Jamie Lee Curtis

**Jamie Lee Curtis** (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress and author. Although at the beginning of her career she was known as a scream queen because of her roles in many horror movies (beginning with her first ever role as Laurie Strode in 1978's _Halloween_), Curtis has since appeared in a variety of different movie genres. Her role as Deirdre Beaubeirdre in the 2022 movie _Everything Everywhere All at Once_ earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has also received a Grammy Award nomination and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2024, she won a Primetime Emmy Award.

Her 1998 book, _Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day,_ made _The New York Times_ best-seller list. In the late 2010s, Curtis returned as Strode in the horror movie _Halloween_ (2018) and its sequels _Halloween Kills_ (2020) and _Halloween Ends_ (2021). She also played Linda Drysdale in the mystery comedy movie _Knives Out_ (2019) and is well known for her roles as Wanda Gershwitz in _A Fish Called Wanda_ (1988) and Helen Tasker in _True Lies_ (1994).

## Early life

Curtis was born in Santa Monica, California. She is the daughter of actor Tony Curtis and actress Janet Leigh. Her paternal grandparents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants and two of her maternal great-grandparents were Danish. Curtis's parents divorced in 1962, after which her mother married Robert Brandt. Curtis has an older sister, Kelly Curtis, who is also an actress, and several half-siblings (all from her father's remarriages), Alexandra, Allegra, Ben, and Nicholas Curtis (who died in 1994 of a drug overdose). Curtis attended Westlake School (now Harvard-Westlake School) in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills High School, and graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall. Returning to California in 1976, she attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. She considered majoring in social work, but quit after one semester to pursue an acting career.

## Personal life

She is married to actor Christopher Guest (Baron Haden-Guest) and, as the wife of a Baron, she has the title **Baroness Haden-Guest** and she could be called **The Lady Haden-Guest**, however, Curtis does not use this title, saying, "it has nothing to do with me".

## Movie

|**Year**|**Title**|**Role**|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1978|_Halloween_|Laurie Strode|
|1980|_The Fog_|Elizabeth Solley|
|1980|_Prom Night_|Kim Hammond|
|1980|_Terror Train_|Alana Maxwell|
|1981|_Roadgames_|Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth|
|1981|_Halloween II_|Laurie Strode|
|1983|_Trading Places_|Ophelia|
|1984|_Love Letters_|Anna Winter|
|1984|_Grandview, U.S.A._|Michelle 'Mike' Cody|
|1985|_Perfect_|Jessie|
|1985|_Amazing Grace and Chuck_|Lynn Taylor|
|1988|_Dominick and Eugene_|Jennifer Reston|
|1988|_A Fish Called Wanda_|Wanda Gershwitz|
|1989|_Blue Steel_|Megan Turner|
|1991|_Queens Logic_|Grace|
|1991|_My Girl_|Shelly DeVoto|
|1992|_Forever Young_|Claire Cooper|
|1994|_My Girl 2_|Shelly DeVoto Sultenfuss|
|1994|_Mother's Boys_|Judith 'Jude' Madigan|
|1994|_True Lies_|Helen Tasker|
|1996|_House Arrest_|Janet Beindorf|
|1997|_Fierce Creatures_|Willa Weston|
|1998|_Halloween H20: 20 Years Later_|Laurie Strode/Keri Tate|
|1999|_Virus_|Kelly Foster|
|2000|_Drowning Mona_|Rona Mace|
|2001|_The Tailor of Panama_|Louisa Pendel|
|2002|_Halloween: Resurrection_|Laurie Strode|
|2003|_Freaky Friday_|Tess Coleman|
|2004|_Christmas with the Kranks_|Nora Krank|
|2005|_The Kid & I_|Herself|
|2018|_Halloween_|Laurie Strode|
|2019|_Knives Out_|Linda Drysdale|
|2021|_Halloween Kills_|Laurie Strode|
|2022|_Halloween Ends_|Laurie Strode|
|2022|_Everything Everywhere All at Once_|Deirdre Beaubeirdra|

## Other websites

- Jamie Lee Curtis interview

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Jamie Lee Curtis
- **image**: 2025 Jamie Lee Curtis (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Curtis in 2025
- **birth place**: Santa Monica, California, U.S.
- **education**: Choate Rosemary Hall
- **years active**: 1977–present
- **works**: List of Jamie Lee Curtis performances, Full list
- **children**: 2
- **father**: Tony Curtis
- **mother**: Janet Leigh
- **awards**: List of awards and nominations received by Jamie Lee Curtis, Full list
- **signature**: Jamie Lee Curtis's signature.png