Jamie Lee Curtis

Acting · 5.4 popularity

Age

Movies

115

Born: November 22, 1958
From: Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Works

115 films

Everything Everywhere All at Once

20227.7

Knives Out

20197.8

Halloween

19787.6

Borderlands

20245.6

True Lies

19947.1

Trading Places

19837.2

Freaky Friday

20036.6

Freakier Friday

20256.8

Escape from New York

19817.0

My Girl

19917.4

The Fog

19806.7

Halloween

20186.6

Halloween Kills

20216.4

Halloween Ends

20226.0

You Again

20106.3

Halloween II

19816.6

Escape from L.A.

19965.9

Haunted Mansion

20236.4

A Fish Called Wanda

19887.2

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

19986.0

Ella McCay

20255.5

Star Trek: Section 31

20254.7

Christmas with the Kranks

20046.2

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

20085.4

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

19825.2

Prom Night

19805.7

Blue Steel

19905.8

Forever Young

19926.5

Halloween: Resurrection

20024.6

My Girl 2

19946.1

The Tailor of Panama

20016.0

Virus

19995.4

Sender

2026

The Last Showgirl

20246.4

Veronica Mars

20146.6

Mother's Boys

19935.4

Terror Train

19805.8

House Arrest

19965.3

Fierce Creatures

19976.2

Epidemic Africa

199910.0

Drowning Mona

20005.5

Perfect

19855.6

The Little Engine That Could

20116.2

Roadgames

19816.5

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

2026

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies

20045.5

Not Quite Hollywood

20086.8

Spare Parts

20157.2

78/52

20177.2

Homegrown

19985.6

Queens Logic

19915.8

Grandview, U.S.A.

19845.8

Daddy and Them

20015.4

2024 Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

20246.0

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

20026.5

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

199610.0

Coming Soon

19826.8

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

20036.7

The Kid & I

20055.2

Love Letters

19835.6

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

202210.0

An Acceptable Loss

20196.3

A Man in Love

19874.5

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

20127.4

Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1

20117.0

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

19996.9

Senior Entourage

20212.0

The Haunted History of Halloween

19976.9

Amazing Grace and Chuck

19875.8

The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland

2025

Unmasking the Horror

199810.0

Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter

2025

20125.3

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror

20066.9

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

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

20015.9

Callahan

19827.0

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

19947.0

Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés

2024

Halloween in Hollywood

20221.0

The American Nightmare

20006.8

The Night She Came Home!!

20139.6

Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation

2009

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

20207.1

Halloween: The Inside Story

20107.3

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

19926.2

Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story

19815.1

Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'

20026.3

Money on the Side

19824.4

Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom

20227.0

Dominick and Eugene

19886.9

Help Save Planet Earth

19909.0

Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'

19805.8

Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction

2025

Spychosis

2026

The Heidi Chronicles

19957.6

Murder, She Wrote

2028

Ellen's Energy Adventure

19967.0

Virus: Ghost in the Machine

1999

The Honey Wars

2026

John Cleese's First Farewell Performance

19887.0

Video Games Live: Level 2

20107.1

She's in the Army Now

19815.2

Blood Is Thicker Than Water: The Making of Halloween H20

20138.8

Nicholas’ Gift

19985.0

As Summers Die

19866.7

Annie Oakley

19858.0

Halloween: Resurrected

20027.0

Cindy Sherman: Nobody's Here But Me

19949.0

Driving Lessons

20126.0

The Debra Hill Story

2026

Halloween: Unmasked

19995.8

Activia Kiss It Better Edit

2026

Beauty CULTure

2012

Dirt! The Movie

20096.9