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Jamie Lee Curtis
Actor, Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn November 22, 1958 (66 years)
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.
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.
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| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Freakier Friday · as Tess Coleman |
| 2025 | Star Trek: Section 31 · as Control |
| 2024 | The Last Showgirl · as Annette |
| 2024 | The Sticky (TV Series) · as Bo |
| 2024 | Borderlands · as Tannis |
| 2023 | Haunted Mansion · as Madame Leota |
| 2022 | Halloween Ends · as Laurie |
| 2022 | The Bear (TV Series) · as Donna Berzatto |
| 2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once · as Deirdre Beaubeirdre |
| 2021 | Halloween Kills · as Laurie Strode |
| 2021 | Senior Entourage · as Jamie |
| 2019 | Knives Out · as Linda Drysdale |
| 2019 | The Masked Singer (US) (TV Series) · as Special Message (video) |
| 2018 | An Acceptable Loss · as Rachel Burke |
| 2018 | Halloween · as Laurie Strode |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | Scream Queens (TV Series) · as Dean Cathy Munsch |
| 2015 | Spare Parts · as Principal |
| 2014 | Veronica Mars · as Gayle Buckley |
| 2012 | 8 · as Sandy Stier |
| 2011 | New Girl (TV Series) · as Joan Day |
| 2011 | From Up on Poppy Hill · as Ryoko Matsuzaki |
| 2011 | The Little Engine That Could · as Beverly (voice) |
| 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) |
| 2004 | Christmas with the Kranks · as Nora Krank |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Samantha Ryan |
| 2003 | Freaky Friday · as Tess Coleman |
| 2003 | Reno 911! (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons |
| 2002 | Halloween: Resurrection · as Laurie Strode |
| 2002 | Mike's Super-Short Show (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2001 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys · as Queen Camilla (voice) |
| 2001 | Daddy and Them · as Elaine Bowen |
| 2001 | Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation · as Laurie Strode |
| 2001 | The Tailor of Panama · as Louisa Pendel |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Helen Tasker |
| 2000 | Pigs Next Door (TV Series) · as Clara |
| 2000 | Drowning Mona · as Rona Mace |
| 1999 | Virus · as Kelly Foster |
| 1998 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later · as Laurie Strode / Keri Tate |
| 1998 | Nicholas' Gift · as Maggie Green |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | Fierce Creatures · as Willa Weston |
| 1996 | Ellen's Energy Adventure · as Dr. Judy Peterson |
| 1996 | House Arrest · as Janet Beindorf |
| 1996 | Escape from L.A. · as Female Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1995 | The Heidi Chronicles · as Heidi Holland |
| 1995 | The Drew Carey Show (TV Series) · as Sioux |
| 1994 | True Lies · as Helen Tasker |
| 1994 | My Girl 2 · as Shelly Sultenfuss |
| 1993 | Mother's Boys · as Judith 'jude' Madigan |
| 1992 | Forever Young · as Claire Cooper |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | My Girl · as Shelly Devoto |
| 1991 | Queens Logic · as Grace |
| 1990 | Blue Steel · as Megan Turner |
| 1989 | Anything but Love (TV Series) · as Hannah Miller |
| 1988 | Dominick and Eugene · as Jennifer Reston |
| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda · as Wanda Gershwitz |
| 1987 | Amazing Grace and Chuck · as Lynn Taylor |
| 1987 | A Man in Love · as Susan Elliott |
| 1986 | As Summers Die · as Whitsey Loftin |
| 1985 | Annie Oakley · as Annie Oakley |
| 1985 | Tall Tales and Legends (TV Series) · as Annie Oakley |
| 1985 | Perfect · as Jessie Wilson |
| 1984 | Grandview, U.S.A. · as Michelle 'mike' Cody |
| 1983 | Trading Places · as Ophelia |
| 1983 | Love Letters · as Anna Winter |
| 1982 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch · as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Money on the Side · as Michelle Jamison |
| 1982 | Callahan · as Rachel Bartlett |
| 1981 | Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story · as Dorothy Stratten |
| 1981 | Halloween II · as Laurie Strode |
| 1981 | Escape from New York · as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited) |
| 1981 | She's in the Army Now · as Pvt. Rita Jennings |
| 1981 | Road Games · as Pamela 'hitch' Rushworth |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | Terror Train · as Alana Maxwell |
| 1980 | Prom Night · as Kimberly Hammond |
| 1980 | The Fog · as Elizabeth Solley |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) · as Jen Burton |
| 1978 | |
| 1977 | Operation Petticoat (TV Series) · as Lt. Barbara Duran |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Linda |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) |
| 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 Waitress |