
Jamie Lee Curtis
Department: Acting
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

Halloween
1978

A Fish Called Wanda
1988

Trading Places
1983

The Fog
1980

Forever Young
1992

Freaky Friday
2003

The Tailor of Panama
2001

My Girl
1991

Halloween II
1981

My Girl 2
1994

Halloween: Resurrection
2002

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998

Drowning Mona
2000

Fierce Creatures
1997

Virus
1999

Blue Steel
1990

Christmas with the Kranks
2004

Terror Train
1980

Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008

Mother's Boys
1993

Prom Night
1980

True Lies
1994

Roadgames
1981

The Haunted History of Halloween
1997

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
2001

You Again
2010

The Heidi Chronicles
1995

Homegrown
1998

Dominick and Eugene
1988

Perfect
1985

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004

House Arrest
1996

Queens Logic
1991

Freakier Friday
2025

Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
2022

A Man in Love
1987

The Little Engine That Could
2011

Escape from L.A.
1996

Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987

Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
1981

The American Nightmare
2000

Grandview, U.S.A.
1984

Love Letters
1983

Spychosis
—

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003

Video Games Live: Level 2
2010

Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20
2013

Halloween: Unmasked
1999

Veronica Mars
2014

Nicholas’ Gift
1998

Annie Oakley
1985

Spare Parts
2015

The Debra Hill Story
—

Haunted Mansion
2023

Ella McCay
2025

The Kid & I
2005

As Summers Die
1986

The Night She Came Home!!
2013

Halloween in Hollywood
2022

Activia Kiss It Better Edit
—

The Last Showgirl
2024

Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
2024

Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022

Dirt! The Movie
2009

Coming Soon
1982

Money on the Side
1982

8
2012

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024

78/52
2017

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012

Cindy Sherman: Nobody's Here But Me
1994

Halloween
2018

She's in the Army Now
1981

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996

An Acceptable Loss
2019

Knives Out
2019

Halloween Kills
2021

John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
1988

Halloween Ends
2022

Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
1980

Not Quite Hollywood
2008

Daddy and Them
2001

Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022

Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982

Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
2011

Escape from New York
1981

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999

Halloween: The Inside Story
2010

Borderlands
2024

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994

Senior Entourage
2021

The Honey Wars
—

Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter
2025

A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992

Star Trek: Section 31
2025

Callahan
1982

Beauty CULTure
2012

Driving Lessons
2012

Sender
2026

Murder, She Wrote
2027

The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland
2025

Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
2025

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025

Ellen's Energy Adventure
1996

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026

Help Save Planet Earth
1990

Google and the Bugs
2028

Unmasking the Horror
1998

The Drew Carey Show
1995

Columbo
1971

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003

The Love Boat
1977

Today
1952

The View
1997

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

Charlie's Angels
1976

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977

The Early Show
1999

Mike's Super Short Show
2003

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Anything But Love
1989

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021

The Frank Skinner Show
1995

Revealed with Jules Asner
2001

The View
1997

The Masked Singer
2019

The Oscars
1953

The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008

New Girl
2011

Scream Queens
2015

Arnold
2023

The Bear
2022

Saturday Night Live
1975

Intimate Portrait
1993

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015

Wogan
1982

Leute heute
1997

Scarpetta
2026

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

The Movies That Made Us
2019

The Reichen Show
2005

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996

NCIS
2003

Pigs Next Door
2000

Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018

El hormiguero
2006

Tall Tales & Legends
1985

The Oscars
1953

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979

Operation Petticoat
1977

Archer
2009

Golden Globe Awards
1944

The Megan Mullally Show
2006

Golden Globe Awards
1944

The Sticky
2024

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019

Reno 911! Defunded
2022

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

Jeopardy!
1984

Fridays
1980

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003