Jamie Lee Curtis

Birthday:

11/22/1958

Place of birth:

Los Angeles, California, USA:

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, she is regarded as a scream queen, in addition to roles in comedies. Curtis 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. Curtis 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. Curtis's 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. Curtis 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. Curtis 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. Curtis 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.



Credits

Borderlands (2024)
Dr. Patricia Tannis
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés (2024)
Self
Haunted Mansion (2023)
Madame Leota
Final Girl (2023)
Herself
No Place like Haddonfield (2023)
Herself
Ending Halloween (2023)
Herself
A Different Threat (2023)
Herself
The Visions of Terror (2023)
Herself
Jamie Lee Curtis : Hollywood Call of Freedom (2022)
Herself (archive)
Halloween Ends (2022)
Laurie Strode
Halloween in Hollywood (2022)
Self
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Deirdre Beaubeirdre
Haddonfield's Open Wounds (2022)
Herself
The Kill Team (2022)
Self
Strode Family Values (2022)
Self
1978 Transformations (2022)
Herself
The Power of FEAR (2022)
Self
Halloween Kills (2021)
Laurie Strode
Senior Entourage (2021)
Jamie
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020)
Self
Knives Out (2019)
Linda Drysdale
An Acceptable Loss (2019)
Rachel Burke
Back in Haddonfield: Making Halloween (2019)
Self
The Original Scream Queen (2019)
Self
Journey of the Mask (2019)
Self
The Legacy of Halloween (2019)
Self
Halloween (2018)
Laurie Strode
78/52 (2017)
Self
Spare Parts (2015)
Principal
Veronica Mars (2014)
Gayle Buckley
The Night She Came Home!! (2013)
Self
Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20 (2013)
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012)
Self
8 (2012)
Sandy Stier
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 (2011)
Self (archive footage)
The Little Engine That Could (2011)
Beverly (voice)
Halloween: The Inside Story (2010)
Self
You Again (2010)
Gail
Video Games Live: Level 2 (2010)
Herself
Dirt! The Movie (2009)
Herself
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
Aunt Viv
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
Self
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006)
Self
The Kid & I (2005)
Herself
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Nora Krank
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies (2004)
Self
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest (2003)
Self / Laurie Strode
Freaky Friday (2003)
Tess Coleman
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Laurie Strode
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2002)
Narrator (voice)
Daddy and Them (2001)
Elaine Bowen
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
Queen Camilla (voice)
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
Louisa Pendel
The American Nightmare (2000)
Self
Drowning Mona (2000)
Rona Mace
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
Self (uncredited)
Halloween: Unmasked (1999)
Self
Virus (1999)
Kelly Foster
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
Nicholas’ Gift (1998)
Maggie Green
Homegrown (1998)
Sierra Kahan
The Haunted History of Halloween (1997)
Herself
Fierce Creatures (1997)
Willa Weston
House Arrest (1996)
Janet Beindorf
Escape from L.A. (1996)
Female Narrator (uncredited)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996)
Self
The Heidi Chronicles (1995)
Heidi Holland
True Lies (1994)
Helen Tasker
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
Self (archive footage)
My Girl 2 (1994)
Shelly Sultenfuss
Cindy Sherman: Nobody's Here But Me (1994)
Herself
Mother's Boys (1993)
Judith 'Jude' Madigan
The Return of Spinal Tap (1992)
Self (TV version)
Forever Young (1992)
Claire Cooper
My Girl (1991)
Shelly DeVoto
Queens Logic (1991)
Grace
Blue Steel (1990)
Megan Turner
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Wanda Gershwitz
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance (1988)
Self
Dominick and Eugene (1988)
Jennifer Reston
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
Lynn Taylor
A Man in Love (1987)
Susan Elliott
As Summers Die (1986)
Whitsey Loftin
Annie Oakley (1985)
Annie Oakley
Perfect (1985)
Jessie Wilson
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
Laurie Strode (archive footage)
Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
Michelle 'Mike' Cody
Trading Places (1983)
Ophelia
Love Letters (1983)
Anna Winter
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Money on the Side (1982)
Michelle Jamison
Coming Soon (1982)
Herself
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981)
Dorothy Stratten
Halloween II (1981)
Laurie Strode
Escape from New York (1981)
Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
She's in the Army Now (1981)
Pvt. Rita Jennings
Roadgames (1981)
Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
Terror Train (1980)
Alana Maxwell
Prom Night (1980)
Kimberly Hammond
The Fog (1980)
Elizabeth Solley
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' (1980)
Self
Halloween (1978)
Laurie Strode
Activia Kiss It Better Edit ()
The Last Showgirl ()
Hollywood Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story ()
Ella McCay ()
Spychosis ()
Jamie
Freaky Friday 2 ()
Tess Coleman
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once ()
Burn Out (2024)
Executive Producer
Halloween Ends (2022)
Executive Producer
Return to Sender (2022)
Producer
Halloween Kills (2021)
Executive Producer
Best Summer Ever (2020)
Executive Producer
Halloween (2018)
Executive Producer
Hondros (2018)
Co-Executive Producer
Murder at the World Series (1977)
Dialogue
Hollywood Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story ()
Producer
The Lost Bus ()
Producer
Mother Nature ()
Director
Mother Nature ()
Writer