Jamie Lee Curtis
Acting
🎂 1958-11-22
Jamie Lee Curtis 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.
Cast credits(164)
Samantha Ryan
2003
Tess Coleman
2025
Waitress
1971
Self
2007
Linda
1977
Self
2019
Self - Host
1975
Tess Coleman
2003
Donna Berzatto
2022
Self
2015
Girl in Dressing Room
1976
Sioux
1995
Joan Day
2011
Peregrine Bruchstein (voice)
2009
Self
1982
Linda Frye
1976
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Self - Guest
2015
Self
2014
Self
1997
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1997
Self
2003
Self
1992
Deirdre Beaubeirdre
2022
Self - Guest
2006
Self
2003
Special Message (video)
2019
Linda Drysdale
2019
Self
1993
Self - Guest
1993
Laurie
1978
Self - Guest
2005
Tannis
2024
Self
1953
Self - Presenter
1953
Dean Cathy Munsch
2015
1977
Control
2025
Helen Tasker
1994
Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
1981
Bo
2024
Jen Burton
1979
Self
1992
Laurie Strode
2018
Ophelia
1983
Self
2018
Self (Archival Footage)
2019
Laurie
2022
Wanda Gershwitz
1988
Laurie Strode
2021
Self - Guest
2006
Self
2019
Self
1995
Shelly DeVoto
1991
Aunt Viv
2008
Female Narrator (uncredited)
1996
2025
Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
1998
Elizabeth Solley
1980
Madame Leota
2023
Annette
2024
Laurie Strode
1981
Nora Krank
2004
Claire Cooper
1992
Self
2008
Laurie Strode
2002
Annie Oakley
1985
Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
1982
Self - Guest
1996
Self
2023
Shelly Sultenfuss
1994
Jessica Fletcher
Hannah Miller
1989
Jessie Wilson
1985
Gayle Buckley
2014
Kimberly Hammond
1980
Janet Beindorf
1996
Gail
2010
Louisa Pendel
2001
Officer Megan Turner
1990
Helen McCay
2025
Willa Weston
1997
(voice)
Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons
2022
Rona Mace
2000
2003
Rachel Burke
2019
Kelly Foster
1999
Self
2012
Elaine Bowen
2001
Self (archive footage)
1994
Queen Camilla (voice)
2001
Self
2010
Maggie Green
1998
Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
1981
Self
2021
Self
1952
Judith 'Jude' Madigan
1993
Alana Maxwell
1980
Self
2008
Sierra Kahan
1998
Jamie Lee Curtis
2005
Self
2006
Anna Winter
1983
Self (uncredited)
1999
Principal
2015
Grace
1991
Pvt. Rita Jennings
1981
Susan Elliott
1987
Dorothy Stratten
1981
Michelle 'Mike' Cody
1984
Self
2013
Dorothy
Clara (voice)
2000
Self (archive footage)
2011
Self
2024
Laurie Strode (archive footage)
2012
Michelle Jamison
1982
Lt. Barbara Duran
1977
Self
2013
2001
Sandy Stier
2012
Self
2017
Self
1999
Lynn Taylor
1987
Beverly (voice)
2011
Jennifer Reston
1988
Self / Laurie Strode
2003
Heidi Holland
1995
Self
2000
1996
Self
2012
Self
1999
Rachel Bartlett
1982
Self
2022
Self
1996
Narrator (voice)
2002
Annie Oakley
1985
Self
1997
Self (archive footage)
2014
Self
2010
Self
2024
Whitsey Loftin
1986
Jamie Lee Curtis
1992
Self
Jamie
2021
Jamie Lee Curtis
2020
Self
2009
Narrator (voice)
1994
Self
2022
Laurie Strode (archive footage)
2012
Self
1988
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2022
Self
2004
Jamie
herself
2013
Herself
1982
Self
1980
