Jamie Lee Curtis
CountryUnited States 
GenderFemale
BirthdayNov 22, 1958
BiographyJamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress, producer, and children's author whose work includes both blockbuster and independent films, with a box office gross exceeding $2.5 billion. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for three Critics' Choice Awards and a Grammy Award.
The youngest daughter of actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, 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 British Academy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award wins. Her other film credits include 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), and later won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for the FX series 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 made The New York Times's best-seller list.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Jamie Lee Curtis. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The youngest daughter of actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, 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 British Academy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award wins. Her other film credits include 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), and later won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for the FX series 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 made The New York Times's best-seller list.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Jamie Lee Curtis. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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