My Girl 2 · as Shelly Sultenfuss |
| 1994 | True Lies · as Helen Tasker |
| 1993 | Mother's Boys · as Judith 'Jude' Madigan |
| 1992 | Forever Young · as Claire Cooper |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards (TV Series) · as Jamie Lee Curtis |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | My Girl · as Shelly DeVoto |
| 1991 | Queens Logic · as Grace |
| 1990 | Blue Steel · as Megan Turner |
| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda · as Wanda Gershwitz |
| 1988 | Dominick and Eugene · as Jennifer Reston |
| 1987 | Amazing Grace and Chuck · as Lynn Taylor |
| 1987 | A Man in Love · as Susan Elliott |
| 1986 | As Summers Die · as Whitsey Loftin |
| 1985 | Perfect · as Jessie Wilson |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends (TV Series) · as Annie Oakley |
| 1984 | Grandview, U.S.A. · as Michelle 'Mike' Cody |
| 1983 | Love Letters · as Anna Winter |
| 1983 | Trading Places · as Ophelia |
| 1982 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch · as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Money on the Side · as Michelle Jamison |
| 1981 | Escape from New York · as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1981 | Halloween II · as Laurie Strode |
| 1981 | Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story · as Dorothy Stratten |
| 1981 | Road Games · as Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | The Fog · as Elizabeth Solley |
| 1980 | Prom Night · as Kim |
| 1980 | Terror Train · as Alana Maxwell |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) · as Jen Burton |
| 1978 | Halloween · as Laurie Strode |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Linda |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) · as Girl in Dressing Room |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Linda Frye |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |