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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, 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

2026
Sender
Movie
2025
Ella McCay

as Helen McCay

Movie
2025
Freakier Friday

as Tess Coleman

Movie
2024
The Last Showgirl

as Annette

Movie
2024
Borderlands

as Tannis

Movie
2023
Haunted Mansion

as Madame Leota

Movie
2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once

as Deirdre Beaubeirdre

Movie
2019
Knives Out

as Linda Drysdale

Movie
2018
Halloween

as Laurie Strode

Movie
2004
Christmas with the Kranks

as Nora Krank

Movie
2003
Freaky Friday

as Tess Coleman

Movie
2001
The Tailor of Panama

as Louisa Pendel

Movie
1994
True Lies

as Helen Tasker

Movie
1991
My Girl

as Shelly DeVoto

Movie
1983
Trading Places

as Ophelia

Movie
1981
Halloween II

as Laurie Strode

Movie
1981
Escape from New York

as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)

Movie
1980
The Fog

as Elizabeth Solley

Movie
1978
Halloween

as Laurie

Movie
2022
The Bear

as Donna Berzatto

TV Show
2011
New Girl

as Joan Day

TV Show
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV Show