Jamie Lee Curtis
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Jamie Lee Curtis

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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.

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Films Featuring Jamie Lee Curtis

Halloween

19787.6

A Fish Called Wanda

19887.2

Trading Places

19837.2

The Fog

19806.7

Forever Young

19926.5

Freaky Friday

20036.6

The Tailor of Panama

20016.0

My Girl

19917.4

Halloween II

19816.6

My Girl 2

19946.0

Halloween: Resurrection

20024.6

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

19986.0

Drowning Mona

20005.5

Fierce Creatures

19976.2

Virus

19995.4

Blue Steel

19905.8

Christmas with the Kranks

20046.2

Terror Train

19805.8

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

20085.4

Mother's Boys

19935.4

Prom Night

19805.7

True Lies

19947.1

Roadgames

19816.5

The Haunted History of Halloween

19976.9

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

20015.9

You Again

20106.3

The Heidi Chronicles

19957.6

Homegrown

19985.6

Dominick and Eugene

19886.8

Perfect

19855.6

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies

20045.5

House Arrest

19965.4

Queens Logic

19915.8

Freakier Friday

20256.8

Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom

20226.9

A Man in Love

19874.5

The Little Engine That Could

20116.2

Escape from L.A.

19965.9

Amazing Grace and Chuck

19875.8

Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story

19815.1

The American Nightmare

20006.8

Grandview, U.S.A.

19845.8

Love Letters

19835.6

Spychosis

Spychosis

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

20036.6

Video Games Live: Level 2

20107.1

Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20

20138.8

Halloween: Unmasked

19995.8

Veronica Mars

20146.6

Nicholas’ Gift

19985.0

Annie Oakley

19858.0

Spare Parts

20157.2

The Debra Hill Story

The Debra Hill Story

Haunted Mansion

20236.4

Ella McCay

20255.6

The Kid & I

20055.2

As Summers Die

19866.4

The Night She Came Home!!

20139.6

Halloween in Hollywood

20221.0

Activia Kiss It Better Edit

Activia Kiss It Better Edit

The Last Showgirl

20246.4

Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés

2024

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

202210.0

Dirt! The Movie

20096.9

Coming Soon

19826.6

8

20125.3

Money on the Side

19824.4

78/52

20177.2

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

20127.4

Cindy Sherman: Nobody's Here But Me

19949.0

Halloween

20186.6

She's in the Army Now

19815.2

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

20026.5

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror

20066.9

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

199610.0

An Acceptable Loss

20196.3

Knives Out

20197.8

Halloween Kills

20216.4

John Cleese's First Farewell Performance

John Cleese's First Farewell Performance

19887.0

Halloween Ends

20226.0

Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'

19805.8

Not Quite Hollywood

20086.8

Daddy and Them

20015.4

Everything Everywhere All at Once

20227.7

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

19825.2

Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1

20117.0

Escape from New York

19817.0

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

20207.1

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

19996.9

Halloween: The Inside Story

20107.3

Borderlands

20245.6

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

19947.0

Senior Entourage

20212.0

The Honey Wars

Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter

2025

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

19926.1

Star Trek: Section 31

20254.7

Callahan

19827.0

Beauty CULTure

Beauty CULTure

2012

Driving Lessons

20126.0

Sender

2026

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

2028

The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland

2025

Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction

2025

Ellen's Energy Adventure

19967.0

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

2026

Help Save Planet Earth

19909.0

Unmasking the Horror

199810.0

Halloween: Resurrected

20027.0

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation

2009

Epidemic Africa

199910.0

Virus: Ghost in the Machine

1999

Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'

20026.3