Jamie Lee Curtis
Acting
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.
TV Shows(56)
Scarpetta
Dorothy
2026
The Sticky
Bo
2024
Arnold
Self
2023
The Bear
Donna Berzatto
2022
Reno 911! Defunded
Lieutenant Donna Fritzgibbons
2022
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
Self
2021
The Movies That Made Us
Self (Archival Footage)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
2019
The Masked Singer
Special Message (video)
2019
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
2018
Scream Queens
Dean Cathy Munsch
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
New Girl
Joan Day
2011
Archer
Peregrine Bruchstein (voice)
2009
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Self
2008
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
2005
NCIS
Samantha Ryan
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Mike's Super Short Show
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Revealed with Jules Asner
2001
Pigs Next Door
Clara (voice)
2000
The Early Show
Self
1999
The View
Self
1997
Leute heute
Self
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
The Drew Carey Show
Sioux
1995
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Anything But Love
Hannah Miller
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Tall Tales & Legends
Annie Oakley
1985
Jeopardy!
Self - Clue Presenter
1984
Wogan
Self
1982
Fridays
Self
1980
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Jen Burton
1979
The Love Boat
Linda
1977
Operation Petticoat
Lt. Barbara Duran
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Quincy, M.E.
Girl in Dressing Room
1976
Charlie's Angels
Linda Frye
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Columbo
Waitress
1971
The Oscars
Self
1953
Today
Self
1952
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Movies(111)
Murder, She Wrote
Jessica Fletcher
2028
Sender
Lisa
2026
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Moira
2026
Ella McCay
Helen
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
2025
Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter
Self
2025
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Maj von Dardel (voice)
2025
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland
Self
2025
Freakier Friday
Tess Coleman
2025
Star Trek: Section 31
Control
2025
The Last Showgirl
Annette
2024
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Self
2024
Borderlands
Tannis
2024
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
Self
2024
Haunted Mansion
Madame Leota
2023
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2022
Halloween Ends
Laurie
2022
Halloween in Hollywood
Self
2022
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
Self
2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Deirdre Beaubeirdre
2022
Halloween Kills
Laurie Strode
2021
Senior Entourage
Jamie
2021
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Jamie Lee Curtis
2020
Knives Out
Linda Drysdale
2019
An Acceptable Loss
Rachel Burke
2019
Halloween
Laurie Strode
2018
78/52
Self
2017
Spare Parts
Principal
2015
Veronica Mars
Gayle Buckley
2014
The Night She Came Home!!
Self
2013
Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20
Self
2013
Driving Lessons
Laurie Strode (archive footage)
2012
Beauty CULTure
Self
2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Self
2012
8
Sandy Stier
2012
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
2011
The Little Engine That Could
Beverly (voice)
2011
Halloween: The Inside Story
Self
2010
You Again
Gail
2010
Video Games Live: Level 2
Self
2010
Dirt! The Movie
Self
2009
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Aunt Viv
2008
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
2008
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
Self
2006
The Kid & I
Jamie Lee Curtis
2005
Christmas with the Kranks
Nora Krank
2004
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
Self
2004
Freaky Friday
Tess Coleman
2003
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Self / Laurie Strode
2003
Halloween: Resurrected
2002
Halloween: Resurrection
Laurie Strode
2002
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Narrator (voice)
2002
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
Queen Camilla (voice)
2001
Daddy and Them
Elaine Bowen
2001
The Tailor of Panama
Louisa Pendel
2001
The American Nightmare
Self
2000
Drowning Mona
Rona Mace
2000
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self (uncredited)
1999
Halloween: Unmasked
Self
1999
Virus
Kelly Foster
1999
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
1998
Unmasking the Horror
1998
Nicholas’ Gift
Maggie Green
1998
Homegrown
Sierra Kahan
1998
The Haunted History of Halloween
Self
1997
Fierce Creatures
Willa Weston
1997
Ellen's Energy Adventure
Dr. Judy Peterson (uncredited)
1996
House Arrest
Janet Beindorf
1996
Escape from L.A.
Female Narrator (uncredited)
1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self
1996
The Heidi Chronicles
Heidi Holland
1995
True Lies
Helen
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
1994
My Girl 2
Shelly Sultenfuss
1994
Cindy Sherman: Nobody's Here But Me
Narrator (voice)
1994
Mother's Boys
Judith 'Jude' Madigan
1993
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
Jamie Lee Curtis
1992
Forever Young
Claire Cooper
1992
My Girl
Shelly DeVoto
1991
Queens Logic
Grace
1991
Blue Steel
Officer Megan Turner
1990
Help Save Planet Earth
Self
1990
A Fish Called Wanda
Wanda Gershwitz
1988
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
Self
1988
Dominick and Eugene
Jennifer Reston
1988
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Lynn Taylor
1987
A Man in Love
Susan Elliott
1987
As Summers Die
Whitsey Loftin
1986
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
1985
Perfect
Jessie Wilson
1985
Grandview, U.S.A.
Michelle 'Mike' Cody
1984
Trading Places
Ophelia
1983
Love Letters
Anna Winter
1983
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
1982
Money on the Side
Michelle Jamison
1982
Callahan
Rachel Bartlett
1982
Coming Soon
Herself
1982
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Dorothy Stratten
1981
Halloween II
Laurie Strode
1981
Escape from New York
Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
1981
She's in the Army Now
Pvt. Rita Jennings
1981
Roadgames
Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth
1981
Terror Train
Alana
1980
Prom Night
Kimberly Hammond
1980
The Fog
Elizabeth Solley
1980
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
Self
1980
Halloween
Laurie
1978
Spychosis
Jamie
The Debra Hill Story
Self
Activia Kiss It Better Edit
The Honey Wars
(voice)