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, 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.
Acted in
Freakier Friday
2025
as Tess Coleman
The Last Showgirl
2024
as Annette
The Sticky
2024
as TBD
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024
as Self
Borderlands
2024
as Tannis
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
2024
as Self
Haunted Mansion
2023
as Madame Leota
Arnold
2023
as Self
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Halloween Ends
2022
as Laurie
Halloween in Hollywood
2022
as Self
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
as Self
The Bear
2022
as Donna Berzatto
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
as Deirdre Beaubeirdre
Halloween Kills
2021
as Laurie Strode
Senior Entourage
2021
as Jamie
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
as Jamie Lee Curtis
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self (Archival Footage)
Knives Out
2019
as Linda Drysdale
An Acceptable Loss
2019
as Rachel Burke
The Masked Singer
2019
as Special Message (video)
Halloween
2018
as Laurie Strode
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
as Self
78/52
2017
as Self
Scream Queens
2015
as Dean Cathy Munsch
Spare Parts
2015
as Principal
The Horrors of Hamilton High: The Making of Prom Night
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Veronica Mars
2014
as Gayle Buckley
The Night She Came Home!!
2013
as Self
Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20
2013
as Self
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
as Self
8
2012
as Sandy Stier
Honest Trailers
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
2011
as Self (archive footage)
New Girl
2011
as Joan Day
The Little Engine That Could
2011
as Beverly (voice)
Halloween: The Inside Story
2010
as Self
You Again
2010
as Gail
Video Games Live: Level 2
2010
as Self
Archer
2009
as Peregrine Bruchstein (voice)
Dirt! The Movie
2009
as Self
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
as Aunt Viv
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
as Self
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006
as Self
The Kid & I
2005
as Jamie Lee Curtis
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
as Nora Krank
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004
as Self
NCIS
2003
as Samantha Ryan
Freaky Friday
2003
as Tess Coleman
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
as Self / Laurie Strode
Mike's Super Short Show
2003
Halloween: Resurrection
2002
as Laurie Strode
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Revealed with Jules Asner
2001
Daddy and Them
2001
as Elaine Bowen
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
2001
as Queen Camilla (voice)
The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Louisa Pendel
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
Pigs Next Door
2000
as Clara
Drowning Mona
2000
as Rona Mace
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as Self (uncredited)
Halloween: Unmasked
1999
as Self
Virus
1999
as Kelly Foster
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
as Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
Nicholas’ Gift
1998
as Maggie Green
Homegrown
1998
as Sierra Kahan
The Haunted History of Halloween
1997
as Self
Fierce Creatures
1997
as Willa Weston
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
House Arrest
1996
as Janet Beindorf
Escape from L.A.
1996
as Female Narrator (uncredited)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
as Self
The Heidi Chronicles
1995
as Heidi Holland
The Drew Carey Show
1995
as Sioux
True Lies
1994
as Helen Tasker
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Self (archive footage)
My Girl 2
1994
as Shelly Sultenfuss
Cindy Sherman: Nobody's Here But Me
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Mother's Boys
1993
as Judith 'Jude' Madigan
The Return of Spinal Tap
1992
as Self (TV version)
Forever Young
1992
as Claire Cooper
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self
My Girl
1991
as Shelly DeVoto
Queens Logic
1991
as Grace
Blue Steel
1990
as Megan Turner
Anything But Love
1989
as Hannah Miller
A Fish Called Wanda
1988
as Wanda Gershwitz
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
1988
as Self
Dominick and Eugene
1988
as Jennifer Reston
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987
as Lynn Taylor
A Man in Love
1987
as Susan Elliott
As Summers Die
1986
as Whitsey Loftin
Annie Oakley
1985
as Annie Oakley
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Annie Oakley
Perfect
1985
as Jessie Wilson
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
as Michelle 'Mike' Cody
Trading Places
1983
as Ophelia
Love Letters
1983
as Anna Winter
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982
as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Money on the Side
1982
as Michelle Jamison
Coming Soon
1982
as Herself
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
1981
as Dorothy Stratten
Halloween II
1981
as Laurie Strode
Escape from New York
1981
as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
She's in the Army Now
1981
as Pvt. Rita Jennings
Roadgames
1981
as Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
Terror Train
1980
as Alana Maxwell
Prom Night
1980
as Kimberly Hammond
The Fog
1980
as Elizabeth Solley
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
1980
as Self
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Jen Burton
Halloween
1978
as Laurie
The Love Boat
1977
as Linda
Operation Petticoat
1977
as Lt. Barbara Duran
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Girl in Dressing Room
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Linda Frye
Columbo
1971
as Waitress
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
Spychosis
as Jamie
Hollywood Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story
Ella McCay
Activia Kiss It Better Edit
The Honey Wars
as (voice)
The Bear: Fishes
as Donna Berzatto
Scarpetta
as Dorothy