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Jamie Lee Curtis

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Jamie Lee Curtis
Michelle Yeoh joins co-stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Stephanie Hsu, and Ke Huy Quan, and directors Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert to reveal which actor had everyone laughing the most on set, what films and songs influenced 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' and why a silent shot of rocks might make you cry.
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Jamie Lee Curtis was born on November 22, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. She got her big break at acting in 1978 when she won the role of Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978). After that, she became famous for roles in movies like Trading Places (1983), Perfect (1985) and A Fish Called Wanda (1988). She starred in one of the biggest action films ever, True Lies (1994), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance. Curtis also appeared on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979), and starred in Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981) as the title role. Her first starring role was opposite Richard Lewis on the ABC situation comedy Anything But Love (1989). In 1998, she starred in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) in which she reprised her role that made her famous back in 1978.

Jamie Lee served as an honorary chairperson for the Building Resilience for Young Children Dealing with Trauma program held at the Shakespeare Theatre - Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. She was an inspiration for the youth that were celebrated. Curtis was also given an award from US Department of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman for her work on behalf of children through her charities and children's books.
BornNovember 22, 1958
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, and Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eddie Murphy, and Denholm Elliott in Trading Places (1983)
Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween Ends (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, and Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis and Wendi McLendon-Covey in Reno 911! (2003)
Jamie Lee Curtis in Perfect (1985)
Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween Kills (2021)
Jamie Lee Curtis in Borderlands

Known for

Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle in Halloween (2018)
Halloween
6.5
  • Laurie Strode
  • 2018
Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, James Hong, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Everything Everywhere All at Once
8.0
  • Deirdre Beaubeirdre
  • 2022
Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies (1994)
True Lies
7.3
  • Helen
  • 1994
Jamie Lee Curtis, Josh Hartnett, LL Cool J, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, and Michelle Williams in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
5.8
  • Laurie Strode
  • Keri Tate
  • 1998

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Actress

  • Haunted Mansion
    • Post-production
  • Spychosis
    • In Development
  • Borderlands
    • Post-production
  • Jamie Lee Curtis and James Jude Courtney in Halloween Ends (2022)
    Halloween Ends
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, James Hong, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
    Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Reno 911! (2003)
    Reno 911!
  • James Jude Courtney in Halloween Kills (2021)
    Halloween Kills
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Edward Asner, Marion Ross, Mark Rydell, James Handy, Helen Reddy, Charles Robinson, Dahlia Waingort Guigui, David A. Lockhart, Ian Fisher, Brian Connors, Phillip Giannikas, Sitara Attaie, and Kathrine Kohl in Senior Entourage (2021)
    Senior Entourage
  • H. Jon Benjamin in Archer (2009)
    Archer
    • (voice)
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, Ana de Armas, LaKeith Stanfield, Jaeden Martell, and Katherine Langford in Knives Out (2019)
    Knives Out
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Tika Sumpter, and Ben Tavassoli in An Acceptable Loss (2018)
    An Acceptable Loss
  • Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle in Halloween (2018)
    Halloween
  • Zooey Deschanel, Max Greenfield, Hannah Simone, Lamorne Morris, and Jake Johnson in New Girl (2011)
    New Girl
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Glen Powell, Keke Palmer, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)
    Scream Queens
  • Spare Parts (2015)
    Spare Parts
  • Only Human
  • Kristen Bell in Veronica Mars (2014)
    Veronica Mars
  • Mark Harmon, Maria Bello, Wilmer Valderrama, Rocky Carroll, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Brian Dietzen, Emily Wickersham, and Diona Reasonover in NCIS (2003)
    NCIS

Producer

  • Jamie Lee Curtis and James Jude Courtney in Halloween Ends (2022)
    Halloween Ends
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Allison Tolman, Jake Katofsky, Jamie Ember, Russell Goldman, Lisa J Dooley, Emma Pasarow, and Matt Kleppner in Return to Sender (2022)
    Return to Sender
    • (produced by)
  • Steven Weber, Jane Kaczmarek, and Amber Stevens West in 2 Timers (2021)
    2 Timers
  • James Jude Courtney in Halloween Kills (2021)
    Halloween Kills
  • Best Summer Ever (2020)
    Best Summer Ever
  • Letters from Camp (2020)
    Letters from Camp
  • Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle in Halloween (2018)
    Halloween
  • Hondros (2017)
    Hondros

Director

  • Mother Nature
    • Pre-production
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Glen Powell, Keke Palmer, and Billie Lourd in Scream Queens (2015)
    Scream Queens
  • Anything But Love (1989)
    Anything But Love
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2023 Oscar Nominees In and Out of Character

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Jamie Lee Curtis Doesn't Give a **** About Michael Myers
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Jamie Lee Curtis Doesn't Give a **** About Michael Myers
'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Stars Answer Burning Questions
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'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Stars Answer Burning Questions
How 'Halloween' Gave Jamie Lee Curtis Her Whole Life
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How 'Halloween' Gave Jamie Lee Curtis Her Whole Life
'Halloween Kills' Cast on Michael Myers' Most Shocking Moments
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'Halloween Kills' Cast on Michael Myers' Most Shocking Moments
'Knives Out' Cast Have 'Deep Love' for Their Co-Stars
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'Knives Out' Cast Have 'Deep Love' for Their Co-Stars
How Director Rian Johnson Collaborated With His 'Knives Out' Cast
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How Director Rian Johnson Collaborated With His 'Knives Out' Cast
Stars Reveal Which Supervillains They Would Like to Play on Screen
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Stars Reveal Which Supervillains They Would Like to Play on Screen
Who Was the First Cast Member to Join 'Knives Out'?
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Who Was the First Cast Member to Join 'Knives Out'?
'Knives Out' Offers Slap Fights and More Intense Family Dynamics
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'Knives Out' Offers Slap Fights and More Intense Family Dynamics
Through the Lens: Defining Carpenteresque and Why It Belongs in the Dictionary
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Through the Lens: Defining Carpenteresque and Why It Belongs in the Dictionary
The Fog
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The Fog
You Again
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You Again

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    • November 22, 1958
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Christopher GuestDecember 18, 1984 - present (2 children)
    • Annie Guest
    • Janet Leigh
    • Kelly Curtis(Sibling)
  • Other works
    TV Commercial for Airtouch Cellular (1999)
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 11 Interviews
    • 20 Articles
    • 25 Pictorials
    • 57 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Godmother of Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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    "I believe people are entitled to a private life. I'm not sure where it's written that because you're in the public eye you are required to expose your private business, with anybody. It is nobody's business, and it's interesting because obviously in today's marketplace people don't abide by that. There are no boundaries that people won't cross... We're in a bit of a "Wild West" thing with media, and, I think, it's just kind of like no holds barred - the Internet. You know, there are no criteria on the Internet... I've chosen a public life to express myself, not to tell what I do with my husband in bed, not to do, to talk about my parents and my family life. And I just think it's wrong, and obviously it's an insatiable appetite that people have for gossip and innuendo and things that are nobody's business. And there's a term that they use in this called "legitimate public concern". What is legitimate public concern? If an elected official has an illness, that's legitimate public concern because they're our president or elected official. We, we, we need to know that they're healthy because we want them to live a long life and protect, you know, the Constitution... but in the marketplace, in the world, I don't believe it's anybody's concern. And that's what I think." --comments made on The View, September 19, 2000.
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