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