Jamie Lee 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Lee Curtis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
NCIS
2003
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
The View
1997
Jeopardy!
1984
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
NCIS
as Samantha Ryan · 2003
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2019
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest · 2015
The View
as Self · 1997
The View
as Self - Guest · 1997
Jeopardy!
as Self - Clue Presenter · 1984
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest · 1988
Leute heute
as Self · 1997
Columbo
as Waitress · 1971
El hormiguero
as Self - Guest · 2006
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
The Love Boat
as Linda · 1977
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self · 1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 2003
New Girl
as Joan Day · 2011
The Drew Carey Show
as Sioux · 1995
Archer
as Peregrine Bruchstein (voice) · 2009
Charlie's Angels
as Linda Frye · 1976
The Bear
as Donna Berzatto · 2022
Quincy, M.E.
as Girl in Dressing Room · 1976
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1944
60 Minutes
as Self · 1968
The Talk
as Self · 2010
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
Wogan
as Self · 1982
The Masked Singer
as Special Message (video) · 2019
Intimate Portrait
as Self · 1993
Film '72
as Self · 1971
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest · 2005
Scarpetta
as Dorothy · 2026
The Bonnie Hunt Show
as Self · 2008
Have You Been Paying Attention?
as Self - Video Quizmaster · 2013
Everything Everywhere All at Once
as Deirdre Beaubeirdre · 2022
Today
as Self · 1952
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest · 2006
Knives Out
as Linda Drysdale · 2019
Halloween
as Laurie · 1978
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
as Self · 2019
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Jen Burton · 1979
Freaky Friday
as Tess Coleman · 2003
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter · 1953
Scream Queens
as Dean Cathy Munsch · 2015
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
· 1977
Trading Places
as Ophelia · 1983
Haunted Mansion
as Madame Leota · 2023
Fridays
as Self · 1980
Freakier Friday
as Tess Coleman · 2025
True Lies
as Helen · 1994
Borderlands
as Tannis · 2024
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self · 1995
Halloween Kills
as Laurie Strode · 2021
Escape from New York
as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited) · 1981
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self · 2018
Halloween Ends
as Laurie · 2022
Halloween
as Laurie Strode · 2018
The Movies That Made Us
as Self (Archival Footage) · 2019
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
as Laurie Strode / Keri Tate · 1998
Halloween II
as Laurie Strode · 1981
Anything But Love
as Hannah Miller · 1989
The Early Show
as Self · 1999
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
as Self · 2025
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest · 1996
Christmas with the Kranks
as Nora Krank · 2004
The Tailor of Panama
as Louisa Pendel · 2001
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited) · 1982
A Fish Called Wanda
as Wanda Gershwitz · 1988
Escape from L.A.
as Female Narrator (uncredited) · 1996
My Girl
as Shelly DeVoto · 1991
Ella McCay
as Helen · 2025
Halloween: Resurrection
as Laurie Strode · 2002
You Again
as Gail · 2010
The Fog
as Elizabeth Solley · 1980
The Sticky
as Bo · 2024
Tall Tales & Legends
as Annie Oakley · 1985
Mike's Super Short Show
· 2003
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
as Self · 2021
Forever Young
as Claire Cooper · 1992
My Girl 2
as Shelly Sultenfuss · 1994
Prom Night
as Kimberly Hammond · 1980
Operation Petticoat
as Lt. Barbara Duran · 1977
The Last Showgirl
as Annette · 2024
Revealed with Jules Asner
· 2001
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
as Aunt Viv · 2008
Reno 911! Defunded
as Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons · 2022
Arnold
as Self · 2023
Star Trek: Section 31
as Control · 2025
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
as Self - Honoree · 2024
The Emmy Awards
as Self · 1949
Veronica Mars
as Gayle Buckley · 2014
Pigs Next Door
as Clara (voice) · 2000
Blue Steel
as Officer Megan Turner · 1990
E! True Hollywood Story
· 1996
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
as Moira · 2026
Terror Train
as Alana · 1980
Newlyweds
as Claudia · 2026
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Michelle 'Mike' Cody · 1984
Fierce Creatures
as Willa Weston · 1997
Virus
as Kelly Foster · 1999
House Arrest
as Janet Beindorf · 1996
Spare Parts
as Principal · 2015
Mother's Boys
as Judith 'Jude' Madigan · 1993
The Little Engine That Could
as Beverly (voice) · 2011
An Acceptable Loss
as Rachel Burke · 2019
Perfect
as Jessie Wilson · 1985
Roadgames
as Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth · 1981
Drowning Mona
as Rona Mace · 2000
Queens Logic
as Grace · 1991
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
as Queen Camilla (voice) · 2001
Sender
as Lisa Barr · 2026
A Man in Love
as Susan Elliott · 1987
The American Nightmare
as Self · 2000
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
as Dorothy Stratten · 1981
Homegrown
as Sierra Kahan · 1998
The Kid & I
as Jamie Lee Curtis · 2005
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland
as Self · 2025
Daddy and Them
as Elaine Bowen · 2001
78/52
as Self · 2017
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self · 2008
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
as Self (archive footage) · 2011
Love Letters
as Anna Winter · 1983
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
as Self · 2006
The Heidi Chronicles
as Heidi Holland · 1995
She's in the Army Now
as Pvt. Rita Jennings · 1981
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
as Self (archive) · 2002
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
as Self - Actress (archive footage) · 2022
Amazing Grace and Chuck
as Lynn Taylor · 1987
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
as Self · 2022
Coming Soon
as Self - Host · 1982
8
as Sandy Stier · 2012
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
as Self / Laurie Strode · 2003
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Self · 2012
Halloween: The Inside Story
as Self · 2010
The Night She Came Home!!
as Self · 2013
The Debra Hill Story
as Self
The Haunted History of Halloween
as Self · 1997
Dominick and Eugene
as Jennifer Reston · 1988
As Summers Die
as Whitsey Loftin · 1986
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
as Self · 2004
Money on the Side
as Michelle Jamison · 1982
Halloween in Hollywood
as Self · 2022
Nicholas’ Gift
as Maggie Green · 1998
Murder, She Wrote
as Jessica Fletcher · 2028
Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20
as Self · 2013
The Honey Wars
as (voice)
Spychosis
as Jamie
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Jamie Lee Curtis · 2020
Annie Oakley
as Annie Oakley · 1986
Senior Entourage
as Jamie · 2021
Halloween: Unmasked
as Self · 1999
Dirt! The Movie
as Self · 2009
Activia Kiss It Better Edit
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: A Life on Screen
as Self (archive footage)