Jamie Lee Curtis
Known for Acting · 172 credits
- Born
- 1958-11-22 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Scream Queen · Jamie Leigh 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (59)
NCIS
2003
as Samantha Ryan
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Columbo
1971
as Waitress
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
The View
1997
as Self / Self - Guest
Jeopardy!
1984
as Self - Clue Presenter
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
The Love Boat
1977
as Linda
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Self - Nominee / Presenter
New Girl
2011
as Joan Day
The Drew Carey Show
1995
as Sioux
Leute heute
1997
as Self
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Linda Frye
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Girl in Dressing Room
Archer
2009
as Peregrine Bruchstein (voice)
El hormiguero
2006
as Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
The Bear
2022
as Donna Berzatto
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
The Masked Singer
2019
as Special Message (video)
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self - Guest
Scarpetta
2026
as Dorothy
The Oscars
1953
as Self / Self - Presenter
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Jen Burton
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Today
1952
as Self
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008
as Self
Scream Queens
2015
as Dean Cathy Munsch
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019
as Self
Have You Been Paying Attention?
2013
as Self - Video Quizmaster
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
as Self
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self (Archival Footage)
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Annie Oakley
Fridays
1980
as Self
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
as Self
Anything But Love
1989
as Hannah Miller
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Early Show
1999
as Self
The Sticky
2024
as Bo
Arnold
2023
as Self
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021
as Self
Reno 911! Defunded
2022
as Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons
Mike's Super Short Show
2003
Pigs Next Door
2000
as Clara (voice)
Operation Petticoat
1977
as Lt. Barbara Duran
Revealed with Jules Asner
2001
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Newlyweds
as Tony's ex-wife
Movies (113)
Freakier Friday
2025
as Tess Coleman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
as Deirdre Beaubeirdre
Trading Places
1983
as Ophelia
Knives Out
2019
as Linda Drysdale
Halloween
1978
as Laurie
True Lies
1994
as Helen
Borderlands
2024
as Tannis
Halloween
2018
as Laurie Strode
Freaky Friday
2003
as Tess Coleman
Ella McCay
2025
as Helen
The Fog
1980
as Elizabeth Solley
Haunted Mansion
2023
as Madame Leota
Halloween Kills
2021
as Laurie Strode
Halloween Ends
2022
as Laurie
Escape from New York
1981
as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
as Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
Halloween II
1981
as Laurie Strode
My Girl
1991
as Shelly DeVoto
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982
as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Escape from L.A.
1996
as Female Narrator (uncredited)
A Fish Called Wanda
1988
as Wanda Gershwitz
Halloween: Resurrection
2002
as Laurie Strode
Prom Night
1980
as Kimberly Hammond
Star Trek: Section 31
2025
as Control
You Again
2010
as Gail
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
as Nora Krank
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
as Aunt Viv
Virus
1999
as Kelly Foster
The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Louisa Pendel
Blue Steel
1990
as Officer Megan Turner
Veronica Mars
2014
as Gayle Buckley
Forever Young
1992
as Claire Cooper
Perfect
1985
as Jessie Wilson
The Last Showgirl
2024
as Annette
Terror Train
1980
as Alana
Fierce Creatures
1997
as Willa Weston
My Girl 2
1994
as Shelly Sultenfuss
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026
as Moira
House Arrest
1996
as Janet Beindorf
Drowning Mona
2000
as Rona Mace
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as Self (uncredited)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Spare Parts
2015
as Principal
Homegrown
1998
as Sierra Kahan
78/52
2017
as Self
Daddy and Them
2001
as Elaine Bowen
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
2001
as Queen Camilla (voice)
Roadgames
1981
as Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
Coming Soon
1982
as Herself
Love Letters
1983
as Anna Winter
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
2011
as Self (archive footage)
The Little Engine That Could
2011
as Beverly (voice)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
as Self
Mother's Boys
1993
as Judith 'Jude' Madigan
An Acceptable Loss
2019
as Rachel Burke
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
as Jamie Lee Curtis
Dominick and Eugene
1988
as Jennifer Reston
Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20
2013
as Self
Sender
2026
as Lisa Barr
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
as Self
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024
as Self
8
2012
as Sandy Stier
The Kid & I
2005
as Jamie Lee Curtis
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
1981
as Dorothy Stratten
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
as Michelle 'Mike' Cody
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
as Self
Queens Logic
1991
as Grace
A Man in Love
1987
as Susan Elliott
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
as Self
Nicholas’ Gift
1998
as Maggie Green
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992
as Jamie Lee Curtis
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006
as Self
The Honey Wars
as (voice)
Help Save Planet Earth
1990
as Self
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
1988
as Self
The Night She Came Home!!
2013
as Self
Money on the Side
1982
as Michelle Jamison
As Summers Die
1986
as Whitsey Loftin
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987
as Lynn Taylor
Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter
2025
as Self
Senior Entourage
2021
as Jamie
Ellen's Energy Adventure
1996
as Dr. Judy Peterson (uncredited)
Halloween: The Inside Story
2010
as Self
Annie Oakley
1985
as Annie Oakley
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
as Self - (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
as Self / Laurie Strode
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
2028
as Jessica Fletcher
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004
as Self
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
2024
as Self
The Heidi Chronicles
1995
as Heidi Holland
Halloween in Hollywood
2022
as Self
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
1980
as Self
Halloween: Unmasked
1999
as Self
Spychosis
as Jamie
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
2009
Driving Lessons
2012
as Laurie Strode (archive footage)
Cindy Sherman: Nobody's Here But Me
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Callahan
1982
as Rachel Bartlett
Video Games Live: Level 2
2010
as Self
Beauty CULTure
2012
as Self
She's in the Army Now
1981
as Pvt. Rita Jennings
The Haunted History of Halloween
1997
as Self
The Debra Hill Story
as Self
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
2022
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
2025
as Maj von Dardel (voice)
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland
2025
as Self
Dirt! The Movie
2009
as Self
Unmasking the Horror
1998
Activia Kiss It Better Edit
Halloween: Resurrected
2002
Epidemic Africa
1999
as Self / Narrator
About Jamie Lee Curtis
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 Ton… With 172 credits spanning from 1944 to 2028, Jamie Lee Curtis has appeared in 113 films and 59 TV shows.
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- Freakier Friday (2025) — as Tess Coleman
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) — as Deirdre Beaubeirdre
- Trading Places (1983) — as Ophelia
- Knives Out (2019) — as Linda Drysdale
- Halloween (1978) — as Laurie
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